Queen Emma and the Vikings
Subtitle: power, love, and greed in 11th-century England
By: by Harriet O'Brien.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Bloomsbury; Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781582345963
Subjects: Emma, Queen, consort of Canute I, King of England, d. 1052; Normans -- Great Britain -- Biography; Queens -- Great Britain -- Biography; Vikings -- England; Great Britain -- History -- Ethelred II, 979-1016 -- Biography; Great Britain -- History -- Canute, 1017-1035 -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: Presents the life of the eleventh-century English queen, Emma, who was the mother of two kings and who ruled when England was threatened by a power struggle between Saxons, Normans, and invading Vikings.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Normandy; title: England; title: Murder and massacre; title: Revenge; title: Defeat; title: Captive bride; title: Partner; title: Saints and sinners; title: Image and empire; title: Letters; title: Fall and rise; title: The book; title: Disgrace.