Watch the Lady
Authors: Elizabeth Fremantle
Praise for Elizabeth Fremantle's Novels
Queen's Gambit
“Spellbinding . . . fascinating . . . a must-read for Philippa Gregory fans.”
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People
“Wildly entertaining. . . . Lively, gamey, gripped with tension. One of the best historical novels I've read.”
âLiz Smith,
The Huffington Post
“Intrigue, romance, and treachery abound. . . . This compulsively readable fictional biography of the ultimate survivor is infused with the type of meticulous attention to historical detailing that discerning fans of Alison Weir and Philippa Gregory have come to expect in the Tudor canon.”
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Booklist
“Fremantle's vivid, finely detailed reconstruction of Katherine Parr's marriage to Henry VIII is a guaranteed best seller [that] fills the void just when historical fiction fans were beginning to feel the dearth of new works.”
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Library Journal
Sisters of Treason
“If you love historic royal fiction (with a dash of romance) you'll want to pick up Elizabeth Fremantle's
Sisters of Treason
, about two sisters reeling after the execution of their teenage sister, having been on the throne for just days.”
âPopSugar
“An enthralling story of love and tyranny,
Sisters of Treason
brings the Tudor courts to life again, in all their romance and horror.”
âLeanda de Lisle, author of
Tudor: The Family Story
“Pacey storytelling . . . superb background . . . harrowing detail.”
âKate Saunders,
The Times
(London)
“Passionate, compassionate, intricate, sharp, clever and utterly compelling.”
âM. C. Scott, author of
Rome: The Art of War
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October 1589: Leicester House, the Strand
November 1589: Theobalds, Hertfordshire
February 1581: Greenwich Palace
November 1581: Leicester House/Smithfield
November 1581: Smithfield/Whitehall
December 1581: Leicester House, the Strand
July 1582: Chartley, Staffordshire
November 1589: Theobalds, Hertfordshire
May 1590: Leicester House, the Strand
September 1590: Windsor Castle
May 1591: Theobalds, Hertfordshire
March 1592: Essex House, the Strand
April 1593: Theobalds, Hertfordshire
January 1594: Burghley House, the Strand
June 1594: Essex House, the Strand
November 1595: Burghley House, the Strand
July 1598: Drayton Bassett, Derbyshire
August 1598: Burghley House, the Strand
December 1598: Whitehall/Tower of London
March 1599: Curtain Theatre/Essex House
September 1599: Nonsuch, Surrey
September 1599: Barn Elms/Nonsuch
December 1599: Richmond Palace
June 1600: Essex House, the Strand
January 1601: Chartley, Staffordshire
February 1601: Essex House, the Strand
February 1601: Essex House, the Strand
February 1601: Essex House, the Strand
February 1601: Whitehall/Westminster
For Alice, who would have been Stella had I got my way
Stella, star of heavenly fire,
Stella, lodestar of desire.
Sir Philip Sidney,
Astrophil and Stella
Leicester House, the Strand
The wax sizzles as it drips, releasing an acrid whiff. Penelope presses in her seal, twisting it slightly to make it unreadable, wondering if itâthis letterâis folly, if it could be construed as treason were it to fall into the wrong hands.
“Do you think . . .” she begins to say to Constable, who is standing at her shoulder.
“I think you risk too much.”
“I have to secure my family's future. You know as well as I that the Queen is not a young woman. Were she toâ” She stops and flicks her gaze about the chamber, though they both know they are alone as they had searched, even behind the hangings, for lurking servants who might be persuaded to sell a snippet of information to the highest bidder. “There have been attempts on the Queen's life and she has named no heir. If one were to strike its target.” Her voice is lowered to the quietest of whispers. She doesn't need to tell him that there are eyes all over Europe on Elizabeth's crown. “The Devereuxs need an established allegiance.”