UK hardback – out now
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US hardback – out August 2013
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UK paperback – out February 2014
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'A powerful debut,' The Guardian
'A thrilling and entertaining story heralding a promising new career...' Regional Press
'A sumptuous epic saturated in the politics of the time' – Metro, Claire Allfree
'One of the best historical novels I've read.' – Huffington Post, Liz Smith
'Fremantle is surely a major new voice in historical fiction .' The Bookseller, Cathy Rentzenbrink
DIVORCED, BEHEADED, DIED, DIVORCED, BEHEADED, SURVIVED...
The court of henry VIII is rife with intrigue, rivalries and romance – and none are better placed to understand this than the women at its heart.
Katherine Parr, Widowed for the second time aged thirty-one, is obliged to return to court, but, suspicious of the aging king and those who surround him, she does so with reluctance. Nevertheless, when she finds herself caught up in a passionate affair with the dashing and seductive Thomas Seymour, she believes she might finally be able to marry for love. But her presence at court has attracted the attentions of another.
Captivated by her honesty and intelligence, Henry Tudor has his own plans for Katherine and no one is in the position to refuse a proposal from the king. So with her charismatic lover dispatched to the continent, Katherine must accept the hand of the ailing egotistical monarch and become Henry's sixth wife - and yet she has still not quite given up on love.
See the 'books' section for more about QUEEN'S GAMBIT including the opening chapter, the book trailer and also for information on the coming novels in Elizabeth Fremantle's Tudor trilogy.
The court of henry VIII is rife with intrigue, rivalries and romance – and none are better placed to understand this than the women at its heart.
Katherine Parr, Widowed for the second time aged thirty-one, is obliged to return to court, but, suspicious of the aging king and those who surround him, she does so with reluctance. Nevertheless, when she finds herself caught up in a passionate affair with the dashing and seductive Thomas Seymour, she believes she might finally be able to marry for love. But her presence at court has attracted the attentions of another.
Captivated by her honesty and intelligence, Henry Tudor has his own plans for Katherine and no one is in the position to refuse a proposal from the king. So with her charismatic lover dispatched to the continent, Katherine must accept the hand of the ailing egotistical monarch and become Henry's sixth wife - and yet she has still not quite given up on love.
See the 'books' section for more about QUEEN'S GAMBIT including the opening chapter, the book trailer and also for information on the coming novels in Elizabeth Fremantle's Tudor trilogy.
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