The Golden Dragon: Alfred the Great and His Times - Paperback

by Alf J. Mapp Jr. (Author), Bruce Carter (Calligrapher)

A fascinating history of Alfred the Great that recounts his expulsion of the Viking invaders as well as his wide-ranging intellectual accomplishments, this book is both engaging and well researched.

Author Biography

Alf Mapp Jr. was a professor of history, literature, and Western civilization at Old Dominion University. His writings, including The Virginia Experiment and Frock Coats and Epaulets, have been published in nine languages and have earned him a Freedoms Foundation Honor Medal, a Pulitzer nomination and numerous American and British citations. As a journalist he covered Truman, Eisenhower and Churchill. He was a direct descendent of Alfred the Great. Woodcuts by Bruce Carter