Penguin Books Ltd Paperback English
Firebrand
Previously published as Queen’s Gambit, now a major feature film starring Alicia Vikander and Jude Law
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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. I’m thirty-one years old – already twice widowed. I love a man I can’t have. I’m 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 VIII’s sixth wife? I will have the king’s 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
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
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My name is Katherine Parr.
I’m thirty-one years old – already twice widowed.
I love a man I can’t have.
I’m 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 VIII’s sixth wife?
I will have the king’s ear. With that comes power.
But power means danger in the Tudor court.
Many have fallen.
Will I fall too?
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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