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A city where women are seen but not heard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArtemisia Gentileschi dreams of becoming a great artist. Motherless, she grows up among a family of painters - men and boys. She knows she is more talented than her brothers, but she cannot choose her own future. She wants to experience the world, but she belongs to her father and will belong to a husband.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Artemisia patiently goes from lesson to lesson, perfecting her craft, she also paints in private, recreating the women who inspire her, away from her father's eyes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUntil a mysterious tutor enters her life. Tassi is a dashing figure, handsome and worldly, and for a moment he represents everything that a life of freedom might offer. But then the unthinkable happens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the eyes of her family, Artemisia should accept her fate. In the eyes of the law, she is the villain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Artemisia is a survivor. And this is her story to tell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An exhilarating read. Through effervescent prose, Elizabeth Fremantle brings the story of artist Artemisia Gentileschi to life. Gripping, captivating, and consistently enlightening,\u003ci\u003e Disobedient \u003c\/i\u003efirmly places Gentileschi as one of the greatest female heroines in history' KATY HESSEL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An unforgettable book - visceral and lush and fierce. The last few pages left me gasping. An absolute triumph' EVE CHASE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Outstanding. A powerful novel about women who are shamed and silenced, and how they learn to survive. A literary knockout' ANNA MAZZOLA, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Clockwork Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A great female artist struggling for her voice and for justice is brought to powerful life. 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And the Queen, a woman she holds responsible for the death of her father, the exile of her mother and her failure to marry the one man she ever truly loved, is just one more pawn in a deadly game.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWalking the knife-edge of court, whilst ensuring that her reckless brother Essex remains the only star in the Queen's firmament - and out of the Tower - Penelope must plan for the inevitable succession of an ailing monarch. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut her secret letters of friendship to a foreign King - one who has a strong claim to the English throne - could see her illustrious family in the gutter and her own head on the block. It would only take a single mistake, a slip of the tongue, an intercepted message for Penelope to become the architect of her downfall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a world where sister is turned against brother, husband against wife, courtier against queen, the rules of the game are forever changing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscover the truth in Elizabeth Fremantle's stunning new novel about an extraordinary woman who helped change the course of England's history forever.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis sumptuous historical drama is perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory, Hilary Mantel and Jessie Burton. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eWatch the Lady\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The research and historical detail are \u003cb\u003eimpeccable\u003c\/b\u003e . . . and fans will enjoy this evocation of Elizabeth's tumultuous court' \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A \u003cb\u003eglamourous\u003c\/b\u003e tale peopled by warrior poets, flamboyant courtiers and shameless loves, it is also \u003cb\u003esharp, perceptive \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003edramatic\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Be \u003cb\u003etransported\u003c\/b\u003e to the court of Elizabeth I, where Penelope Devereux is prepared to do anything in the scramble for power. \u003ci\u003eWatch The Lady\u003c\/i\u003e by Elizabeth Fremantle combines \u003cb\u003efast-paced storytelling \u003c\/b\u003ewith \u003cb\u003erich \u003c\/b\u003eperiod detail' \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e'If you want an \u003cb\u003eimmersive\u003c\/b\u003e read then this is it. The remarkable story of the beautiful Penelope Devereux comes vividly alive, \u003cb\u003ebursting with colour and detail\u003c\/b\u003e. The reader is transported to the perilous Elizabethan court, with all its plots, treachery and heartbreak, and gains fascinating insights into some of the most important figures of the time. Yet again Elizabeth Fremantle has produced a pacey, powerful narrative that kept this reader\u003cb\u003e riveted \u003c\/b\u003ethroughout' Jane Thynne\u003cbr\u003e'Penelope Devereux, perspicacious, beautiful and muse of Sir Philip Sidney, will stop at nothing for the sake of her family. 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The \u003cb\u003ecombination of depth\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eintelligence and real historical imagination \u003c\/b\u003ethat she brings to bear on the lesser-known (but immensely powerful) women of the Tudor era is \u003cb\u003eunmatched\u003c\/b\u003e in contemporary writing and gets better with each book. Not that either of the previous ones were sub par - far from it, they were \u003cb\u003eexceptional\u003c\/b\u003e - but, as with all good writers, the apprenticeship of each book sees its realisation in the one that comes after it and there's a steady rise in the textures and depths and many-layered plot threads. The Lady we watch here is Penelope, sister of the notorious Essex, wife of a man who doesn't want to bed her, lover of those who do - though never the most important one: that love is unrequited and all the more powerful for it. 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While Lady Mary - crook-backed and vulnerable - becomes the Queen's reluctant companion, yet yearns to escape court intrigue. And both girls fear their proximity to the Queen might be their undoing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For the childless Queen is ill. If she should die Katherine may be pushed to power, but the Queen's half-sister Elizabeth casts a long shadow and if she gains the throne the court will become a terrifying maze of treachery and suspicion - where holding royal blood could be a death warrant for the two sisters...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis sumptuous historical drama is perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory and Hilary Mantel. 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