Menaced by Vikings and enemies at court, Queen Emma defends her children and her crown in a riveting medieval adventure.
Readers first met Emma of Normandy in Patricia Bracewell’s gripping debut novel, Shadow on the Crown. Unwillingly thrust into marriage to England’s King Æthelred, Emma has given...
A rich tale of power and forbidden love revolving around a young medieval queen.
In 1002, fifteen-year-old Emma of Normandy crosses the Narrow Sea to wed the much older King Athelred of England, whom she meets for the first time at the church door. Thrust into an unfamiliar and treacherous court,...