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The King of Athelney (AKA The Right Line of Cerdic )
The King of Athelney - AKA The Right Line of Cerdic Author:Alfred Duggan The King of Athelney: An extraordinary classic of Vikings, Saxons and battle... As the Viking hordes invade, one man stands strong. It was foolish to fight those heathen pirates, the Vikings. Prudent statesman paid them off -- but they never stayed away for long. — King Alfred was different. He alone stood his ground and fought the marauders agai... more »n and again. But he was never meant to be king. With two older brothers, Alfred was first sent to Rome for confirmation by the Pope himself, to be educated for a life of diplomacy. Things turned out very differently on the battlefields of far Wessex, but his training made him one of the most ingenious and forward-thinking kings of his time.
Uniting the disparate kingdoms of England wasn’t his goal. It was his destiny...« less