{"product_id":"9781596918702","title":"Queen Emma and the Vikings: A History of Power, Love, and Greed in 11th-Century England","description":"Emma, one of England's most remarkable queens, made her mark on a nation beset by Viking raiders at the end of the Dark Ages, a period often neglected by conventional history. At the center of a triangle of Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, and Normans all jostling for control of England, Emma was a political pawn who became a power broker and an unscrupulous manipulator. By birth a Norman, Emma spent the majority of her life on English soil. She was married to two kings of England and outlived both; she was twice driven into exile; while mourning the untimely loss of one son, she was devastated by the murder of another; she saw two of her sons crowned; she was stripped of her powers when her eldest son became king; and she eventually retired from public life as a dowager queen whose land and wealth had been restored. Regarded by her contemporaries as a generous Christian patron, a regent admired by her subjects, and a Machiavellian mother, Emma was, above all, a survivor: hers was a life marked by dramatic reversals of fortune. Harriet O'Brien is a journalist based in London. She has written for \u003ci\u003ethe Independent \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCondé Nast Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. This is her second book.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151263842544,"sku":"9781596918702","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781596918702_p0.jpg?v=1763808153","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781596918702","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}