Æthelflæd: A Ladybird Expert Book

England’s Forgotten Founder

Tom Holland (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

56 Seiten

2019
Michael Joseph Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7181-8826-9 (ISBN)

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DISCOVER THE MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMAN THAT ENGLISH HISTORY FORGOT

Part of the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES.

- Who was Æthelflæd?
- What role did she play in the founding of England?
- How has her legacy lasted to this day?

DISCOVER the epic history of England's forgotten queen. Planting cities, sponsoring learning and defeating her people's enemies, Æthelflæd laid the foundations of a kingdom that lasts to this day.

Tom Holland's Æthelflæd puts a spotlight on this formidable leader, pulling her out of the shadowy history of the dark ages.

Tom Holland is an award-winning historian, biographer, and broadcaster. His books include Rubicon (winner of the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History, shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize); Persian Fire (winner of the Anglo-Hellenic League’s Runciman Award), In the Shadow of the Sword, and Dynasty. His most recent book, Pax, covers the heyday of the Roman Empire, from the death of Nero to Hadrian. Holland has adapted Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides and Virgil for the BBC, and his translation of Herodotus was published in 2013 by Penguin Classics. He is co-presenter of the world’s most downloaded history podcast, The Rest is History.

Erscheinungsdatum	08.02.2019
Reihe/Serie	The Ladybird Expert Series
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	120 x 180 mm
Gewicht	137 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-7181-8826-8 / 0718188268
ISBN-13	978-0-7181-8826-9 / 9780718188269
Zustand	Neuware