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Watch the Lady de Elizabeth Fremantle

Watch the Lady

Autor Elizabeth Fremantle
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 iun 2015

Considerăm că atmosfera din Watch the Lady este una de o tensiune palpabilă, în care strălucirea mătăsurilor de la curtea elisabetană maschează cu greu pericolul eșafodului. Cititorul va simți imediat greutatea fiecărei decizii luate de Penelope Devereux, o femeie de o frumusețe legendară, a cărei loialitate este sfâșiată între supraviețuirea propriei familii și datoria față de o regină pe care o consideră responsabilă pentru tragediile personale ale trecutului său. Notăm cu interes felul în care Elizabeth Fremantle reușește să recreeze ultimii ani ai domniei lui Elizabeth I, o epocă în care curtea devine un spațiu al oglinzilor deformatoare, unde orice scrisoare interceptată poate însemna sfârșitul. Perspectiva narativă este dublă, oferind un contrast fascinant între instinctul politic acid al lui William Cecil și manevrele diplomatice ale Penelopei. Ca și în The Virgin's Lover de Philippa Gregory, explorăm complexitatea relațiilor de putere de la curte, dar dintr-o perspectivă mult mai intimă și centrată pe sacrificiile femeilor care nu dețin coroana, ci doar influența din umbră. Dacă în Queen's Gambit autoarea se concentra pe supraviețuirea Katherinei Parr în fața furiei lui Henric al VIII-lea, aici observăm o evoluție a stilului său: miza este mai largă, implicând nu doar o viață, ci destinul întregii Anglii în pragul succesiunii. Ritmul este alert, susținut de dialoguri ascuțite și de o documentare istorică impecabilă, transformând biografia unei muze într-un roman polițist istoric de mare profunzime.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781476703121
ISBN-10: 1476703124
Pagini: 560
Dimensiuni: 139 x 213 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Simon&Schuster

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte pasionaților de ficțiune istorică ce caută mai mult decât o poveste de dragoste la curte. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă rară asupra Penelopei Devereux, o femeie care a navigat trădarea și politica înaltă cu o inteligență remarcabilă. Este o lectură despre putere, loialitate și prețul ambiției, ideală pentru cei care au apreciat scrierile lui Hilary Mantel sau Alison Weir.

Despre autor

Elizabeth Fremantle este o voce consacrată în literatura istorică contemporană, fiind licențiată în engleză și deținând un master în scriere creativă la Birkbeck. Sub semnătura sa au apărut romane aclamate precum Queen's Gambit, Sisters of Treason și The Girl in the Glass Tower. Este recunoscută pentru abilitatea sa de a aduce în prim-plan figuri feminine istorice mai puțin explorate, dar esențiale, oferindu-le o voce autentică și complexă în contextul turbulent al epocii Tudorilor.

Descriere scurtă

From "a brilliant new player in the court of royal fiction" ("People"), 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.
Penelope 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 naive, 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.
Meanwhile 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.
Unfolding over the course of two decades and told from the perspectives of Penelope and her greatest enemy, the devious politician Cecil, "Watch the Lady "chronicles the last gasps of Elizabeth's reign, and the deadly scramble for power in a dying dynasty.

Notă biografică

Elizabeth Fremantle is the author of four Tudor novels: Queen’s Gambit (soon to be the major motion picture, Firebrand, starring Alicia Vikander and Jude Law), Sisters of Treason, Watch the Lady, and The Girl in the Glass Tower. As EC Fremantle she has written two gripping historical thrillers: The Poison Bed and The Honey and the Sting. 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 Vanity Fair, The Sunday Times (London), the Financial Times, and The Wall Street Journal. She lives in London.

Recenzii

The research and historical detail are impeccable . . . and fans will enjoy this evocation of Elizabeth's tumultuous court
A glamourous tale peopled by warrior poets, flamboyant courtiers and shameless loves, it is also sharp, perceptive and dramatic
Be transported to the court of Elizabeth I, where Penelope Devereux is prepared to do anything in the scramble for power. Watch The Lady by Elizabeth Fremantle combines fast-paced storytelling with rich period detail
If you want an immersive read then this is it. The remarkable story of the beautiful Penelope Devereux comes vividly alive, bursting with colour and detail. 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 riveted throughout
Penelope Devereux, perspicacious, beautiful and muse of Sir Philip Sidney, will stop at nothing for the sake of her family. I was gripped by the tale of risky political and sexual shenanigans in the court of Elizabeth l
Penelope is a fascinating character and beautifully drawn in this enthralling, moving and immaculately written novel... Fremantle handles the intriguing with aplomb and it's impossible to read the books without feeling you are living events alongside the characters
Telling the story of the Elizabethan court, with all it's plots and intrigues
Fascinating . . . it's a delight to keep Penelope company as she plunges into the intrigues of Elizabeth's court
Ever since Queen's Gambit took the world of historical fiction by storm 3 years ago, Liz Fremantle's books have been the ones to watch in the world of Tudor fiction. The combination of depth, intelligence and real historical imagination that she brings to bear on the lesser-known (but immensely powerful) women of the Tudor era is unmatched in contemporary writing and gets better with each book. Not that either of the previous ones were sub par - far from it, they were exceptional - 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. The machinations of Elizabeth's court were never easy, but became positively frenetic as she edged towards death and refused to name a successor and the way the ageing monarch plays Cecil against Essex, as seen through the eyes of the woman who has to navigate a clear path through the chaos is brilliant. In fact, the shift of viewpoint from Penelope to Cecil and back again is the core strength of this book. Neither is an entirely reliable narrator, even to themselves, but taken together, they mesh to make a hologram of a time in history that is endlessly fascinating, but never fully understood.
This book is glorious. It will delight fans of Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory alike, but will also garner a whole new audience from those who just love good writing, whatever the genre, whatever the era

A wonderful, totally transporting novel that folds you into its world, word by word, page by page, and remains with you long after the last. I absolutely loved this book. Fremantle is a brilliant novelist