The Search for Alfred the Great

The Search for Alfred the Great

2014 · 59 min · Documentary, History

Neil Oliver is given exclusive access to a team of historians and scientists investigating the final resting place of Alfred the Great. Alfred's bones have been moved so many times over the centuries that many...

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