Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary SourcesThis comprehensive collection includes Asser's Life of Alfred, extracts from The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and Alfred's own writings, laws, and will. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
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User Review - Medievalgirl - LibraryThingThis book is a valuable and fascinating resource shedding light on the life and career on King Alfred of Wessex, who became known (in my opinion deservedly so) in later centuries as ‘The Great’. In ... Read full review
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User Review - DinadansFriend - LibraryThingThe Book contains Asser's Life of the king, and selections from Alfred's own writings on philosophical subjects. This is a good source book and was fittingly translated. The life was written in 893. Read full review
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Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources Asser Limited preview - 2004 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources Classics Series King Old English collection Penguin classics |
| Translated by | Simon Keynes |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Penguin Publishing Group, 1984 |
| ISBN | 0140444092, 9780140444094 |
| Length | 368 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Biography & Autobiography / Military History / Europe / Great Britain / General Literary Collections / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
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