01826cam a22003373u 4500 63384 UtSlPG 20260610134447.0 m cr n 260607r2020||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d 06000684 UtSlPG en iso639-1 DA Asser, John, -909 Asser's Life of King Alfred Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2020 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asser Release date is 2020-10-06 Produced by Charlie Howard and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Asser's Life of King Alfred" by John Asser is a biography written in 893. A Welsh monk recruited to Alfred the Great's scholarly court, Asser composed the only substantial contemporary account of England's legendary king. This work reveals Alfred's character, achievements, and daily life in remarkable detail—information unavailable for any other early English ruler. Though the original manuscript perished in a 1731 fire, earlier transcriptions preserved this invaluable portrait. The biography's authenticity has sparked debate, but scholars now widely accept it as genuine. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Alfred, King of England, 849-899 Cook, Albert S. (Albert Stanburrough), 1853-1927 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63384 104208 104208