Author: Asser & Stevenson, William Henry [editor] & Whitlock, Dorothy
Title: Asser's Life Of King Alfred - Together With The Annals Of Saint Neots Erroneously Ascribed To Asser. With [An] Article On Recent Work On Asser's Life Of Alfred
Description: Oxford University Press - Sandpiper Reprints, 1998, reprint. Imitation cloth, dj, F/F. cliv+386pp, index, a fine copy in a fine dustjacket. Hardback with dustjacket. ISBN: 0198212011 ¶ Facsimile reprint of the 1959 2nd edtion of Asser's Life as editied by Stevenson. The work is a somewhat biased biography of King Alfred written by a monk who had been in the King's service. It is useful fro Alfred's early life and his non military activities. Asser completed his biography in 893, prior to Alfred's death. The text here together with the Annals of St Neots.

Keywords: ISBN 0198212011, king alfred, asser, biography, medieval history, dark ages, anglo saxon history 0198212011