Alfred the Great in disguise as a minstrel plays his harp in the Danes camp to discover their plans for attacking. Here he is playing to their leader Guthrum who did not realise this was the King he had come to defeat. Alfred the Great, aka Ælfred 848/849 899. King of the West Saxons, 871 - c.886, King of the Anglo-Saxons, c.886 - 899. From L'Univers Illustre, published Paris, 1859
Alfred the Great in disguise as a minstrel plays his harp in the Danes camp to discover their plans for attacking. Here he is playing to their leader Guthrum who did not realise this was the King he had come to defeat. Alfred the Great, aka Ælfred 848/849 899. King of the West Saxons, 871 - c.886, King of the Anglo-Saxons, c.886 - 899. From L'Univers Illustre, published Paris, 1859
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