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'Pollard gives us a readable narrative, enhanced by a strong visual sense of place and he takes trouble over the Continental background to insular events' * Times Literary Supplement * 'Pollard's admiration and enthusiasm for his subject helps to bring this distant figure to life' * Tablet * 'Pollard writes with a historian's accuracy and sensitivity to context' * Sunday Herald * 'Lucid and gripping' * Mail on Sunday * 'Compelling .. impressive in coveying the outlook of the ninth-century man' * Daily Telegraph * 'Fascinating' * Sunday Telegraph * A delicious historical treat * Stephen Fry * 'A boisterous portrait of the only English king to earn the epithet 'Great'' * Bettany Hughes, The Times * 'This is the story of England's birth, a great story and beautifully told' * Bernard Cornwell *
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Justin Pollard read Archaeology and Anthropology at Cambridge. For the last ten years has worked as a historical writer and consultant in film and television. His credits include the feature films Elizabeth and The Four Feathers as well as over twenty-five documentary series such as Channel Four`s popular archaeology programme Time Team. He is the author of Seven Ages of Britain for which he also produced a Channel Four series.
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