Find King Alfred

Stewart Ross

Description

Mixing fiction with facts

Sujets

• History
• Fiction
• HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
• Anglo-Saxons

Informations

• Publié par: Read Zone
• Date de parution: 01 septembre 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781783226870
• Langue: English

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FIND KING ALFRED!
First published in this edition 2015
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FIND KING ALFRED!
ALFRED THE GREAT AND THE DANES
Stewart Ross
CONTENTS
Page 7    TO THE READER
Page 8    THE STORY SO FAR
Page 10    TIME LINE
Page 13    PORTRAIT GALLERY
Page 15    Chapter 1 | GUTHRUM’S FEAST
Guthrum the Dane in his camp at Gloucester. He decides to attack Wessex.
Page 18    Chapter 2 | ‘WHERE IS YOUR KING?’
The Danes take Chippenham. King Alfred escapes.
Page 21    Chapter 3 | ‘MERCY!’
The Danes raid Wessex. A prisoner tells Guthrum where Alfred is hiding.
Page 24    Chapter 4 | ‘FIND KING ALFRED!’
Ivan and his warband set out to find Alfred’s fort. They get lost and come home.
Page 27    Chapter 5 | WHISPERINGS
Guthrum begins to loose his grip on Wessex. Alfred gathers a Saxon army.
Page 30    Chapter 6 | JUST A TINY ARMY!
The Danes leave their base to find Alfred. They are defeated.
Page 33    Chapter 7 | ‘WHY DID IT HAPPEN?’
The Danes are shut up in their fort. Guthrum decides to talk with Alfred.
Page 36    Chapter 8 | TALKS AND SURPRISES
Guthrum agrees to leave Wessex and become a Christian.
Page 41    THE HISTORY FILE
Page 45    NEW WORDS
TO THE READER
Find King Alfred! is a story. It is based on history. The main events in the book really happened. But some of the details, such as what people said, are made up. I hope this makes the story more fun to read. I also hope that Find King Alfred! will get you interested in real history. When you have finished, perhaps you will want to find out more about Alfred the Great and the Danes.
Stewart Ross