The price of blood
By: Patricia Bracewell
Series: Emma of Normandy -- 2
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 544
ISBN-13: 9780008104603
Subjects: Fiction; History
Description: 1006 AD. Queen Emma, the Norman bride of England's King Aethelred, has given birth to a son. Now her place as second wife to the king is safe and Edward marked as heir to the throne. But the royal bed is a cold place and the court a setting for betrayal and violence, as the ageing king struggles to retain his power over the realm. Emma can trust no one, not even the king's eldest son Athelstan, the man she truly loves. Elsewhere Viking threats to the crown are gaining strength, and in the north the powerful nobleman Aelfhelm is s.