Athelstan: The Making of England by Tom Holland

Athelstan: The Making of England

Penguin Monarchs

Tom Holland

116 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced

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The formation of England occurred against the odds: an island divided into rival kingdoms, under savage assault from Viking hordes. But, after King Alfred ensured the survival of Wessex and his son Edward expanded it, his grandson Athelstan inheri...

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