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ABOUT THE AUTHORELIZABETH FREMANTLE is an award winning author of historical fiction. Her novel, DISOBEDIENT, about the Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi, won the HWA Gold Crown 2024. She has also adapted it for the screen with producer, Daniel Dreifuss (All Quiet on the Western Front). Her first novel, QUEEN'S GAMBIT, about Tudor Queen Katherine Parr, was adapted as the major motion picture FIREBRAND, starring Alicia Vikander and Jude Law. Three further novels: SISTERS OF TREASON, WATCH THE LADY and THE GIRL IN THE GLASS TOWER combine as a Tudor quartet. As E.C. Fremantle she has written a pair of historical thrillers: THE POISON BED and THE HONEY AND THE STING. Her contemporary short story THAT KIND OF GIRL was shortlisted for the prestigious Bridport Prize in 2021. Her most recent novel is SINNERS. Set in Rome in 1599 it tells the tragic story and notorious murder trial of Beatrice Cenci.
As a journalist she has contributed to various publications including British Vogue, Paris Vogue, The Sunday Times, Vanity Fair, The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal and Elle UK. She lives in London. |
AUTHOR INSIGHTS...
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Elizabeth talks to Samira Ahmed on BBC RADIO 4'S FRONT ROW about Artemisia Gentileschi and her novel DISOBEDIENT.
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Elizabeth talking Artemisia Gentileschi and Disobedient on MoAn Inc
Elizabeth takes the Penguin Tudor quiz
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Elizabeth chats with Tudor historian Estelle Paranque
Tudors vs Today
Elizabeth Discusses Katherine Parr and Henry VIII
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