The Life of Alfred the Great, written by Asser, Bishop of Sherbourne, translated by J. A. Giles

Alfred found much pleasure in reading, source H. E. Marshall's Our Island Story, public domain image

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A life of King Alfred of England originally composed in Latin, possibly sometime around 888 A.D. by the Monk and Bishop Asser, although some scholars contend that the work was actually composed much later by an unknown hand. (Summary by Douglas B. Killings for Librivox)

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Running time: 2 hours, 18 minutes

Prince Alfred on his first Boar Hunt, from Eva March Tappan's In the Days of Alfred the Great, public domain

01  Introduction 00:02:45

02 Part I, section 1  00:20:00

03  Part I, Section 2  00:22:56

04  Part I, Section 3  00:25:09

Alfred The Great Watching The Cakes, Engraving, 1854, author unknown, public domain image

05 Part II, Section 1  00:22:15

06  Part II, Section 2 00:21:15

07 Part II, Section 3  00:22:51

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