Saxons vs. Vikings: Alfred the Great and England in the Dark Ages West Ed
Saxons vs. Vikings: Alfred the Great and England in the Dark Ages West Ed A witty and concise look at the beginnings of English history, when the nation consolidated after clashes between the Saxons…
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Saxons vs. Vikings: Alfred the Great and England in the Dark Ages West Ed
A witty and concise look at the beginnings of English history, when the nation consolidated after clashes between the Saxons and invading Vikings--now in paperback!In 871, three of England's four kingdoms were overrun by Vikings, the ruthless, all-conquering Scandinavian raiders who terrorized early medieval Europe. Worse still, the Saxons were now led by a young man barely out of his teens who was more interested in God than fighting. With the Norsemen murdering one king with arrows and torturing another to death by ripping out his lungs, the prospects that faced the kingdom of Wessex were bleak.
This period, popular with fans of television shows such as Vikings and The Yet within a decade Alfred--the only English king known as the Great--had driven the Vikings out of half of England, and his children and grandchildren would unite the country a few years later.
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