Duckett, Eleanor Shipley. Alcuin, Friend of Charlemagne: His World and His Work. Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1965. Reprint edition. [6838]
Former library book, binding good with scuff to front from a removed label, text is clean, has standard library additions, no just jacket. 339 pp. Scuff mark on rear paste-down from a removed card pocket. Good. Hardcover.
First published in 1951, this reprint contains an additional bibliography.
"This [book] is intended for the student of history sacred and secular during the eighth century in Anglo-Saxon England and the Frankish realm. It is centred in the life of Alcuin, and I have tried to give as clear a picture as I could of his character, of his many interests, and of his importance to his world and to ours. For the specialist I have appended footnotes and bibliography, should he wish to verify or dispute the faith that is in me, or to wander down one of the many bypaths that beckon so persuasively to the researcher in the problems of this time." - Preface.
