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The Age of Athelstan: Britain's Forgotten History (Revealing History)
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 The Age of Athelstan: Britain's Forgotten History (Revealing History)
Paul Hill
Manufacturer: Tempus Publishing, Limited
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0752425668

Book Description

The thrilling untold story of tenth–century Britain.

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5 out of 5 stars Britain's forgotten history.......2006-06-06

In an age of evocative names like Eric Bloodaxe and Egil Skallagrimson, one name has been lost in the mists of time: that of Athelstan, ruler of all Britian. From the first raids of the Vikings on the shores of Britian and Ireland, the book traces the response to the threat across the Anglo-Saxon and Celtic worlds. The rise of the kingdom of the Anglo-Saxons, and later of the English, built from the debris of Viking destruction, is analysed in detail and compared to the struggle for independence in Northumbria.
Athelstan's achievement in establishing an empire for which he became famous is a key focus of the tale, along with the extradornary history of the hunt for the lost battle of Brunanburh (AD 937), a clash which defined a people. For hundreds of years, no king would rule as much of Britian as Athelstan. His reputation survived the medieval period in the form of histories, songs and poems only to be lost at a later date, and yet its essence can still be found today all over the country.
Paul Hill was formerly curator at Kingston Museum where Athelstan was crowned. He has appeared on Britian's Channel 5's Battlefield Detectives series in 'Bloodbath at Hastings" as an Anglo-Saxon military specalist.

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