Queen's Gambit: Soon To Be a Major Motion Picture, FIREBRAND (The Tudor Trilogy, 1)

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Firebrand: Release date, cast, latest news for Catherine Parr film Alicia Vikander plays the final wife of the infamous King Henry VIII. Gripping, captivating, and consistently enlightening, Disobedient firmly places Gentileschi as one of the greatest artists and heroines in history.

The Tudor Trilogy by Elizabeth Fremantle - Goodreads

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. I have also given the text room to breathe by separating it into more chapters and dividing the whole into four parts.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. 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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Her second novel, Sisters of Treason, explores the story of the younger sisters of Lady Jane Grey (Mary and Elizabeth) and her third Watch the Lady tells of Penelope Devereux ( Penelope Blount, Countess of Devonshire) – sister of the doomed Earl of Essex ( Robert Devereux) who was labelled by James I of England ‘a fair woman with a black soul. This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Through effervescent prose, Elizabeth Fremantle brings the story of artist Artemisia Gentileschi to life.

Fremantle's first novel, Queen’s Gambit, focuses on the life of Henry VIII of England's last wife, Catherine Parr. 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.

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Forcibly seduced by the powerful George Villiers, doctor's daughter Hester is cast aside to raise their illegitimate son alone and in secret, hoping to never see his father again.

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. Her seventh novel, Disobedient is due to be published in July 2023, and is a feminist retelling of the story of Artemisia Gentileschi. After leaving school aged sixteen Fremantle worked in a variety of jobs before embarking on a career in journalism. 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.