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Title details for Ballad of the White Horse by G.K. Chesterton - Wait list

Ballad of the White Horse

by G.K. Chesterton
Sinead Dixon
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This epic poem is about Alfred the Great's defense of Christian England against the pagan Viking invaders. The decisive battle is fought in sight of a white horse mark made on a hill, after which the poem is named. As the white horse mark must be continually maintained by weeding to be clearly seen, Chesterton sees it as a symbol of the continual struggle to maintain the Christian culture and values for which Alfred the Great fough

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