Aethelred the Unready: The Ill-Counselled King (ISBN 1852853824)

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Aethelred the Unready is portrayed as anything but in this fascinating new history of his reign. He was rarely unready and frequently quick on the march to stop Danish/Viking invasion of the 10th century when he reigned as king over England for 38 years. A reformer and passionate defender of his people he deserves to be up there with other great Kings such as William the Conquerer, King Arthur, Henry II, Edward III and Richard II. A fascinating individual in this biography, one of the few on this extraordinary man, the story of 10t century England comes alive, describing the people who populated England before the Norman invasion of 1066. Seth J. Frantzman