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Elizabeth Fremantle
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Elizabeth Fremantle

How to pronounce Elizabeth Fremantle: FREE-mantle

Elizabeth Fremantle Biography

Elizabeth is the acclaimed author of Sisters of Treason, Queen's Gambit, Watch the Lady, and The Poison Bed. She has a first in English and an MA in creative writing from Birkbeck, University of London. She has contributed to various publications including The Sunday Times, Vogue, Vanity Fair, The Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal. She also reviews fiction for The Sunday Express. She lives in London.

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A Q&A with Elizabeth Fremantle about her historical fiction debut, Queen's Gambit, which takes you into the heart of the Tudor court and the life and loves of the clever, charismatic Katherine Parr, Henry VIII's sixth and last wife.

In September 2013 BookBrowse hosted a discussion of Elizabeth Fremantle's excellent first novel, Queen's Gambit, about Katherine Parr, Henry VIII's clever, charismatic and last wife. Elizabeth joined us to answer questions about her book and her research. Click to read the Q&A.

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Disobedient jacket The Poison Bed jacket Sisters of Treason jacket Queen's Gambit jacket
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