This Episode is going to explore Alfred the Great an Anglo-Saxon king who fought a Legendary against Europe's most feared foe, the Vikings.

Music
Chariots of War
Aakash Gandhi
YouTube Audio Library license

Primary Sources
King Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Pantianos Classics, Milton Keynes, 890 AD, Translated by Rev. James Ingram, 1823 and Dr J.A Giles, 1847.

Life of Alfred the Great by Asser, Bishop of Sherborne (Audio Book) translated by J. A. Giles. A life of King Alfred of England originally composed in Latin, possibly sometime around 888 A.D. by the Monk and Bishop Asser, although some scholars contend that the work was actually composed much later by an unknown hand. (Summary by Douglas B. Killings)
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Secondary Sources
Johnathan Clements, A Brief History of the Vikings, Robinson, London, 2005.
Geoffrey Hindley, A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons, Robinson, London, 2006.
Justin Pollard, Alfred the Great, Joh Murray Publishers, London, 2006.