Thrust into an unfamiliar and treacherous court, with a husband who mistrusts her, stepsons who resent her and a bewitching rival who covets her crown, Emma must defend herself against her enemies and secure her status as queen by bearing a son…īotwell Green Library Reading Group met at the Tovertafel (aka Magic Table) on Friday afternoon to discuss Shadow on the Crown by Patricia Bracewell in-between playing snap, bursting bubbles, paint balls and balloons, completing jigsaw puzzles, sweeping leaves and tickling fish!! This new interactive installation at Botwell Green Library was a big hit with the Library Reading Group and just as well because we were so much in agreement of how enjoyable the book was, there was no difference of opinion and not much to say. In 1002 fifteen year-old Emma of Normandy crosses the Narrow Sea to wed the much older King, whom she meets for the first time at the church door. Shadow on the Crown is a fictionalised account of the court of King Ethelred II of England.
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