Queen's Gambit (The Tudor Trilogy, #1) View Online By Elizabeth Fremantle
| Title | : | Queen's Gambit (The Tudor Trilogy, #1) |
| Author | : | Elizabeth Fremantle |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Page | : | 476 pages |
| ISBN | : | 1405909382 |
Widowed for the second time at age thirty one Katherine Parr falls deeply for the dashing courtier Thomas Seymour and hopes at last to marry for love However, obliged to return to court, she attracts the attentions of the ailing, egotistical, and dangerously powerful Henry VIII, who dispatches his love rival, Seymour, to the Continent No one is in a position to refuse a Widowed for the second time at age thirty one Katherine Parr falls deeply for the dashing courtier Thomas Seymour and hopes at last to marry for love However, obliged to return to court, she attracts the attentions of the ailing, egotistical, and dangerously powerful Henry VIII, who dispatches his love rival, Seymour, to the Continent No one is in a position to refuse a royal proposal so, haunted by the fates of his previous wives two executions, two annulments, one death in childbirth Katherine must wed Henry and become his sixth queen Katherine has to employ all her instincts to navigate the treachery of the court, drawing a tight circle of women around her, including her stepdaughter, Meg, traumatized by events from their past that are shrouded in secrecy, and their loyal servant Dot, who knows and sees than she understands With the Catholic faction on the rise once , reformers being burned for heresy, and those close to the king vying for position, Katherine s survival seems unlikely Yet as she treads the razor s edge of court intrigue, she never quite gives up on love
about Author
As a child I was the one in the corner with my nose in a book who wanted to be a writer, but with the onset of a turbulent adolescence I left school, under a cloud, aged fifteen with nothing than a fistful of O Levels and a hapless sense that things would somehow work themselves out Eventually, after working in various dodgy dives I ve served grey scrambled eggs to squaddies at 5.30am I v As a child I was the one in the corner with my nose in a book who wanted to be a writer, but with the onset of a turbulent adolescence I left school, under a cloud, aged fifteen with nothing than a fistful of O Levels and a hapless sense that things would somehow work themselves out Eventually, after working in various dodgy dives I ve served grey scrambled eggs to squaddies at 5.30am I ve served vintage champagne to raucous hoorays I ve pulled pints for all and sundry I managed to find myself, much in the way Forrest Gump always landed on his feet, working as a dogsbody on a fashion magazine Over a decade, I worked for titles such as Vogue, Elle and The Sunday Times and contributed to many others Marriage took me to Paris, a stint at French Vogue and the birth of my two gorgeous children but divorce saw me back home in London where I have happily remained Fuelled by frustration with a fashion world that does no favours to women, I decided to complete my truncated education as a mature student which led, in a long and roundabout way with many frustrating impasses, to my fulfilling that childhood dream to become a novelist Elizabeth 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 
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Widowed for the second time at age thirty one Katherine Parr falls deeply for the dashing courtier Thomas Seymour and hopes at last to marry for love
476 pagesElizabeth Fremantle
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