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<p>An engaging&nbsp;biography of the 11th-century English queen who married two English kings and gave birth to two more.</p> <p>In 1002, a beautiful 18-year-old named Emma, the half-Danish sister of the Duke of Normandy and a descendant of Vikings, sailed to England to be the queen of Ethelred the Unready, who needed a Norman alliance against Viking raiders. The political and marital career on which Emma embarked was to be unique for an English queen. Before it was over she would have married two kings, Ethelred and the Danish Canute, and would have given birth to two more, Edward the Confessor and Hardecanute. From her home in Winchester, the Saxon capital, Emma operated as a significant political figure in her own right. Her writings suggest that she was a Danish nationalist who wished to see England joined with Viking Denmark. But, ultimately, it was her great-nephew, William the Conqueror, who would decide the destiny of England in 1066. Emma's queenship stood at the meeting point of three cultures of the early Middle Ages in England: Saxon, Viking and Norman. This study of her reign, based on contemporary writings and the work of modern scholars, provides a picture of a bruta

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Author

Strachan, Isabella

Publisher

Peter Owen Publishers ; Distributed in the USA by Dufour Editions

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780720612219

Category

history

Subjects

Historical Fiction, Memoir, Fiction

Rating

3.02 / 5 (40 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13