Queen Emma and the Vikings : a history of power, love, and greed in eleventh-century England / Harriet O'Brien.

Author/creator O'Brien, Harriet
Format Book
Edition1st U.S. ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Bloomsbury : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2005.
Descriptionxxi, 264 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), 1 map ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Emma, Queen, consort of Canute I, King of England, -1052.
Normans--Great Britain. --Biography.
Queens--Great Britain. --Biography.
Vikings--England.
Great Britain--History. --Ethelred II, 979-1016. --Biography.
Great Britain--History. --Canute, 1017-1035. --Biography.

Contents Normandy -- England -- Murder and massacre -- Revenge -- Defeat -- Captive bride -- Partner -- Saints and sinners -- Image and empire -- Letters -- Fall and rise -- The book -- Disgrace.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [235]-253) and index.
LCCN 2005010845
ISBN1582345961
ISBN9781582345963