""Alfred"" is a historical book written by Philip Withers in 1789. The book is a narrative of the daring and illegal measures taken to suppress a pamphlet titled ""Strictures on the Declaration of Horne Tooke"". The pamphlet was written by John Horne Tooke, a British politician and radical reformer who was critical of the government's policies at the time.The book tells the story of Alfred, a fictional character who is tasked with suppressing the...