Aethelstan: The First King of England

"Æthelstan was perhaps the most important king of tenth—century England, but we know very little about him, and he has no modern biography. Sarah Foot triumphantly fills this gap, and adds to the richness of our understanding of the period in a way that few others have managed."—Chris Wickham, author of The Inheritance Of Rome

The powerful and innovative King Æthelstan reigned only briefly (924—939), yet his achievements during those eventful fifteen years changed the course of English hist...