Author of “Peter Abélard,” “A Candid History of the Jesuits,” etc.
This volume comprises a study of twenty of the most famous of the Popes whose careers and whose influence was most important in the development of the Church as it was in the history of the world.
Alfred the Great
Maker of England
848–899 A. D.
By
Beatrice A. Lees
Of Somerville College, Oxford
8vo. $2.50
Few royal lives have been richer in fulfillment and more decisive in their influence upon the course of history than that of Alfred. Under his leadership, Wessex became the nucleus of England’s expansion, the Danish invader was checked, and the first beginnings of a royal navy were made. His is the most important name in English history prior to the coming of the Normans.