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The Project Gutenberg EBook of King Alfred of England, by Jacob Abbott This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: King Alfred of England Makers of History Author: Jacob Abbott Release Date: August 18, 2005 [EBook #16545] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK KING ALFRED OF ENGLAND *** Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Lesley Halamek and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: ALFRED THE GREAT] MAKERS of HISTORY KING ALFRED OF ENGLAND BY JACOB ABBOTT ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, by HARPER & BROTHERS, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York. PREFACE. It is the object of this series of histories to present a clear, distinct, and connected narrative of the lives of those great personages who have in various ages of the world made themselves celebrated as leaders among mankind, and, by the part they have taken in the public affairs of great nations, have exerted the widest influence on the history of the human race. The end which the author has had in view is twofold: first, to communicate such information in respect to the subjects of his narratives as is important for the general reader to possess; and, secondly, to draw such moral lessons from the events described and the characters delineated as they may legitimately teach to the people of the present age. Though written in a direct and simple style, they are intended for, and addressed to, minds possessed of some considerable degree of maturity, for such minds only can fully appreciate the character and action which exhibits itself, as nearly all that is described in these volumes does, in close combination with the conduct and policy of governments, and the great events of international history. CONTENTS CHAPTER I. THE BRITONS II. THE ANGLO-SAXONS III. THE DANES IV. ALFRED'S EARLY YEARS V. THE STATE OF ENGLAND VI. ALFRED'S ACCESSION TO THE THRONE VII. REVERSES VIII. THE SECLUSION IX. REASSEMB
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