Alfred of Wessex
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King Alfred the Great fights a desperate guerrilla war in the marshes of Somerset before his decisive victory at Edington. Creating towns, trade, and coinage, reviving learning and literacy, Alfred then laid the foundations of a single kingdom of 'all the English.' Filmed on location from Reading to Rome, using original texts read in Old English, and interviews with leading scholars, Michael Wood describes a man who was 'not just the greatest Briton, but one of the greatest rulers of any time or place?
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60 min
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Date of Publication
[2014], c2013
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Films on Demand
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