George Villiers is rich, powerful and has the King’s ear. Doctor’s daughter Hester is a mere servant – to be cast aside when he has done with her, especially since she is pregnant. Returning to her family, Hester vows that Villiers will never lay eyes on their son. She and her sisters Melis and Hope […]
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The Honey and the Sting by EC Fremantle
Forcibly seduced by the powerful George Villiers, doctor’s daughter Hester is cast aside to raise her son alone and in secret. She hopes never to see Villiers again. England, 1628. Melis’s visions cause disquiet and talk. She sees what others can’t – and what has yet to be. She’d be denounced as a witch if […]
The Poison Bed by EC Fremantle
Autumn, 1615. Frances Carr is imprisoned in a cold, lightless room. She is accused of murder. In a cell nearby is her co-accused – her husband Robert. Kept apart, Frances can only tell her side of the story. How did she come to be here? Can she somehow prove her innocence? And what lengths will […]
The Poison Bed by E.C. Fremantle
A marriage. A murder. One of them did it. Which one of them will die for it? Autumn 1615. A scandal pervades the Jacobean court. A popular, much admired couple are imprisoned for murder. SHE is young and captivating. Rescued from an abusive marriage, she is determined to make a new life with her second husband […]
The Girl in the Glass Tower by Elizabeth Fremantle
Lost in history . . . losing her self. Uncover Tudor heroine Arbella Stuart’s incredible story, reimagined by Elizabeth Fremantle in this tense, historical thriller. Hardwick Hall, sixteenth-century England. Formerly a beacon of wealth and power. Now a gilded prison. Hidden away, forgotten, one young woman seeks escape. But to do so she must trust […]
Historia Q&A: Elizabeth Fremantle
Elizabeth Fremantle is the author of four novels. The latest, The Girl in the Glass Tower, was a Times Book of the Year in 2016 and is out in paperback on 9 February. During her career as a journalist, Elizabeth contributed to various publications including The Sunday Times, Vogue, Vanity Fair, The Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal. […]
The Girl in the Glass Tower by Elizabeth Fremantle
Tudor England. The word treason is on everyone’s lips. Arbella Stuart, niece to Mary Queen of Scots and presumed heir to Elizabeth I, has spent her youth behind the towering windows of Hardwick Hall. Her isolation should mean protection – but those close to the crown are never safe. Aemilia Lanyer – writer and poetess […]
The Girl in the Glass Tower by Elizabeth Fremantle
The Girl in the Glass Tower is the fourth novel from acclaimed historical fiction author Elizabeth Fremantle and continues her exploration of, in her words, ‘the invisibility of early modern women’s lives’ with perhaps her most challenging character. Lady Arbella Stuart was the great-granddaughter of Henry VIII’s sister Margaret Tudor and niece to Mary Queen […]