Day 11

King Alfred and the Ice Coffin by Kevin Crossley-Holland and Chris Riddell

Enter the Great Hall of King Alfred, in this stunningly illustrated translation and retelling of an Anglo-Saxon trader’s tale.

Image shows a drawing in various shades of blue, of a man and a woman standing at the prow of an Anglo-Saxon longship. He wears a helmet, while her long fair hair is free with a long plait down the side. They both wear cloaks, fixed with a clasp at the shoulder. Behind them stands a man also cloaked, his long hair in a bun. Above him the patchwork sail is taut in the wind. The title King Alfred and the Ice Coffin is overlaid across the bottom of the boat in white.

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