🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 📖 **The First King of England: Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom – a deep and nuanced analysis of a complex monarch**

"_Overall, Woodman presents Æthelstan as a European king, a scholar, with ruthless ambitions and a strong streak of piety._"

🔗 https://theconversation.com/the-first-king-of-england-aethelstan-and-the-birth-of-a-kingdom-a-deep-and-nuanced-analysis-of-a-complex-monarch-264145.

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