TY  - BOOK
AU  - Holland,Tom
TI  - Athelstan: the making of England 
T2  - Penguin monarchs. The Houses of Wessex and Denmark
SN  - 9780241187814 (hbk.) :
AV  - DA154.1 
U1  - 942.0171 HOL 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - UK
PB  - Allen Lane
KW  - Athelstan,
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - Athelstan, 925-940
KW  - eflch
KW  - ukslc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - The formation of England happened against the odds - the division of the country into rival kingdoms, the assaults of the Vikings, the precarious position of the island on the edge of the known world. But King Alfred ensured the survival of Wessex, his son Eadweard expanded it, and his grandson Athelstan finally united Mercia and Wessex, conquered Northumbria and became Rex totius Britanniae. Tom Holland recounts this extraordinarily exciting story with relish and drama
ER  -