The Story of King Alfred (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Sir Walter Besant

Overview

Besant set out in this 1901 novel to bring the life of the great King Alfred not just to the well-educated, but also to the masses. The New York Times said the work "presents a clear picture of Alfred's environment and childhood, his education, his wars and victories."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411454040
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	05/10/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	196
File size:	548 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Sir Walter Besant (1836-1901) was a prolific English novelist and historian.  With author James Rice, he wrote a number of successful novels, of which Golden Butterfly (1876) is the best known.  Of his solo works, the best remembered are Dorothy Forster (1884) and All in a Garden Fair (1886), a novel which Kipling claimed inspired him to become a writer.