I doubt if I shall read a more deliciously sinister historical novel this year (Andrew Taylor) • Beautifullywritten. When Villiers decides to claim his son against Hester's wishes, the sisters find themselves almost friendless and at his mercy.

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Vikander is known for her Oscar winning role in The Danish Girl, Testament of Youth and the Danish historical drama A Royal Affair.

The descriptive power of the novel transported me straight to the heart of Renaissance Rome with some passages so beautiful I had to read them twice. The film will chronicle her torment at the hands of the cruel monarch, as well as the strength of her will to avoid the death sentence handed to both Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard. Fremantle is the 5x great-granddaughter of diarist Elizabeth Wynne Fremantle and Thomas Fremantle, the latter of whom was a close associate of Horatio Nelson.

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A number of films have captured the imagination of movie buffs at this year's Cannes Film Festival, with Tudor drama Firebrand among the buzziest projects at the event. Fremantle has taken a fascinating poisoning case, a toxic blend of glamour, intrigue and ambition, and breathed new life into it. Based on the novel by Elizabeth Fremantle titled Queen's Gambit (no relation to the Netflix series), Firebrand examines the period of Tudor England in which Catherine Parr became queen consort to an ageing King Henry VIII.Gripping, captivating, and consistently enlightening, Disobedient firmly places Gentileschi as one of the greatest artists and heroines in history.

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She has had work published in various other publications including Vanity Fair, The Sunday Times, The Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times and occasionally reviews fiction for the Sunday Express. Firebrand does not yet have a cinema release date, but Varietyreports that distributor STX International has acquired the rights to the film in the UK. Her fourth novel, The Girl in the Glass Tower is about Lady Arbella Stuart, who was for a time the presumed heir to Elizabeth I of England. Elizabeth Fremantle chaired the judging panel for the HWA Gold Crown 2018, [1] an award for historical novel of the year.Since finishing her creative writing masters at Birkbeck, Fremantle has published six Tudor and Jacobean set novels with Michael Joseph, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK. Following a buzzy premiere at the Cannes Film Festival 2023, it's likely we'll hear more about their wide release plan soon, with potential that it could come towards the end of the year to capitalise on awards season. The film rights to Queen's Gambit was acquired by Baby Cow Productions and a feature film premiered at Cannes Film Festival in May 2023, directed by Karim Aïnouz and produced by Gabrielle Tana at Magnolia Mae productions. Alicia Vikander will play Katherine Parr opposite Jude Law in FIREBRAND, the adaptation of Elizabeth Fremantle's QUEEN'S GAMBIT.