Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded… will she survive?
My name is Katherine Parr.
I’m 31 years old – already twice widowed.
I love a man I can’t have. I’m to wed a man no one would want.
He has cast aside two wives and watched another die in childbirth. Two more have had their heads struck from their bodies, on his order.
What will become of me as Henry VIII’s sixth wife?
I will have the king’s ear. With that comes power. But power means danger in the Tudor court.
Many have fallen. Will I fall too?
Firebrand by Elizabeth Fremantle is published in paperback on 20 June, 2024. Previously published as Queen’s Gambit, it’s released in a new edition to coincide with the film of the book, Firebrand, coming to UK cinemas soon.
There’s more historical fiction in our round-up of over 170 books coming out this year.
You may enjoy reading some of Elizabeth’s features for Historia:
The Honey and the Sting: the novel that didn’t want to be written
Five infamous female poisoners
James I & VI: King or Queen?
Are the Stuarts the New Tudors?
Lewd Strumpets!
Tragedy in Miniature
