The Warrior Queen: The Life and Legend of Aethelflaed, Daughter of Alfred the Great

by Joanna Arman

Book Overview

thelfl d, eldest daughter of Alfred the Great, has gone down in history as an enigmatic and almost legendary figure. To the popular imagination, she is the archetypal warrior queen, a Medieval Boudicca, renowned for her heroic struggle against the Danes and her independent rule of the Saxon Kingdom of Mercia. In fiction, however, she has also been cast as the mistreated wife who seeks a Viking lover, and struggles to be accepted as a female ruler...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445682796
• ISBN13: 9781445682792
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.7"