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Elizabeth Fremantle
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Elizabeth Fremantle

How to pronounce Elizabeth Fremantle: FREE-mantle

An interview with Elizabeth Fremantle

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.

Unless otherwise stated, this interview was conducted at the time the book was first published, and is reproduced with permission of the publisher. This interview may not be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the copyright holder.

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