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Eleanor Duckett.
Alfred the Great and his England.
Published London: Collins, 1957.
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: Collins Clear-Type Press, London & Glasgow.
Size: 146x216x20mm.
Page count: 191pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: the dustjacket on this copy is very ragged, with some chunks missing from its front panel; the book itself is generally in good order, though at least 7 pages have some marking, mostly pencilled sidelines.

This item £6.00
P&P inc. within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Chicago U.P. paperback in print at $16.00]
Weight without packaging: 411g.

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Contents: Wessex before the time of Alfred; World of Alfred’s boyhood, 849-65; Alfred & his brother Ethelred, 865-71; Great war against the Danes, 871-86; Alfred & his rule in Wessex; Alfred & his scholars & teachers; Later war against the Danes, 892-96; Alfred & his earlier translations — his later translations; King Alfred at home.

Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: 4

Notes: no
Tables: no
Genealogies: 1
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 8pp
Index: yes

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