The Ballad of the White Horse was an epic poem written by GK Chesterton about the famous King Alfred the Great, the King of Wessex who eventually united the six kingdoms of England against the invasion of the Danes around 850 AD. The ballad is written in poetic form and is easy to read because of its lyric quality. In it, Chesterton praises the medieval virtues of chivalry, the loyalty of the people to the king and the loyalty of the king to his God. Chesterton draws contrasts between these medieval virtues and the modern ideals of indifference, tolerance and laissez-faire. My only criticism of this work is that the structure of the poem makes the story tedious at times, but that is the risk of using a highly structured poetic form to tell a story. Overall, I would recommend the Ballad to anyone with an interest in medieval society.