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Menaced by Vikings and enemies at court, Queen Emma defends her children and her crown in a riveting medieval adventureReaders first met Emma of Normandy in Patricia Bracewell's gripping debut novel, Shadow on the Crown. Unwillingly thrust into marriage to England's King thelred, 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 thelred, 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.
About the Author
Patricia Bracewell is the author of the EMMA OF NORMANDY TRILOGY: SHADOW ON THE CROWN, THE PRICE OF BLOOD, and THE STEEL BENEATH THE SILK. Before embarking upon her writing career she taught literature and composition, but it was her lifelong fascination with British history and a chance, on-line reference to an unfamiliar English queen that led to years of research and to the penning of her novel series about the 11th century queen of England, Emma of Normandy. In 2014 she was honored to serve as writer-in-residence at Gladstone's Library in Wales where she conducted research for the third book of her trilogy, THE STEEL BENEATH THE SILK, which was published in March, 2021. She lives with her husband in Northern California. Visit her website at http://www.patriciabracewell.com/
