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The Dragon and the Raven

The Dragon and the Raven

Henty, G. a.

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Mystery & ThrillerGeneral FictionHistorical Fiction

ISBN10: 1727512308
ISBN13: 9781727512304
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Sep 24 2018
Pages: 204
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.43 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
Living in the present days of peace and tranquillity it is difficult to picture the life of our ancestors in the days of King Alfred, when the whole country was for years overrun by hordes of pagan barbarians, who slaughtered, plundered, and destroyed at will. You may gain, perhaps, a fair conception of the state of things if you imagine that at the time of the great mutiny the English population of India approached that of the natives, and that the mutiny was everywhere triumphant. The wholesale massacres and outrages which would in such a case have been inflicted upon the conquered whites could be no worse than those suffered by the Saxons at the hands of the Danes. From this terrible state of subjection and suffering the Saxons were rescued by the prudence, the patience, the valour and wisdom of King Alfred. In all subsequent ages England has produced no single man who united in himself so many great qualities as did this first of great Englishmen. He was learned, wise, brave, prudent, and pious; devoted to his people, clement to his conquered enemies.

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