Ralph begins an account that starts with King Egbert and ends with Ethelred the Unready and the arrival of King Canute. King Alfred is probably most famous warrior king of Wessex however this remarkable lecture shows that there was a long line of kings who fought the campaigns against the Danes and went on to unify England and shape history as we know it. The Wessex Research Group archive contains those lectures that have been digitised and are freely downloadable as a personal educational tool. FFI log on to www.wessexresearchgroup.org