Alfred's Dynasty OG25 Part of the fascinating Big

Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series

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Alfred's Dynasty OG25 Part of the fascinating BigIn 878, Alfred, king of Wessex was on the verge of oblivion. Trapped on a small island in the Somerset Levels, it seemed as if he and his kingdom were about to be destroyed. Yet within months he had defeated the Viking invaders and started to reverse the tide of conquest. While Alfred was driven by the prospect of a land called England that did not yet exist, he was not the one who finally created it. Two of his children, Edward king of Wessex after