{"product_id":"watch-the-lady-paperback","title":"Watch the Lady - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Fremantle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"a brilliant new player in the court of royal fiction\" (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e), comes the mesmerizing story of Lady Penelope Devereux--the daring young beauty in the Tudor court, who inspired Sir Philip Sidney's famous sonnets even while she plotted against Queen Elizabeth.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePenelope Devereux arrives at Queen Elizabeth's court where she and her brother, the Earl of Essex, are drawn into the aging Queen's favor. Young and na?ve, Penelope, though promised elsewhere, falls in love with Philip Sidney who pours his heartbreak into the now classic sonnet series Astrophil and Stella. But Penelope is soon married off to a man who loathes her. Never fainthearted, she chooses her moment and strikes a deal with her husband: after she gives birth to two sons, she will be free to live as she chooses, with whom she chooses. But she is to discover that the course of true love is never smooth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile Robert Cecil, ever loyal to Elizabeth, has his eye on Penelope and her brother. Although it seems the Earl of Essex can do no wrong in the eyes of the Queen, as his influence grows, so his enemies gather. Penelope must draw on all her political savvy to save her brother from his own ballooning ambition and Cecil's trap, while daring to plan for an event it is treason even to think about. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnfolding over the course of two decades and told from the perspectives of Penelope and her greatest enemy, the devious politician Cecil, \u003ci\u003eWatch the Lady \u003c\/i\u003echronicles the last gasps of Elizabeth's reign, and the deadly scramble for power in a dying dynasty.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Fremantle is the author of four Tudor novels: \u003ci\u003eQueen's Gambit\u003c\/i\u003e (soon to be the major motion picture, \u003ci\u003eFirebrand\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Alicia Vikander and Jude Law), \u003ci\u003eSisters of Treason\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWatch the Lady\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Girl in the Glass Tower\u003c\/i\u003e. As EC Fremantle she has written two gripping historical thrillers: \u003ci\u003eThe Poison Bed\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Honey and the Sting\u003c\/i\u003e. Her contemporary short story, 'That Kind of Girl, ' was shortlisted for the Bridport Prize in 2021. She has worked for Elle and Vogue in Paris and London and contributed to many publications including \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e(London), the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 560\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.4 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 09, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47259050148089,"sku":"9781476703121","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Esp5AQHSwn9781476703121.webp?v=1768764932","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/watch-the-lady-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}