Escape to King Alfred (Trease - paperback)

Author: Geoffrey Trease

ISBN: 9781955402002

Binding: paperback

Section: Childrens-Classics

It's 878 AD, and King Alfred of West Saxony is the last Saxon hold-out against the Vikings. There is an uneasy peace, but Guthrum the Dane breaks the treaty and plans a surprise attack on Alfred's army. Two young Saxons, hostages of the Danes, escape to make the journey to warn King Alfred of the treachery. Originally released in England as Mist Over Athelney, this is a memorable and exciting interpretation of a period when King Alfred was laying the foundation for a unified England, in which he would foster freedom, humanity, love of learning—indeed, civilization itself.