Aethelred the Unready (Penguin Monarchs)
The Failed King
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Published:25th Oct '18
£12.99
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Part of the Penguin Monarchs series- short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers in a collectible hardback format.
A major new title in the Penguin Monarchs series
In his fascinating new book in the Penguin Monarchs series, Richard Abels examines the long and troubled reign of Aethelred II the 'Unraed', the 'Ill-Advised'. It is characteristic of Aethelred's reign that its greatest surviving work of literature, the poem The Battle of Maldon, should be a record of heroic defeat. Perhaps no ruler could have stemmed the encroachment of wave upon wave of Viking raiders, but Aethelred will always be associated with that failure.
ISBN: 9780141979496
Dimensions: 186mm x 129mm x 20mm
Weight: 223g
160 pages