The history of the world is, in part, a history of how various people groups have conquered each other, blended with each other, sometimes persecuted each other, forming a sweeping tapestry of time. The history of England affords a particularly useful view of these processes (all under the ultimate sovereignty of God). The Celtic tribes ruled England up until the Roman conquest, where Britannia became part of the Roman Empire for centuries. In turn, the Saxons conquered Roman Britain. In each case, there was a process of blending as just mentioned. The three books in this review cover this blending. First, Everyday Life in Roman and Anglo-Saxon Times, by Marjorie and C.H.B. Quennell, show how life was like in Roman Britain and how it changed into Saxon Britain. Saxon England, by John Hamilton and Alan Sorrell, then focuses more on the details of life in Saxon England. The greatest flowering of the Saxon English culture came under King Alfred the Great, the only British king with that title. Alfred the Great and the Saxons, by Robin May, gives the student interesting information about Alfred and the times he lived in and influenced. All three books are on a middle school reading level or perhaps an upper elementary school level.