King Alfred the Great of England [Illustrated] by Jacob Abbott
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King Alfred is the only English King to ever be known as "The Great". And great he was for in 871 AD, when Alfred became king, England was under constant attack from the vikings. The well read Alfred trained his men in the tactics of the Greeks and Romans and stopped the invation.
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