Elizabeth Fremantle

ELIZABETH FREMANTLE is the author of seven historical novels. Her first, QUEEN'S GAMBIT is about the last wife of Henry VIII and has been adapted into the feature film FIREBRAND starring Alicia Vikander and Jude Law which premiered to great acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival 2023. It will be released internationally in cinemas in spring 2024 and will thereafter stream on Prime. Penguin will publish a new edit of the novel under the title FIREBRAND to tie-in with the film.

Publishing July 27th (UK) & August 1st (US) is Elizabeth's most recent novel DISOBEDIENT recounting a year (1611) in the life of the young Roman painter Artemisia Gentileschi and the terrifying obstacles she was forced to overcome in order to become the foremost female painter of the Renaissance. The brilliant Emma D'Arcy of House of the Dragon has recorded the audiobook.

Following on from QUEEN'S GAMBIT are three further Tudor set novels that follow on from each other: SISTERS OF TREASON, WATCH THE LADY and THE GIRL IN THE GLASS TOWER, all focusing on noted women whose lives were shaped and endangered by their proximity to the Tudor throne.

As EC FREMANTLE she has published two Stuart period thrillers: THE POISON BED & THE HONEY AND THE STING.

She lives in London.