Sunday, October 18, 2020

 


A forgotten warrior Queen. 

 

Who knows who this heroine of the British and English is ?

3 comments:

Last Chance said...

Heroine for a woman?

No apostrophe required for knows.

Regards, Mike

NWN admin said...

Your absolutely correct Mike. The sub-editor has been punished and severely reprimanded. :-)

Anonymous said...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelfl%C3%A6d

Æthelflæd (AEthelflaed) Lady of the Mercians, eldest daughter of Alfred the Great.

Worrying to note from recent PBS re-airing of a mini-series referencing this that King Alfred hot-footed off to Rome to secure the Pope's blessing as a youth. Invites further review of the commentariat's response at
https://nationalvanguard.org/2020/05/charlemagne-defender-of-the-west-or-servant-of-the-jews/