Aethelred the Unready : the failed king
Abels, Richard Philip, 1951-2021
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Richard Abels examines the long and troubled reign of Aethelred II the 'Unraed', the 'Ill-Advised'. It is characteristic of Aethelred's reign that its greatest surviving work of literature, the poem The Battle of Maldon, should be a record of heroic defeat. Perhaps no ruler could have stemmed the encroachment of wave upon wave of Viking raiders, but Aethelred will always be associated with that failure.
Main title:
Aethelred the Unready : the failed king / Richard Abels.
Author:
Abels, Richard Philip, 1951-, author
Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2021.
Collation:
160 pages ; 19 cm.
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ISBN:
9780141999371 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
941.017409941.0174B
Language:
English
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BRN:
2538561
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