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Richard Humble.
The Fall of Saxon England.
Published London: Book Club Associates, 1975 (reprints the Arthur Barker edn.)
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: Butler & Tanner, Frome & London.
Size: 143x222x26mm.
Page count: text xii,242pp; plates 16pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: the dustjacket on this copy is somewhat scuffed, and a bit ragged at the edges and corners; pages tops a little foxed, otherwise the book itself looks in good order, text appears to be free of marking.

This item £5.00
plus P&P £3.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Barnes & Noble edn. in print at £15.99]
Weight without packaging: 516g.

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Contents: The victim; Hit & run; The great army; Wessex survives; Alfred’s achievement; Edward & Athelstan; The new England; Portents of disaster; Nightmare returns; Last ditch; England under Cnut; Edward the Confessor; Nemesis from Normandy; Sad heritage.

Notes: infrequent, at foot of page
Tables: no
Illustrations: 16 pages of monochrome plates
Maps & plans: 5
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 1 page
Index: yes

See also | Anglo-Saxon studies |
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