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Bob Fowke.
What they don’t tell you about Anglo-Saxons.
Published London: Hodder Children’s Books, 3rd impression (previously issued 1999).
Series: What They Don’t Tell You.
ISBN 0340709219;
ISBN-13: 9780340709214.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: the Guernsey Press.
Size: 128x196x9mm.
Page count: 128pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: this copy is somewhat battered overall, covers creased, and some heavy scratching on the title page; the spine is a bit wrinkled but not creased from reading, and the text appears to be free of marking.

This item £2.00
plus P&P £2.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 106g.

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Contents: Saxfax; Roman remains; Sax attax!; Celtic counterattax!; Crazy kingdoms; Five pence per finger!; Down on the farm; A rumble with the thunder god; Angels & devils; British believers; Wise women; Striking Vikings; Our Alfred; Saxons stuffed!; Are you an Angle or a Saxon?

Notes: occasional, at foot of page
Tables: no
Illustrations: monochrome cartoons throughout
Maps & plans: 3
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: a few references
Index: yes

See also | Anglo-Saxon studies | Kids’ books |
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