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Asser's life of King Alfred : Large Print, Illustrated Edition, Paperback / softback Book

Asser's life of King Alfred : Large Print, Illustrated Edition Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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Alfred the Great (848 - 899) was a king in West Saxon and then the first king of the Anglo-Saxons, king of Britain.

He spent his early career fighting Viking invasions, until in 878 he won a decisive victory against them, and then personally oversaw the conversion of the Viking leader to Christianity.

He left a legacy for being gracious, rational, peaceable, and generally working to improve the overall quality of people's lives.

This biography was composed by Asser (d. 909), a Welsh monk and later bishop. This large print version (14 point size) of Asser's work is from, "Asser's life of King Alfred, translated by Albert Stanburrough Cook (1853-1927); Boston, New York: Ginn and company 1906." The original footnotes are preserved, and surviving illustrations of King Alfred on coins and in artwork are included.

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