Aethelred the Unready: The Failed King

By Richard Abels and Richard P. Abels

Book Overview

Richard Abels examines the long and troubled reign of Aethelred II the "Unraed," the "Ill-Advised." It is characteristic of Aethelred's reign that its greatest surviving work of literature, the poem The Battle of Maldon, should be a record of heroic defeat. Perhaps no ruler could have stemmed the encroachment of wave upon wave of Viking raiders, but Aethelred will always be associated with that failure.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141979496
• ISBN13: 9780141979496
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.8" x 7.0"