Life of Alfred the Great
Chapter 1 of 7 Introduction
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- Running time
- 2 h 17 min
- Language
- English
- Read by
- R. S. Steinberg
- Translated by
- J. A. Giles
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About this recording
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)