Athelstan - The Making of England

The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England''s rulers - now in paperbackbr>br>The formation of England happened against the odds - the division of the country into rival kingdoms, the assaults of the Vikings, the precarious position of the island on the edge of the known world. But King Alfred ensured the survival of Wessex, his son Eadweard expanded it, and his grandson athelstan finally united Mercia and Wessex, conquered Northumbria and became Rex totius Britanniae.br>br>Tom Holland recounts this extraordinarily exciting story with relish and drama. We meet the great figures of the age, including Alfred and his daughter athelflæd, ''Lady of the Mercians'', who brought athelstan up at the Mercian court. At the end of the book we understand the often confusing history of the Anglo-Saxon kings better than ever before.>

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Tom Holland

Product details

• Authors: Tom Holland
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9780141987330
• ISBN: 978-0-14-198733-0
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 181 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Penguin Monarchs; Penguin Monarchs
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; England, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Archaeology by period / region, Biography: historical, political and military, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Medieval European archaeology, 10th century, c 900 to c 999