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The life of the warrior king of England whose remains have sensationally just been discovered in Winchester.

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Crucial reading' * THE GUARDIAN *
Entertaining, pithy and thought-provoking' -- HELEN CASTOR
Deftly dismantles the image of Alfred' * THE SUNDAY TIMES *
Horspool's scholarship and knowledge of the period create a digestible overview' * THE OBSERVER *
Horspool goes back to the original sources and reinterprets them... The result is Alfred's presentation less as a stock figure of the heritage industry than as an altogether more ambiguous and interesting character.' * THE TIMES *
Highly impressive' -- NOEL MALCOLM * THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *

Alfred the Great

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    A Paperback / softback by David Horspool

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      Publisher Amberley Publishing
      Published 15 May 2014
      ISBN-13 9781445639369
      978-1445639369
      ISBN-10 144563936X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The life of the warrior king of England whose remains have sensationally just been discovered in Winchester.

      Trade Review
      Crucial reading' * THE GUARDIAN *
      Entertaining, pithy and thought-provoking' -- HELEN CASTOR
      Deftly dismantles the image of Alfred' * THE SUNDAY TIMES *
      Horspool's scholarship and knowledge of the period create a digestible overview' * THE OBSERVER *
      Horspool goes back to the original sources and reinterprets them... The result is Alfred's presentation less as a stock figure of the heritage industry than as an altogether more ambiguous and interesting character.' * THE TIMES *
      Highly impressive' -- NOEL MALCOLM * THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *

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