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King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons: Episode 1: Alfred of Wessex

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Alfred of Wessex

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Episode 1: Alfred of Wessex

King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons

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King Alfred the Great fights a desperate guerrilla war in the marshes of Somerset.

Michael Wood tells the story of King Alfred the Great and his children and grandson. Alfred fights a desperate guerrilla war in the marshes of Somerset.

King Alfred the Great fights a desperate guerrilla war in the marshes of Somerset - burning the cakes on the way - before his decisive victory at Edington. Creating towns, trade and coinage, reviving learning and literacy, Alfred then laid the foundations of a single kingdom of 'all the English'. Filmed on location from Reading to Rome, using original texts read in old English, and interviews with leading scholars, Michael Wood describes a man who was  'not just the greatest Briton, but one of the greatest rulers of any time or place'.

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Michael Wood argues that the most important British kings lived over a thousand years ago.

Michael Wood argues that the most important and influential British kings were a father, son and grandson who lived over a thousand years ago during the age of the Vikings.

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