TY - BOOK AU - Chesterton,G.K. TI - The Ballad of the White Horse AV - PR PY - 1999/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - White Horse, Vale of (England) -- Poetry KW - Epic poetry KW - Alfred, King of England, 849-899 -- Poetry KW - Great Britain -- History -- Alfred, 871-899 -- Poetry KW - Historical poetry KW - Christian poetry N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ballad_of_the_White_Horse; Release date is 1999-04-01; Produced by Paul Bonner, Martin Ward, and David Widger; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Ballad of the White Horse" by G. K. Chesterton is a poem published in 1911. Written in traditional epic ballad form, it tells the story of Saxon King Alfred the Great's struggle against invading Danes. Hiding on a river island after near-defeat, Alfred receives a vision from the Virgin Mary. He gathers Catholic chieftains, infiltrates the enemy camp disguised as a minstrel, and leads his outnumbered forces to the climactic Battle of Ethandun, where faith and valor collide. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1719 ER -