{"product_id":"cnut-the-great-9780300243185","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimothy Bolton \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Empire of Cnut the Great\u003c\/i\u003e. He is an honorary fellow of both Cardiff and Aberdeen Universities.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52057890128146,"sku":"9780300243185","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_823201b6-b77e-4a38-95ac-b1c91fd5248e.jpg?v=1772014702","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cnut-the-great-9780300243185","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}