The Price of Blood
No CoverQueen Emma faces Viking raids, court betrayal, and a loveless marriage while defending her children and crown in eleventh-century England.
Queen Emma faces Viking raids, court betrayal, and a loveless marriage while defending her children and crown in eleventh-century England.
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Explicit sexual content; illicit romance between Emma and the king's son
Viking raids, battles, and slaughter; graphic wartime violence and deaths
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Medieval Christian clergy and ritual; king's crisis of faith
No fantasy magic elements present
King repeatedly haunted by the ghostly shade of his murdered brother
Court intrigue, succession struggles, and royal power politics
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Loveless royal marriage; wartime suffering, betrayal, and childbirth deaths
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