DISCOVER THE MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMAN THAT ENGLISH HISTORY FORGOT
Part of the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES.
- Who was AEthelflaed?
- What role did she play in the founding of England?
- How has her legacy lasted to this day?
DISCOVER the epic history of England's forgotten queen. Planting cities, sponsoring learning and defeating her people's enemies, AEthelflaed laid the foundations of a kingdom that lasts to this day.
Tom Holland's AEthelflaed puts a spotlight on this formidable leader, pulling her out of the shadowy history of the dark ages.
Tom Holland is the best-selling author of Rubicon, which won the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History and was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, Persian Fire, Millennium, In the Shadow of the Sword, Dynasty and, most recently, Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World. His translation of Herodotus' Histories was published by Penguin Classics in 2013, and his biogpraphy of Athelstan in the Penguin Monarchs series in 2016.
Title: Æthelflæd: A Ladybird Expert Book: England’s Forgotten Founder (The Ladybird Expert Series)
Author: Holland, Tom
ISBN: 9780718188269
Binding:
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication Date: 2019-02-07
Number of Pages: 56
Weight: 0.1801 kg
A concise, appealing account from a leading name in the field * History Revealed *
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