Firebrand (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
432
Utgivningsdatum
2024-06-20
Förlag
Penguin Books Ltd
Dimensioner
30 x 192 x 131 mm
Vikt
308 g
ISBN
9781405965842

Firebrand

Previously published as Queens Gambit, now a major feature film starring Alicia Vikander and Jude Law

av Elizabeth Fremantle
Häftad,  Engelska, 2024-06-20
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FIREBRAND IS NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING ALICIA VIKANDER AND JUDE LAW For fans of Wolf Hall and the BBC's The White Queen Dive into Elizabeth Fremantle's vivid Tudor England and meet the woman who survived Henry VIII --- My name is Katherine Parr. Im thirty-one years old already twice widowed. I love a man I cant have. Im to wed a man no one would want. He has cast aside two wives and watched another die in childbirth. Two more have had their heads struck from their bodies, on his order. What will become of me as Henry VIIIs sixth wife? I will have the kings ear. With that comes power. But power means danger in the Tudor court. Many have fallen. Will I fall too? --- PRAISE FOR ELIZABETH FREMANTLE Electric Good Housekeeping Rich in atmosphere and period detail . . . An enticing read Stylist 'An unforgettable, moving and important story told with great skill and care' Jennifer Saint 'Outstanding. A powerful novel about women who are shamed and silenced, and how they learn to survive. A literary knockout' Anna Mazzola, author of The Clockwork Girl
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Electric * Good Housekeeping * Beautifully written and finely observed, this suspenseful tale of Henry the Eighth's last wife expertly conveys all the dangerous intensity and passion of the Tudor court * RACHEL HORE, author of A PLACE OF SECRETS * Rich in atmosphere and period detail . . . An enticing read * Stylist * With a painter's eye for detail, Fremantle brings the dazzling, dangerous Tudor court to life and sheds an intriguing new light on Katherine Parr, one of history's great survivors. An enthralling tale of power and passion, loyalty and betrayal * ELIZABETH WILHIDE, author of ASHENDEN * Breathes vibrant life into Henry VIII's most intriguing, intelligent and least known wife, Katherine Parr * ANNE EASTER SMITH * A major new voice in historical fiction * The Bookseller * Wildly entertaining . . . One of the best historical novels I've read * Huffington Post *

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Elizabeth Fremantle is the critically acclaimed author of four Tudor historical novels: Queen's Gambit (soon to be the feature film, Firebrand), Sisters of Treason, Watch the Lady and The Girl in the Glass Tower. As E.C. Fremantle she has written two gripping historical thrillers: The Poison Bed and The Honey and the Sting. Her most recent novel, Disobedient, is a gripping feminist retelling of the life of seventeenth-century Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi. She lives in London.

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