Annals of the Reign of Alfred the Great

THIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE E-BOOK. The mother of Alfred was named Osburga, a religious woman, noble both by birth and by nature; she was daughter of Oslac, the famous butler of king Ethelwulf, which Oslac was a Goth by nation, descended from the Goths and Jutes, of the seed, namely, of Stuf and Whitgar, two brothers and counts; who, having received possession of the Isle of Wight from their uncle, King Cerdic, and his son Cynric their cousin, slew the few British inhabitants.Asser, John is the author of 'Annals of the Reign of Alfred the Great', published 2004 under ISBN 9781419207136 and ISBN 141920713X.