She confronts Athelred with her thoughts and opinions, though he has no wish to hear them.
Though intimidated by her new role in life, Emma does not cower or shrink. In fact, her brother sends her to wed Athelred, King of England, instead of her older sister, because he thinks she will be of more use. She introduces her rather large cast of similarly named characters with a deft hand, and I had no trouble remember which names corresponded to which characters.Įmma, though a product of her age, is not a weak woman by any means. Bracewell has a knack for description and sets the scene so well.
The beautiful writing and vibrant characters pulled me into this past era and made me want to stay there for a while. Shadow on the Crown captured me immediately. Bracewell draws a brilliant portrait of a young woman sent to foreign shores to be Queen of England. In fact, I knew nothing about the time period in which Shadow on the Crown is set, early eleventh century Europe, primarily England. Not that there's not a lot to draw from in Tudor or Regency England, or from WWI and WWII, but it's so refreshing to read historicals that draw from other eras, ones that I know less about. I read a fair amount of historical fiction, but so much of it covers the same eras and places over and over again.
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