Lives & Memoirs
King Alfred of England
Jacob Abbott
2026
5h 2m$1.99
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He lost his kingdom to the Danes, hid in a marsh, and took the whole thing back. Abbott's life of Alfred follows the invasions, the retreat to Athelney, the return, the peace that cut England in two, and the years afterwards spent building schools, law and a navy. The only English king ever called the Great, and this is the clearest account of why.
Inside this audiobook
14 chapters
- 1Preface2m
- 2I. The Britons24m
- 3II. The Anglo-Saxons27m
- 4III. The Danes21m
- 5IV. Alfred's Early Years22m
- 6V. The State of England23m
- 7VI. Alfred's Accession to21m
- 8VII. Reverses25m
- 9VIII. The Seclusion17m
- 10IX. Reassembling of the A21m
- 11X. The Victory over the D22m
- 12XI. The Reign23m
- 13XII. The Close of Life19m
- 14XIII. The Sequel34m
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