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Alfred, Lord Tennyson, was born in the village of Somersby in Lincolnshire to George Tennyson, a rector, and his wife Elizabeth on 6 August 1809, the third of their eleven surviving children. George ...

“If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.” Rudyard Kipling. One of the best known stories in English history is that of King Alfred and the cakes. Children are ...