The Steel Beneath the Silk

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The breathtaking conclusion to Bracewell’s Emma of Normandy Trilogy brims with treachery, heartache, tenderness and passion as England’s queen confronts ambitious and traitorous councilors, invading armies and the Danish king’s power-hungry concubine.

In the year 1012 England’s Norman-born Queen Emma has been ten years wed to an aging, ruthless, haunted King Æthelred. The marriage is a bitterly unhappy one, between a queen who seeks to create her own sphere of influence within the court and a suspicious king who eyes her efforts with hostility and resentment. But royal discord shifts to grudging alliance when Cnut of Denmark, with the secret collusion of his English concubine, Elgiva, invades England at the head of a massive viking army. Amid the chaos of war, Emma must outwit a fierce enemy whose goal is conquest, and outmaneuver the cunning Elgiva who threatens all those whom Emma loves.

“The detailed scents, sounds and visual period detail pull the reader right into an English eleventh century court threatened with intrigue. This excellently recreated world provides an authentic background to a thrilling story.” Carol McGrath, author of The Handfasted Wife.

“A magnificent book! This masterful culmination of Patricia Bracewell’s epic Emma of Normandy trilogy could rival any Norse saga.” Anne Easter Smith, author of This Son of York.

Paperback and eBook are available via the links below.

The Audiobook, narrated by Rachel Atkins,  is available wherever audiobooks are sold.

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BARNES & NOBLE

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