Emma of Normandy is just a child really when her brother sends her across the sea to marry a man she has never met. This formidable man is the King of England, and it is Emma's job to make sure that peace is kept between her brothers country and her husbands. As she arrives, she is met with distain,...
The story covers only a brief part of Emma's life, and that a part which cannot be confirmed in the historical record. Emma is the second daughter, not the oldest, who should have been sent to the king. She's the second wife to this king and he really isn't terribly happy with her, partly because sh...
Brilliant. Just brilliant. The beautifully described settings transport the reader to Saxon England. The complex and skillfully developed characters become friends . . . or enemies. Scenes of drama, love, and suspense are interspersed with quotes from historical texts, showing how and where the auth...
The first in a trilogy of novels centering around Emma of Normandy, queen of two kings of England and mother of Edward the Confessor, this is not a pretty tale of the parties in an arranged marriage finding love. It seems pretty well agreed that Emma's first husband, Æthelred the Unready (I've heard...
I think that everyone else who has reviewed this book has covered the basics. It was an interesting look at a time period that I am not terribly familiar with; Emma of Norway and her reign as Queen. The narrative was well written but didn't keep me turning the pages and I didn't feel very connected...
Shadow on the Crown is the first in a trilogy based on the life of Emma of Normandy. I'm feeling lazy today and other reviewers here have recapped everything nicely, so I'll pass on another rehash. I thought this was a solid effort from a first time writer, and I'm looking forward to the rest of the...
I had gone into this one expecting that it was going to be yet another historical romance, but instead found it to be a fairly solid historical novel. Not too many novels are set in England before the Norman Conquest, and this one tells the story of Emma, the sister of the Duke of Normandy who marri...
I started reading this book, thinking initially that it would be a typical romance book with a bit of history thrown in to keep me happy. What I got was a lot of history and tragedy and not much romance. But really, that was the way of things in the medieval courts in the early 11th century. We read...
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