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The Tudor court is renowned for being rocked with conspiracies over throne and romance. Who better to understand this than Henry VIII's wives? Queen's Gambit is a historical novel telling the story of Katherine Parr, who must forget her own desires and bow to the passion of the highest authority of England. Summary of the Book Twice a widow at thirty-one, Katherine Parr has not given up on love. Her passionate affair with the seductive, irresistible Thomas Seymour makes that fact all too obvious. But summoned to the court of Henry VIII, she finds her own fate changed as her lover is quickly dispatched to a distant location in service of his country and she finds herself the subject of another man's attention. One she can never refuse. But as she knows too well, to take the title of Henry Tudor's sixth wife would mean leading a life of danger, turbulence and above all jealousy. A life without love, love that she cannot give up on just yet. Her journey to the title of the Queen has just begun and it is this gambit that will change her fate forever. About Elizabeth Fremantle Elizabeth Fremantle is an English writer. After an extensive tryst with fashion journalism in French Vogue, she returned to Blighty where she began writing this series about the Tudors. A graduate in Creative Writing from Birkbeck, Elizabeth loved writing since she was a child and has also written for Elle, Vanity Fair and The Erotic Review. The series continues in Sisters of Treason, soon to be released in Spring 2014.