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FREEMANTLE, ELIZABETH: : QUEEN'S GAMBIT

LONDON.MICHAEL JOSEPH/PENGUIN,2013.

ISBN 9780718177065.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,with white and fluorescent bronze gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped fluorescent bronze gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-464pp [paginated] includes a prologue,13 chapters and an epilogue,character list/ table,significant dates list,and further reading; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication,acknowledgements between the last page and character list, and 8pp blanks at the rear of the book. Author's debut novel. Divorced,beheaded,died,divorced,beheaded, survived . . . The court of Henry VIII is rife with intrigue,rivalries and romance - and none are better placed to understand this than the women at its heart. Katherine Parr,widowed for the second time aged thirty-one,is obliged to return to court but,suspicious of the ageing king and those who surround him,she does so with reluctance.Nevertheless,when she finds herself caught up in a passionate affair with the dashing and seductive Thomas Seymour,she believes she might finally be able to marry for love.But her presence at court has attracted the attentions of another. . . Captivated by her honesty and intelligence,Henry Tudor has his own plans for Katherine and no one is in the position to refuse a proposal from the king.So with her charismatic lover dispatched to the continent,Katherine must accept the hand of the ailing egotistical monarch and become Henry's sixth wife. Ever aware of the fate of his previous queens,Katherine has to draw upon all her instincts and intellect to navigate the treachery of the court.With the Catholic faction once more in the ascendancy, reformers burned for heresy and those around the dying king vying for position in the new regime,her survival seems unlikely - and yet she has still not quite given up on love. . . Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.