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King Alfred the Great of England [Illustrated] [Kindle Edition]

Jacob Abbott (Author)
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King Alfred is the only English King to ever be known as "The Great". And great he was for in 871 AD, when Alfred became king, England was under constant attack from the vikings. The well read Alfred trained his men in the tactics of the Greeks and Romans and stopped the invasion.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 1367 KB
  • Print Length: 150 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1438287526
  • Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
  • Publisher: MacMay (27 Jan 2008)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B00138M1AA
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #192,333 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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Amazon.com: 4.3 out of 5 stars  3 reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Why King Alfred was great 30 April 2013
By Lilacs & Roses - Published on Amazon.com
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Jacob Abbott's Makers of History continues with King Alfred. He talks about all that happened before his birth, the era & problems leading up to his coronation. Then he talks about the good & the bad things that King Alfred did. Jacob Abbott wants children to learn from history, including the mistakes, so they will grow up to be decent & responsible men & women.
3.0 out of 5 stars Not very useful to the modern reader, written in mid- to late-nineteenth century 20 Dec 2012
By D. Wilcoxen - Published on Amazon.com
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What you have to understand is that this book was written between probably 1833 and 1879 (year of death for the author, Jacob Abbott). The earliest printing I've found for it was a Harper & Brothers copy published in 1902 (at UCLA Young research library) The history is poor, in my opinion, even for the time; though I suppose there were still historians living at that time who believed King Arthur was a real, historical personage. It uses the pseudo-histories of Bede, Nennius, Geoffrey of Monmouth, as a basis, as if they were true history. It's an interesting read if you haven't yet been introduced to the subject; but understand that it is not true history. It contains a few facts that certainly are true; but they are mired within layers of folk stories and myth. The style will seem stilted and antiquary to the modern reader. It's only real value is for finding out what people believed English history to be before, say, 1850.
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5.0 out of 5 stars used in the Ambleside curriculum 12 April 2011
By Uri - Published on Amazon.com
I think that this is one of the titles used in the popular Ambleside curriculum for homeschooling, which itself is based on the Charlotte Mason educational system.
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King Arthur, whose Knights of the Round Table have been so celebrated in ballads and tales, lived and flourished during these wars between the Saxons and the Britons. &quote;
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landing of Hengist and Horsa, the first of the Anglo-Saxons, took place in the year 449, &quote;
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