Poison Bed

'The Miniaturist meets Gone Girl. Gripping and full of surprises' BBC History 'Books of the Year'

***A marriage. A murder. One of them will hang for it.
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PRE-ORDER DISOBEDIENT*, THE GRIPPING NEW NOVEL FROM ELIZABETH FREMANTLE*
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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 and alone, 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 she go to to save herself?
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• 'A gripping psychological thriller. Readers will be awake deep into the night, trying to untangle the truth' The Times 'Books of the Year'

'Engaging, vivid and revelling in historical detail' Sarah Perry, bestselling author of The Essex Serpent

'A tale of intrigue and ambition, this is a rich and fascinating book' Guardian

'Immaculately detailed, dark, clever and compulsive' Daily Mail

Autorentext

Elizabeth Fremantle is the critically acclaimed author of four Tudor historical novels: Queen's Gambit (soon to be the feature film, Firebrand), Sisters of Treason, Watch the Lady and The Girl in the Glass Tower. As E.C. Fremantle she has written two gripping historical thrillers: The Poison Bed and The Honey and the Sting. Her most recent novel, Disobedient, is a gripping feminist retelling of the life of seventeenth-century Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi. She lives in London.

Zusammenfassung
'The Miniaturist meets Gone Girl. Gripping and full of surprises' BBC History 'Books of the Year'A marriage. A murder. One of them will hang for it. _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 and alone, 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 she go to to save herself?'A gripping psychological thriller. Readers will be awake deep into the night, trying to untangle the truth' The Times 'Books of the Year''Engaging, vivid and revelling in historical detail' Sarah Perry, bestselling author of The Essex Serpent'A tale of intrigue and ambition, this is a rich and fascinating book' Guardian'Immaculately detailed, dark, clever and compulsive' Daily Mail