Shadow on the Crown (Paperback)

from annie.michelle

This book which is based on real events recorded in the Anglo Saxon Chronicle had me from the first page and kept me turning pages well into the night... Our story starts out on Dec. 24 of 1001 in Normandy, amidst one of the coldest winters in recent memories. 15 yr. old Emma is arguing with her ...

from A_Reader_of_Fictions

I read a fair amount of historical fiction, but so much of it covers the same eras and places over and over again. Not that there's not a lot to draw from in Tudor or Regency England, or from WWI and WWII, but it's so refreshing to read historicals that draw from other eras, ones that I know less...

from john257hopper

A visit to the former capital of Anglo Saxon Wessex, Winchester, over Easter prompted me to read this novel, the first in a trilogy about Emma of Normandy, a pivotal figure in the politics of England and indeed north west Europe in the first half of the 11th century, and queen to two Kings of Eng...

from JaneSteen

Where I got the book: purchased at a conference. Signed. I know Pat Bracewell from the conference circuit and Facebook. This was my one buy at the 2013 Historical Novel Society conference because I'd read good things about it on Goodreads. I wasn't disappointed. I don't generally like "kings and ...

from beckyhaase

SHADOW ON THE CROWN by Patricia Bracewell SHADOW ON THE CROWN is an intricately plotted historical novel based on the early life of Emma of England, a little remembered queen of the medieval period. Emma, youngest daughter of Richard of Normandy and ancestor to William the Conqueror, is sent to E...