{"product_id":"cnut-the-great-timothy-bolton-9780300208337","title":"Cnut the Great","description":"\u003cb\u003eA seminal biography of Cnut, the underappreciated eleventh-century Scandinavian warlord-turned-Anglo-Saxon monarch who united the English and Danish crowns to forge a North Sea empire\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A gripping and revelatory biography of Britain's Danish conqueror.\"-- Simon Sebag Montefiore, \u003ci\u003eThe Week\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Historian Timothy Bolton offers a fascinating reappraisal of one of the most misunderstood of the Anglo-Saxon kings: Cnut, the powerful Danish warlord who conquered England and created a North Sea empire in the eleventh century. This seminal biography draws from a wealth of written and archaeological sources to provide the most detailed accounting to date of the life and accomplishments of a remarkable figure in European history, a forward-thinking warrior-turned-statesman who created a new Anglo-Danish regime through designed internationalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Timothy Bolton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300208332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300208337\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2017","brand":"Timothy Bolton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064820084991,"sku":"9780300208337","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9acf0812-a580-49ee-953a-00dea809d03f.jpg?v=1768671244","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cnut-the-great-timothy-bolton-9780300208337","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}