Alfred the Great, the herald of the truth, the creator of England
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The Anglo -Saxon King Alfred the Great played a truly unique role in the history of England. His personality is so unusual for his time that not only the British paid tribute to him. In particular, N.V. Gogol in his youth wrote the play "Alfred the Great". Alfred the Great lived in a turning point for England, when the country"s vegetables were flooded by the country, torn apart by internecinely. In the battle, not for life, but at death, Alfred led his compatriots and won a convincing victory. He reorganized the English army, created a fleet, administration, subordinated his power to small British tsarks, founding the first royal dynasty that ruled all of England. A man of extraordinary cruelty, he never hesitated before the use of strength and mercilessly punished everyone who became in his way. But this is only one side of Alfred"s life. The king appreciated literary works, Latin culture, he himself translated the works of Roman writers Boetius and orosia into the ancient English. The book of the English researcher B.A.l is full of colorful details previously inaccessible to the Russian reader
Author:
Author:Beatrice Adeleid Whether
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Gray
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-8071-0352-9
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