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Alfred the Great: The King and His England (Phoenix… von Eleanor Shipley Shipley Duckett
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gothamajp | 1 weitere Rezension | Aug 12, 2020 | Eleanor Shipley Duckett’s biography is a useful introduction to Alfred the Great, the Wessex monarch who effectively created the kingdom of England. She begins with a description of the politics of eighth-century England, a world of maneuvering between regional kingdoms and invading Viking armies. It was in this dangerous and fluid environment that a young Alfred came of age, watching his father and two elder brothers deal with the threats Wessex faced before gaining the throne at the age of 22. From here her focus is on his struggles against the Danes, though other chapters also address his kingdom, his education, and his years after his many martial triumphs.
While enlightening, the book suffers from an excessive focus on narrative. As readable as Duckett’s prose is, Her focus on recounting the chronological development of events too frequently comes at the cost of a clear understanding of Alfred’s character and the significance of the developments of his life. Readers wanting to familiarize themselves with the basic details of Alfred’s life will find this a useful and enjoyable book, but those seeking a more comprehensive analysis of the great Anglo-Saxon king would be better served by Richard Abels’s more recent [b:Alfred the Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England|1257228|Alfred the Great War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England|Richard P. Abels|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1393217223s/1257228.jpg|1246033]
While enlightening, the book suffers from an excessive focus on narrative. As readable as Duckett’s prose is, Her focus on recounting the chronological development of events too frequently comes at the cost of a clear understanding of Alfred’s character and the significance of the developments of his life. Readers wanting to familiarize themselves with the basic details of Alfred’s life will find this a useful and enjoyable book, but those seeking a more comprehensive analysis of the great Anglo-Saxon king would be better served by Richard Abels’s more recent [b:Alfred the Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England|1257228|Alfred the Great War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England|Richard P. Abels|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1393217223s/1257228.jpg|1246033]
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MacDad | 1 weitere Rezension | Mar 27, 2020 | A collection of short but useful biographies. The prose is clear, and lively. She covers Hypatia, Theodosius the Great, Valentinian III, Honorius I and others.½
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DinadansFriend | Oct 28, 2016 | ESD has assembled a fine collection of short biographies that put a human face on what we know about this distant era. She reminds of both the similarities and the differences, which is important for the historian to keep in mind.½
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DinadansFriend | Oct 8, 2013 | It is a good basic book, and I thought for a moment before giving it its third star. But it is clear and covers the scaffold of further investigation quite well.
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DinadansFriend | 1 weitere Rezension | Aug 30, 2013 | Gekennzeichnet
jmnlman | Dec 11, 2007 | INDEX; BIBLIOGRAPHY
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saintmarysaccden | 1 weitere Rezension | May 29, 2013 | Links
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