King Alfred the Great

by L. Du Garde Peach

Book by Ladybird Books This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0721401597
• ISBN13: 9780721401591
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Penguin U S A
• Length: 52 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

Defender of Christian England against Northern Pagans

Ladybird history books are social history at it's best, from; I would estimate ages 8 to 14 for school use of simply to enjoy. They bring history alive for children, and are filled with fascinating information. As well as bringing alive an animated, exciting past, they also show how events of the past, are with us today, in so many fascinating ways. King Alfred the Great, a Ladybird, Adventure from History' Book, by L. Du Garde Peach, with superb illustrations by John Kenney was first published in 1956. It brings 8th century England to life, telling us something about what life was like in England was like then, and about the King at that time, Alfred the Great. It tells us of how Alfred unified the various kingdoms, which made up England, when he came to the throne of Wessex. It tells of his struggles against the heathen Danes who besieged Christian England, from the North, and sowed terror against her people- an early chapter of pagan hordes besieging the Christian West, much like King David's defence of Israel against the barbaric Philistines centuries earlier, or much like the struggle of the Judeo-Christian west to survive the Islamic Marxist-backed onslaught today It also describes Alfred's contribution to learning and the arts in England, and to the creation of a system of laws and justice, which underpins the West today.