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Alfred in Somerset

Alfred in Somerset

Season 6 Episode 225 Published 9 years, 3 months ago
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It was January of 878. The dead of British winter – and Alfred was running. Through fields, past hamlets, keeping out of sight whenever he could. He ran. He headed for the Somerset Levels. This was a coastal plane during the 9th century – a dense network of impassable marshes. It wasn’t ideal, but at […]

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