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Queen's Gambit
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  • Published: 31 December 2013
  • ISBN: 9781405909372
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 496
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Queen's Gambit

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A sumptuous epic from new historical novelist to rival Philippa Gregory

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.
  • Published: 31 December 2013
  • ISBN: 9781405909372
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 496
Categories:

About the author

Elizabeth Fremantle

Elizabeth Fremantle is the critically acclaimed author of four Tudor historical novels: Firebrand (formerly Queen’s Gambit and recently an acclaimed feature film starring Alicia Vikander and Jude Law)), Sisters of Treason, Watch the Lady and The Girl in the Glass Tower. As E.C. Fremantle she has written two historical thrillers: The Poison Bed and The Honey and the Sting. Disobedient, her feminist retelling of the life of seventeenth-century Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi, won the 2024 Historical Writers Gold Crown Award. She lives in London.

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The Honey and the Sting
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Praise for Queen's Gambit

The Tudor court comes to life in this gripping story of Katherine Parr, where passion, secrecy and betrayal power the suspense

Woman & Home

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 and A Gathering Storm

Rich in atmosphere and period detail . . . An enticing read

Stylist

A sumptuous epic

Metro

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

A powerful debut

Guardian

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

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