The Saxon Era · The US edition of A Hollow Crown
The Forever Queen
The year is 1002, Emma of Normandy is to marry King Æthelred of England. It is a marriage that is as doomed to fail as Æthelred's entire reign. But Emma is to find her own happiness when Cnut seizes the English throne…
Not only is Æthelred a failure of a king, but his young bride Emma of Normandy soon discovers he is even worse as a husband. When the Danish Vikings led by Swein Forkbeard and his son Cnut cause a maelstrom of chaos Emma, as Queen, must take control if the Kingdom - and her crown - are to be salvaged. Smarter than history remembers, and stronger than the foreign invaders who threaten England's shores, Emma risks everything on a gamble that could either fulfil her ambitions or destroy her completely.
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