{"product_id":"9781445662046","title":"The Warrior Queen : The Life and Legend of Aethelflaed, Daughter of Alfred the Great","description":"\u003cbr\u003eÆthelflæd, eldest daughter of Alfred \"the Great,\" has gone down in history as an enigmatic and almost legendary figure. To the popular imagination, she is the archetypal warrior queen, a Medieval Boudicca, while in fiction she has also been cast as the mistreated wife who seeks a Viking lover, and struggles to be accepted as a female ruler in a patriarchal society. The sources from her own time, and later, reveal a more complex and fascinating image of the \"Lady of the Mercians.\" A skilled diplomat who forged alliances with neighboring territories, she was a shrewd and ruthless leader willing to resort to deception and force to maintain her power. Yet she was also a patron of learning, who used poetic tradition and written history to shape her reputation as a Christian maiden engaged in an epic struggle against the heathen foe.","brand":"Trafalgar Square","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052056396016,"sku":"9781445662046","price":21.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781445662046_p0.jpg?v=1763825418","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781445662046","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}