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Beatrice Adelaide Lees : Alfred The Great: The Truth Teller, Maker of England, 848-899

Lemma Publishing Corporation, New York, 1972

ISBN 9780876960295

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BW2 - A reprint edition hardcover book in very good condition that has some bumped corners, long soiled patch on the right side page edges, some scattered stains and soiled patches on the page edges, light discoloration and shelf wear with no dust jacket. This Lemma Publishing Corporation edition of Beatrice Adelaide Lee's Alfred the Great is an unabridged republication of the edition published in New York in 1919. 8.75"x5.75", 493 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Alfred the Great was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who both died when Alfred was young. Three of Alfred's brothers, Æthelbald, Æthelberht and Æthelred, reigned in turn before him. Under Alfred's rule, considerable administrative and military reforms were introduced, prompting lasting change in England. After ascending the throne, Alfred spent several years fighting Viking invasions. He won a decisive victory in the Battle of Edington in 878 and made an agreement with the Vikings, dividing England between Anglo-Saxon territory and the Viking-ruled Danelaw, composed of Scandinavian York, the north-east Midlands and East Anglia. Alfred also oversaw the conversion of Viking leader Guthrum to Christianity. He defended his kingdom against the Viking attempt at conquest, becoming the dominant ruler in England. Alfred began styling himself as "King of the Anglo-Saxons" after reoccupying London from the Vikings. Details of his life are described in a work by 9th-century Welsh scholar and bishop Asser. Alfred had a reputation as a learned and merciful man of a gracious and level-headed nature who encouraged education, proposing that primary education be conducted in English, rather than Latin, and improving the legal system and military structure and his people's quality of life. He was given the epithet "the Great" in the 16th century and is only one of two English monarchs, alongside Cnut the Great, to be labelled as such.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: No Jacket

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