Project Gutenberg 2004-08-27 Public domain in the USA. 79 Crake, A. D. (Augustine David) 1836 1890 Crake, Augustine David Alfgar the Dane or the Second Chronicle of Aescendune A Tale of the Days of Edmund Ironside Reading ease score: 77.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Martin Robb "Alfgar the Dane or the Second Chronicle of Aescendune" by A. D. Crake is a historical novel likely written in the late 19th century. Set during the early 11th century, it explores the turbulent times of Danish invasions in England, focusing on themes of identity, faith, and betrayal. The story revolves around Alfgar, the son of a Danish warrior, as he grapples with his heritage while living amongst the English after the tragic events of St. Brice's Day, when many Danes were slaughtered. The opening of the novel is structured around the diary entries of Father Cuthbert, the prior of a monastery, who provides historical context as he recounts the dark clouds of conflict hanging over England due to the Danish incursions and the instability of King Ethelred's reign. Through Cuthbert’s observations, we meet Alfgar and learn of his inner turmoil regarding his Danish lineage and the tragic fate of his mother. The former conflicts of loyalty are exacerbated by the sheriff's secretive plots leading to violence, setting a tone of impending doom. Throughout this introduction, Crake provides a rich backdrop of 11th-century England, establishing the moral dilemmas faced by characters caught between their ancestral loyalty and their current realities. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Historical Fiction Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: History - Medieval/The Middle Ages Browsing: Fiction 469679 469680 2024-10-06T07:21:24.225379 2023-10-06T08:41:24.309037 text/html text/html 464200 2020-12-18T03:40:59 text/html; charset=us-ascii 177006 2020-12-18T03:40:59 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 263859 2024-10-06T07:21:33.627314 application/epub+zip 271150 2024-10-06T07:21:27.634360 application/epub+zip 247297 2024-10-06T07:21:26.345372 application/epub+zip 513963 2024-10-06T07:21:38.253313 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 477190 2024-10-06T07:21:32.820336 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 459738 2022-09-07T01:28:37.032373 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 447855 447849 2024-10-06T07:21:22.818371 2023-10-06T08:41:23.115006 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 447691 2020-12-18T03:40:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 173226 2020-12-18T03:40:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19991 2024-10-06T07:21:38.387284 application/rdf+xml 16781 2024-10-06T07:21:26.921347 image/jpeg 3750 2024-10-06T07:21:26.632358 image/jpeg 258476 2024-10-06T07:21:24.268364 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia