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SISTERS OF TREASON is out in paperback in the US on Tuesday 30th June!

'Elizabeth Fremantle has conjured up the rich tapestry of Tudor Britain with all its attendant intrigues and affaires to perfection. Above all, SISTERS OF TREASON is readable... it is a novel of extraordinary power and accuracy, and a perfect read. I love it.' Books Monthly

Penelope Devereux, heroine of WATCH THE LADY is Person of the Month in Tudor Times:

**Here's the World Book Night edition of Queen's Gambit.**

Book givers around the country have started to receive their copies to distribute on Thursday.

DID YOU SEE? I wrote about the history of brocade in the FT, exploring how this sumptuous fabric, which has made a return to the SS15 catwalks, was important in delivering the Tudor message. THE GOLDEN THREAD – Financial Times

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News: A new deal with Hermes in Bulgaria means QUEEN'S GAMBIT will be published in 10 languages.

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WATCH THE LADY – out June 18th 2015

The third part in Elizabeth Fremantle's Tudor trilogy tells the story of the 'decadent' Penelope Devereux, sister of the Queen's doomed favourite, The Earl of Essex, muse to the courtier poet Sir Philip Sidney and dubbed by James I as 'a fair lady with a black soul'. A tale of passion, politics and betrayal in the dying days of Elizabeth's reign.

Listen to an extract of the Sisters of Treason audiobook:

BRAND NEW:
A new cover for Queen's Gambit, which is one of the novels selected for the World Book Night give-away.

World Book Night is an annual celebration of reading and books that takes place on 23 April. It sees passionate volunteers give out hundreds of thousands of books in their communities to share their love of reading with people who don’t read regularly or own books. World Book Night is run by The Reading Agency, a national charity that inspires people to become confident and enthusiastic readers to help give them an equal chance in life.

Apply to be a book giver here

News: SISTERS OF TREASON has been chosen as one of The bookbag's top ten historical novels for 2014

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It's the new paperback cover for SISTERS OF TREASON. A whole new look for the Tudor trilogy. Out in January.
'Pacy, superb, harrowing. Terrifically entertaining.' Kate Saunders, Sunday Times
In a court ruled by a paranoid Queen, possessing royal blood can be the gravest crime of all…
Fearing traitors amongst her court, the aging Queen Mary orders the execution of her cousin, Lady Jane Grey. Cursed with royal blood her young sisters Katherine and Mary must now face the perils of the Tudor court alone.
With her striking looks, Katherine is a beauty amongst the Queen’s maids. Entranced by the drama of the court her wayward disposition and foolish desire for love leads her to make dangerous romantic liaisons. While Mary, fiercely clever but trapped in a misshapen body, is seen to pose no threat and reluctantly becomes the Queen’s confidante.
But the childless Queen is ill and her fearsome sister Elizabeth is waiting in the shadows to seize her throne – she will let nothing prevent her from inheriting the crown. And so Katherine and Mary find themselves in a maze of treachery, suspicion and danger – where royal blood could be their death warrant. . .

News: Queen's Gambit is on Oprah: 6 Books to Make Time Stand Still, plus a new Russian deal with Centrepolygraph means Q's G can be read in 9 languages.

'Author Elizabeth Fremantle brings the decadent, conniving, back-stabbing world of the 16th-century British court to brilliant life here, revealing what one woman can teach us all about the timeless art of survival.' Andrea Walker on Oprah.com

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