King Alfred booklist

A wide selection of books on the life and times of King Alfred, ranging from historical scholarship through more popular historical titles to fictional adventures in the age of Alfred.

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• Abbott, Jacob King Alfred of England
• Abels, Richard P Alfred the Great
• Alexander, M Old English riddles: from the Exeter Book
• Asser, Johannes (Bishop) Alfred the Great: Asser’s ‘Life of King Alfred’ and other contemporary sources
• Chesterton, G K Ballad of the White Horse
• Crossley-Holland, K New Exeter Book of riddles
• Frantzen, Allen J King Alfred
• Haywood, John The Penguin historical atlas of the Vikings
• Heaney, S (transl) Beowulf
• Hill, Paul Age of Athelstan
• Hinton, David Alfred Jewel and other late Anglo-Saxon decorated metalwork
• Hinton, David A Saxons and Vikings
• Hinton, David A Archaeology, economy and society
• Hinton, David A Gold and gilt, pots and pins: possessions and people in medieval Britain
• Hinton, David A Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (OS Historical Guides)
• Hinton, David A Southampton Finds, Vol 2
• Horspool, David Why Alfred burned the cakes
• Page, R I Chronicles of the Vikings
• Peddie, John Alfred: warrior king
• Pollard, J Alfred the Great
• Pollard, Justin Seven ages of Britain
• Pollard, Justin Story of archaeology
• Pollard, Justin The interesting bits: the history you might have missed
• Pratt, David The Political Thought of Alfred the Great
• Savage, Anne (transl) Anglo-Saxon chronicles
• Wood, Michael In search of the dark ages
• Woodruff, Douglas Life and times of Alfred the Great
• Yorke, Barbara The King Alfred millenary in Winchester, 1901
• Yorke, Barbara The Anglo-Saxons

Fiction

• Baxter, Stephen Conqueror
• Cornwell, Bernard Last kingdom
• Cornwell, Bernard Lords of the north
• Cornwell, Bernard Pale horseman
• Duggan, Alfred Cunning of the dove
• Duggan, Alfred Conscience of the king