Aethelred the Unready: The Ill-Counselled King by Ann Williams - 2004-01-03

London & New York: Hambledon and London, 2003. Williams tries to disentangle the real life of Aethelred from his reputation. Blue hardcover, gilt titling. Light wear to book, minor bumps; light wear to jacket. Text clean; xix, blank, 263 pages; index, bibliography, notes, b/w plates.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.

Bloomsbury Academic & Professional. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

London: Hambledon and London, 2003. A good clean tight copy in similar, unclipped dustwrapper, of this hard-cover book. Deals with the life and reign of the Anglo-Saxon king Aethelred the Unready (c966-1016). 263pp (about a third of the book is notes to the text), 8pp b&w illustrations.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Athelred the Unready: The Ill-Counselled King.

Bloomsbury Academic, 2004-01-03. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

London ; New York : Hambledon and London : Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macillan, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xix, 263 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-250) and index. Contents; The gap of Corfe -- The old guard and the young king -- The great terror -- A change of direction -- The immense raiding-army -- A crisis surmounted -- Dissent and disaster -- Appendix: A note on 'Danegeld.' Subjects; Ethelred II, King of England 968?-1016. Ethelred King of England. Aethelred II King of England 978-1016. Kings and rulers. Great Britain Ethelred II, 979 1016. Great Britain. Aethelred II, 979 1016. Great Britain. Anglo-Saxons Kings and rulers. Great Britain Kings and rulers ; Biography. Great Britain.

Hardback. New. Aethelred, in contrast to his predecessor and successor, reigned (except for a few weeks in 1013/14) largely unchallenged for 38 years, despite presiding over a period that saw many Danish invasions and much internal strife. This is a biography of England's king during the Viking onslaught.