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Firebrand / Elizabeth Fremantle.
A tale inspired by the life of Henry VIII's sixth wife follows her reluctant marriage to the egotistical and powerful king in spite of her love for Thomas Seymour, a situation that compels her to make careful choices in a treacherous court.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781668005361 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 420 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2024.
- Copyright: ©2013
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A novel of Katherine Parr"--Cover. "Originally published in Great Britain in 2013 by Penguin Books as Queen's gambit"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Subject: | Catharine Parr, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1512-1548 > Fiction. Courts and courtiers > Fiction. Great Britain > History > Henry VIII, 1509-1547 > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Novels. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | FIC Frema | 31681010381994 | FICTIONPBK | Available | - |
- Simon and Schuster
Now a major motion picture, Firebrand shows the tumultuous darker side to the marriages of the notorious King of England, Henry VIII, and the wife who survived.
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. Instead, she attracts the amorous attentions of the ailing, egotistical, and dangerously powerful Henry VIII. No one is able to refuse a royal proposal. Haunted by the fates of his previous wivesâtwo executions, two annulments, one death in childbirthâKatherine must wed Henry and rely on her wits and the help of her loyal servant Dot to survive the treacherous pitfalls of life as Henryâs queen. Yet as she treads the razorâs edge of court intrigue, she never quite gives up on love.
