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Churchill the Writer: A History of the English-Speaking Peoples (Book 1) 09-30-22

Hillsdale Dialogues

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The Saxon Dusk Is Upon Us

Alfred was a very great man. He wasn't trying to expel them or extinguish them. He was trying to baptize them. And eventually that's what he did. The Vikings are, you know, Winston Churchill will teach you to think they couldn't have done all that if they were all bad. But we're never going to get to Canute in that series because Canute ends up being along with with the great Kings of Wessex part of the solution,. He actually, he's a good ruler Larry on there.

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