The Age of Athelstan: Britain's Forgotten HistoryIn an age of evocative names like Eric Bloodaxe and Egil Skallagrimson, one name has been lost in the mists of time: that of Athelstan, ruler of all Britain. From the first raids of the Vikings on the shores of Britain and Ireland, the book traces the response to the threat across the Anglo-Saxon and Celtic worlds. The rise of the kingdom of the Anglo-Saxons, and later, of the English, built from the debris of Viking destruction, is analysed in detail and compared to the struggle for independence in Northumbria. |
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Acknowledgements 79 | 7 |
Introduction | 13 |
ΙΟ The legend of King Athelstan | 195 |
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