A Short History of the Anglo-Saxons by Henrietta Leyser

A Short History of the Anglo-Saxons

Short Histories

Henrietta Leyser

256 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
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'Here lies our leader all cut down, the valiant man in the dust.' The elegiac words of the "Battle of Maldon", an epic poem written to celebrate the bravery of an English army defeated by Viking raiders in 991, emerge from a diverse literature - i...

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