{"product_id":"the-first-king-of-england","title":"The First King Of England","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs3388614{text-align:left;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;line-height:1.15;text-indent:0pt} .cs95B300B{11pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Calibri;}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003eIn *The First King of England*, historian Tom Holland brings vivid life to Æthelstan (d. 939), the early medieval ruler whose ambition and political nerve helped shape a new idea of England. It’s an absorbing biography and a richly detailed slice of Anglo-Saxon history, written for readers who like their past full of character and consequence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003eHolland follows Æthelstan from a world of rival kingdoms and shifting loyalties to the hard-won authority of a king able to draw different peoples, languages and customs into something resembling a single realm. Alongside battlefield successes, the story turns on diplomacy, law, faith and the careful handling of power—showing how a “king of the English” could be made as much by negotiation as by conquest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003ePerfect for fans of medieval history, British biography, and political history, as well as readers of narrative non-fiction who want more than dates and dynasties.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003eAdd it to your shelf and meet the king who helped invent a country.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dear Village","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51988187021588,"sku":"9780691249490","price":59.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/6460\/0596\/files\/9780691249490_1.jpg?v=1771903364","url":"https:\/\/dearvillage.com.au\/products\/the-first-king-of-england","provider":"Dear Village","version":"1.0","type":"link"}