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Hodges, C. Walter. Good in dw jacket. Ex-library. Dark red cloth-covered boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Gilt decoration on covers. Dustwrapper intact, but heavily worn and has been reinforced with vinyl laminate. Minor wear to lower edge of covers. Front endpaper messy where school library labels removed. Contents VG.
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Good. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Minor marks to early pages. Minor wear and tear to dust jacket, now wrapped in protective sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Good in Good dust jacket. A story of King Alfred. Illustrated by the author. Stated first American edition. Review copy with slip, publisher's letter to the reviewer, and the typed review laid in. Foxing to endpapers, else good in a good (foxing, age toning, fading along the spine) dust jacket.; 269 pages.
Written in the 1960s by a Globe Theatre scholar, this book offers a gripping treatment of life in Viking ravaged England of the 800s. King Alfred of Wessex, the only king of England ever given the title "the Great" after his name, was an unlikely candidate to become king. He was the youngest of four brothers and inherited the throne in the midst of the Danish Viking occupation. Told through the eyes of a one-legged orphan boy also named Alfred, the story winds through many twists to a satisfying conclusion. This book brings life to a study of Middle Ages history for ages 10 and up, or a bit younger if read aloud. There is lots of action that appeals to boys. The author spent most of his life as a graphic illustrator, and his firm line drawings show another side of his outstanding talent. Picking up where this book leaves off, one may read more of King Alfred's story in the sequel The Marsh King.