A Perfect Prince The Story of England a Thousand Years Ago (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Perfect Prince: The Story of England a Thousand Years Ago The writer has carefully collated the ancient authorities with modern critics. Among the former the anglo-saxon Chronicle, of course, ranks first in importance; while Asser's Life of Alfred is a good second. Among the latter, Mr. Thomas Hughes and Mr. Freeman have been especially suggestive. The writer also wishes here to acknowledge his in debtedness to many fiiends in various parts of the country who have sent him local information and illustrations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.