Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred & Other Contemporary Sources (Penguin Classics)

This comprehensive collection includesAsser's Life of Alfred, extracts fromThe Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and Alfred's own writings, laws, and will.

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