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Firebrand

Firebrand

Summary

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

Reviews

  • ‘Electric’
    Good Housekeeping

About the author

Elizabeth Fremantle

Elizabeth Fremantle is the critically acclaimed author of four Tudor historical novels: Firebrand (formerly Queen’s Gambit), 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. Her most recent novel, Disobedient, is a feminist retelling of the life of seventeenth-century Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi. She lives in London.
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