King Alfred - Burnt Cakes And Other Legends

Informationen zum Autor David Horspool is the history editor of the Times Literary Supplement . When the BBC ran a poll in 2001 to name the greatest Briton, Alfred, a ninth-century monarch, was the only king to make the top 20. Also the only English sovereign to be called "the Great," Alfred used to be remembered as much through folklore as through his accomplishments. Horspool sees Alfred as inextricably linked to the legends and stories that surround him, and rather than attempting to separate the myth from the "reality," he explores how both came together to provide a historical figure that was all things to all men. This book offers a vivid picture of Alfred's England, but also of the way that history is written, and how much myth has had to do with that.

Product details

• Authors: David Horspool, Horspool David
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2006
• EAN: 9780674023208
• ISBN: 978-0-674-02320-8
• No. of pages: 228
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 216 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Profiles in History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; England, History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066), CE period up to c 1500, British & Irish history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Biography: historical, political and military, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE