O'Brien, Harriet
Queen Emma and the Vikings : a history of power, love, and greed in eleventh-century England / Harriet O'Brien. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Bloomsbury Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2005. - xxi, 264 p. : ill., geneal. tables, maps ; 25 cm.
Maps on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-253) and index.
Normandy -- England -- Murder and massacre -- Revenge -- Defeat -- Captive bride -- Partner -- Saints and sinners -- Image and empire -- Letters -- Fall and rise -- The book -- Disgrace.
Library Journal, August 2005 Kirkus Review, June 2005
Chronicles the life of Queen Emma of England, tracing the process by which she grew from child bride of Athelred, King of England--an alliance arranged to unite the English and Normans against the Vikings--to powerful monarch and mother.
Adult$b Follett Library Resources
1582345961
2005010845
Emma, Queen, consort of Canute I, King of England, d. 1052.
Normans--Great Britain--Biography.
Queens--Great Britain--Biography.
Vikings--England
Great Britain--History--1066-1154, Norman period.
DA160 / .O27 2005
/ EMM
Queen Emma and the Vikings : a history of power, love, and greed in eleventh-century England / Harriet O'Brien. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Bloomsbury Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2005. - xxi, 264 p. : ill., geneal. tables, maps ; 25 cm.
Maps on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-253) and index.
Normandy -- England -- Murder and massacre -- Revenge -- Defeat -- Captive bride -- Partner -- Saints and sinners -- Image and empire -- Letters -- Fall and rise -- The book -- Disgrace.
Library Journal, August 2005 Kirkus Review, June 2005
Chronicles the life of Queen Emma of England, tracing the process by which she grew from child bride of Athelred, King of England--an alliance arranged to unite the English and Normans against the Vikings--to powerful monarch and mother.
Adult$b Follett Library Resources
1582345961
2005010845
Emma, Queen, consort of Canute I, King of England, d. 1052.
Normans--Great Britain--Biography.
Queens--Great Britain--Biography.
Vikings--England
Great Britain--History--1066-1154, Norman period.
DA160 / .O27 2005
/ EMM