{"product_id":"englands-darling-the-victorian-cult-of-alfred-the-great-9780719073571","title":"Englands Darling The Victorian Cult of Alfred the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the nineteenth century, Alfred the Great was a figure who rivalled King Arthur in the popular imagination.  This book asks why Alfred was so important in Victorian Britain, examines the ways in which he was rewritten by authors and artists of the time, and investigates how Alfred is no longer a national icon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. The day of a thousand years: Alfred and the Victorian mania for commemoration\u003cbr\u003e2. Medievalism, Anglo-Saxonism, and the nineteenth century \u003cbr\u003e3. Turning a king into a hero: nine hundred years of pre-Victorian reinvention\u003cbr\u003e4. The hero as king: Alfred and nineteenth-century politics \u003cbr\u003e5. ‘The root and spring of everything we love in church and state’: Alfred and Victorian progress\u003cbr\u003e6. ‘The most perfect character in history’: Alfred and Victorian morality\u003cbr\u003e7. ‘Never to be confused with King Arthur’: Alfred after Victoria\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037304324439,"sku":"9780719073571","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719073571.jpg?v=1750935256","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/englands-darling-the-victorian-cult-of-alfred-the-great-9780719073571","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}