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The price of blood
"Menaced by Vikings and enemies at court, Queen Emma defends her children and her crown in a riveting medieval adventure...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 Ethelred, 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 Ethelred, 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"--
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- "The second book in Bracewell's outstanding Emma of Normandy series, set in 11 century England, when Vikings are on the brink of invasion. 1006, AD. Emma of Normandy, the peaceweaving bride of the English King Aethelred has given birth to a son, Edward, marked as heir to the English throne. But Viking threats to the crown hang heavy - as well as those inside the King's court - and Emma must protect Edward from conspiracies - even by his own family. In the north, the powerful nobleman Aelfhelm, is striking an alliance with the Danes. To her disgust, Aelfhelm's daughter Elgiva, former mistress to the King, is forced to act as a pawn in his plan, and is given as wife to a Viking Lord. Can the southern King Aethelred finally listen in time to his sons, whose plan to strengthen the north/south ties will put off the Viking threat once and for all? Emma can trust no one - not even her stepson Aethelstan, the man she truly loves. And as she struggles to protect her yuong son, without forsaking her own royal commitments, her inner conflict will be played out against the dramatic and bloody struggle for Britain's rule."
- ""Menaced by Vikings and enemies at court, Queen Emma defends her children and her crown in a riveting medieval adventure...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 Ethelred, 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 Ethelred, 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"--"@en
- ""Menaced by Vikings and enemies at court, Queen Emma defends her children and her crown in a riveting medieval adventure...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 Ethelred, 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 Ethelred, 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"--"