Download or read book The Ballad of the White Horse written by G. K. Chesterton and published by Phoemixx Classics Ebooks. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ballad of the White Horse G. K. Chesterton - The Ballad of the White Horse is a poem by G. K. Chesterton about the idealised exploits of the Saxon King Alfred the Great, published in 1911. Written in ballad form, the work has been described as one of the last great traditional epic poems ever written in the English language. The poem narrates how Alfred was able to defeat the invading Danes at the Battle of Ethandun with the aid of the Virgin Mary.