Shadow on the Crown
- 528pages
- 19 heures de lecture
Set in England when Vikings are on the brink of invasion, this is an epic tale of seduction, war, and unrequited love from an outstanding new voice in historical fiction
Emma de Normandie Séries
Cette saga historique retrace la vie et l'ascension d'une puissante femme viking sur le fond turbulent de l'Angleterre du début du XIe siècle. Contrainte à un mariage politiquement instable pour cimenter des alliances, une jeune noble se retrouve au cœur des intrigues, des guerres et des trahisons. Bien que ses circonstances la rendent davantage captive que reine, elle fait preuve d'une remarquable résilience et détermination. Son parcours est un récit captivant de survie, d'acquisition de pouvoir et de façonnage du destin d'un royaume au milieu de la vague d'incursions vikings.
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“A splendid fusion of historical research and imagination.” —Adrienne McDonnell, author of The Doctor and the Diva Readers first met Emma of Normandy in Patricia Bracewell’s gripping debut novel, Shadow on the Crown. Unwillingly thrust into marriage to England’s King Æthelred, Emma has given the king a son and heir, but theirs has never been a happy marriage. In The Price of Blood, Bracewell returns to 1006, when a beleaguered Æthelred—still haunted by his brother’s ghost—governs with an iron fist and a royal policy that embraces murder. As tensions escalate and enmities solidify, Emma forges alliances to protect her young son from ambitious men—even from the man she loves. In the north there is treachery brewing, and when Viking armies ravage England, loyalties are shattered and no one is safe from the sword. Rich with intrigue, compelling personalities, and fascinating detail about a little-known period in history, The Price of Blood will captivate fans of both historical fiction and fantasy novels such as George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones.
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The Steel Beneath the Silk
- 450pages
- 16 heures de lecture
A breathtaking conclusion to Bracewell's Emma of Normandy Trilogy, brimming with treachery, heartache, tenderness and passion as the English queen confronts ambitious and traitorous councilors, invading armies and the Danish king's power-hungry concubine. In the year 1012 England's Norman-born Queen Emma has been ten years wed to an aging, ruthless, haunted King Æthelred. The marriage is a bitterly unhappy one, between a queen who seeks to create her own sphere of influence within the court and a suspicious king who eyes her efforts with hostility and resentment. But royal discord shifts to grudging alliance when Cnut of Denmark, with the secret collusion of his English concubine Elgiva, invades England at the head of a massive viking army. Amid the chaos of war, Emma must outwit a fierce enemy whose goal is conquest, and outmaneuver the cunning Elgiva, who threatens all those whom Emma loves.