The Viking wars : war and peace in King Alfred's Britain, 789-955
Item details
- ISBN: 9781681777979
- ISBN: 1681777975
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Physical Description:
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xviii, 509 pages : illustrations, maps, genealogical tables ; 24 cm - Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Contents / Notes
General Note: | First published in England with the title Alfred's Britain: war and peace in the Viking age; London : Head of Zeus,©2017. Maps on lining-papers. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-489) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part I. The tiger in the smoke, 789-878. 1. Landscape with figures -- 2. Central places -- 3. The incoming tide -- 4. The end of days -- Part II. Newton's cradle, 879-918. 5. The balance of power -- 6. Arrivals and departures -- 7. Fragmentary annals -- 8. Politics by other means -- Part III. Going native, 919-955. 9. Innate affinities with ambiguity -- 10. Lawyers, guns and money -- 11. A house of cards -- 12. The illusory prize. |
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Genre: | Nonfiction. History. Military history. |
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