![]() She gains strength from this and uses it as a catalyst to continually pushing ahead and never back. As a new girl she is married to King thelred - a man who does not address her well. ![]() Emma grows into this land of being because of all of the things that she has to deal with. Smarter than history remembers, and stronger than the alien invaders who threaten England's shores, Emma risks everything on a chance that could either fulfill her ambitions and dreams or destroy her completely.Emma, the King of Saxon England, comes to animation through the exquisite writing of Helen Hollick, who shows in this epic tale how one of the most compelling and vivid heroines in English history stood tall through a turbulent fifty-year rule of proud determination, tragic despair, and triumph over treachery" (from Sourcebooks).The Forever Queen is the history of a powerful woman. When the Danish Vikings, led by Swein Forkbeard and his son, Cnut, cause a whirlpool of chaos, Emma, as Queen, must have command if the Kingdom-and her crown-are to be salvaged. Not alone is thelred a failure as King, but his new bride, Emma of Normandy, soon discovers he is still worse as a husband. ![]() The Forever Queen by Helen HollickGenre: Historical FictionSource: Received from Sourcebooks for The Forever Queen Book ClubWhat kind of woman becomes the wife of two kings, and the father of two more? "Saxon England, 1002. ![]()
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