King Alfred's Viking

"The general details and course of events given in this story are, so far as regards the private life and doings of King Alfred, from his life as written by his chaplain, Asser. One or two further incidents of the Athelney period are from the later chroniclers - notably the sign given by St. Cuthberht - as are also the names of the herdsman and the nobles in hiding in the fen. "