Warrior Queen
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Almost two-thousand years ago, a Celtic queen proved the truth of the famous saying “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.”
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Londinium
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Samuel Johnson, considered England’s greatest man of letters, famously said: “When a man is tired of London, he’s tired of life.” London’s fascinating history is one reason why.
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The Game
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Chess is battle on a board. There can only be one winner.
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The Mentor
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Any mentor can only go so far. Eventually the hero – or heroine – MUST face the unknown ALONE.
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The Northampton
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Of Emma of Normandy, Sir Winston Churchill wrote: “Few women in history have stood at the centre of such remarkable converging forces.” But another powerful woman stood in her way.
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Birth of a Conqueror
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How did one of history’s most famous kings come to be? Yet without Emma of Normandy, he would be a fleeting figure through time.
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Ironside
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This figure is indispensable to British history and to Emma's story. But he didn't last long on her chessboard.
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Winter Queen
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Even in the winter of life, love knows no yesterdays.
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Emma’s Place
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It’s been said that home is where the heart is. But for Emma, only one place will do.
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The Oath
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A woman desperate for her bloodline to continue fights at every turn for her sons to rise as kings. But first, she needs the oath.
info_outlineDr. Daniel Gerrard is a British historian of the High Middle Ages and the author of three books. Professor Gerrard teaches medieval history at Regents Park College, Oxford University and specializes in the biography of Emma of Normandy, the first biography of an English queen, the Encomium Emmae Reginae.
This interview focuses on the early days of Emma of Normandy in England and the trauma she experienced just months after her arrival as young bride and queen, the St. Brice’s Day Massacre. Flashpoint for the Viking conquest of England.