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To push back the Viking onslaught, to repair some of the terrible damage they' d done, would need more than just a competent tribal warrior chief. It was gonna need someone who had a vision, and a vision not just of victory, but of government someone who could harness AngloSaxon energy and determination to Roman military discipline. It was going to need, in fact, a local Charlemagne, someone with the intelligence and imagination of a truly Roman ruler. And he, of course, was Alfred. Our cherished image of Alfred is of the hero on the run, up against steep odds, muddling through, taking it on the chin when getting scolded for burning the cakes. But the story which really tells you all you need to know about Alfred isn' t set in the swamps of Somerset but on the Palatine Hill of Rome. And it' s much more startling and illuminating, and it happens to be true. |
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xiǎng yào dǐ yù zhù wéi jīng hǎi dào de měng gōng, zài tā men liú xià de fèi xū zhī zhōng chóng jiàn jiā yuán, jǐn yǒu yí gè xiāo yǒng shàn zhàn de bù luò shǒu lǐng shì yuǎn bù gòu de. tā hái xū jù yǒu shēn móu yuǎn lüè, bù jǐn zhuó yǎn yú shèng lì, gèng yào shàn yú guǎn lǐ. yí gè néng jiāng àng gé lǔ sā kè xùn bù luò lì liàng yǔ jué xīn, zhuǎn biàn chéng luó mǎ shì jūn jì de lǐng xiù. shí jì jiù shì xū yào yī wèi zhā lǐ màn dà dì shì de shǒu lǐng, yī wèi jí jù tiān fù yǔ xiǎng xiàng lì dí zhēn zhèng luó mǎ tǒng zhì zhě, zhè biàn shì ā ěr fú léi dé dài wáng. wǒ men duì ā ěr fú léi dé dài wáng de yìn xiàng, huò xǔ shì luò nàn yīng xióng, huò shì jué chù féng shēng, jí rén tiān xiàng, shèn zhì shì yīn kǎo hú dàn gāo ér shòu zé mà de lín shí gōng chuán shuō ā ěr fú léi dé luò nàn hòu bèi hǎo xīn rén shōu liú, què zài kǎo dàn gāo shí bù shèn jiāng dàn gāo kǎo hú, bèi qín jiǎn de nǚ zhǔ rén zé mà. ér zhēn zhèng yīng gāi jiǎng shù de, nǐ bù kě bù zhī de ā ěr fú léi dé. bìng fēi sà mò sāi tè ní zhǎo zhōng de tā, ér shì zài luó mǎ pà lā dì ní shān diān de tā, zhè gè tā gèng jiā guāng huī yào yǎn, yě gèng wéi zhēn shí. |