edited by Shaun Tyas and introduced by Francis Wilson Powell's book on King Alfred, published in 1634, was the earliest modern account of this important king. Powell's main purpose in writing, however, was to make an adulatory comparison between Alfred and Charles I. This new edition comes with a new introduction by Francis Wilson of the University of Wolverhampton. The text has been carefully reset and different copies of the original examined for variant readings. Most of Powell's sources have been identified, and the new edition is illustrated with contemporary engravings of the two kings. The publication restores to public view a scarce and neglected text which is important for Alfred, for Caroline hagiography and for the study of early antiquarianism and historiography.