QUEEN EMMA AND THE VIKINGS. A History of Power, Love, and Greed in Eleventh-Century England

Author: O’Brien, Harriet
Country: New York
Language: English
Year Published: 2005
No. of pages: 264
Illustrations: 10 Color Illustrations. 1 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound with Jacket
Size: 9”x 6”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 1582345961
Biblio/Bio: Index. Bibl.
Code: 6133

Price: $19.50

In O’Brien’s richly detailed biography of Queen Emma, a fascinating portrait of a little-known but remarkable woman emerges. The quintessential monarch, Emma was a political pawn turned master manipulator at the center of Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, and Normans all jostling for control of eleventh-century England. From child bride to dowager queen, Emma left an indelible mark on a nation beset by Vikings. Fourteen years after her death, it fell prey to her Norman family when William the Conqueror invaded in 1066.