Fremantle, Elizabeth creator author. text Historical fiction. enk 2024 2024 Revised, updated and retitled edition monographic eng 420 pages ; 20 cm Travel to Tudor England is this vivid tale charting the life and love of Katherine Parr, wife and widower to Henry VIII. Previously published as Queen's Gambit, FIREBRAND is now a major feature film. Meet the woman who survived Henry VIII. My name is Katherine Parr. I'm 31 years old and already twice widowed. I'm in love with a man I can't have, and am about to wed a man no-one would want. My husband-to-be is none other than Henry VIII, who has already beheaded two wives, cast aside two more, and watched one die in childbirth. What will become of me once I'm wearing his ring and become Queen of England? They say that the sharpest blades are sheathed in the softest pouches. Only time will tell what I am really made of.. general ELIZABETH FREMANTLE Series information from Fantastic Fiction. Previously published as Queen's Gambit. Soon to be a major film. "Divorced, beheaded, died. Divorced, beheaded, survive." -- Cover. Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England Catharine Parr 1512-1548 Fiction VIII, King of England Henry 1491-1547 Fiction Courts and courtiers Fiction Widows Fiction Great Britain History Henry VIII, 1509-1547 Fiction 823.92 Fremantle, Elizabeth 9781405965842 PPAK 251118 20251118115856.0 eng