Project Gutenberg 2004-08-27 Public domain in the USA. 263 Crake, A. D. (Augustine David) 1836 1890 Crake, Augustine David Alfgar the Dane or the Second Chronicle of Aescendune A Tale of the Days of Edmund Ironside Produced by Martin Robb "Alfgar the Dane or the Second Chronicle of Aescendune" by A. D. Crake is a historical novel likely written in the late 19th century. Set during the early 11th century, it explores the turbulent times of Danish invasions in England, focusing on themes of identity, faith, and betrayal. The story revolves around Alfgar, the son of a Danish warrior, as he grapples with his heritage while living amongst the English after the tragic events of St. Brice's Day, when many Danes were slaughtered. The opening of the novel is structured around the diary entries of Father Cuthbert, the prior of a monastery, who provides historical context as he recounts the dark clouds of conflict hanging over England due to the Danish incursions and the instability of King Ethelred's reign. Through Cuthbert’s observations, we meet Alfgar and learn of his inner turmoil regarding his Danish lineage and the tragic fate of his mother. The former conflicts of loyalty are exacerbated by the sheriff's secretive plots leading to violence, setting a tone of impending doom. Throughout this introduction, Crake provides a rich backdrop of 11th-century England, establishing the moral dilemmas faced by characters caught between their ancestral loyalty and their current realities. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Historical Fiction Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels Category: British Literature 469665 2025-10-06T04:51:56.387487 text/html 444416 2024-10-28T20:17:06 text/html 263865 2025-10-06T04:52:04.761245 application/epub+zip 271097 2025-10-06T04:51:59.451276 application/epub+zip 247245 2025-10-06T04:51:58.301265 application/epub+zip 514077 2025-10-06T04:52:08.913215 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 477180 2025-10-06T04:52:04.036237 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 459738 2022-09-07T01:28:37.032373 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 447813 2025-10-06T04:51:55.144327 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 428070 2024-10-28T20:17:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16748 2025-10-06T04:52:09.041212 application/rdf+xml 16781 2025-10-06T04:51:58.811257 image/jpeg 3750 2025-10-06T04:51:58.556326 image/jpeg 258476 2025-10-06T04:51:56.425294 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia