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Poison Bed, The: 'Gone Girl meets The Miniaturist' Hardcover – 15 June 2018

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In the autumn of 1615 scandal rocks the country. A celebrity couple are imprisoned on suspicion of murder. She is young, captivating and from a notorious family. He is rich and powerful.

Some believe she is innocent; others think her wicked or insane. He claims no knowledge of the crime.

Who is telling the truth? Who has the most to lose?

Who is willing to commit murder?

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Publisher : Michael Joseph; 1st edition (15 June 2018)
Language : English
Hardcover : 464 pages
ISBN-10 : 0718180488
ISBN-13 : 978-0718180485
Dimensions : 14.4 x 3.7 x 22.2 cm

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A creepy and powerfully immersive retelling of one of the greatest scandals of the Jacobean court . . . The Poison Bed is unerringly addictive. Fremantle's writing has a dynamic quality and an immediacy that draws readers in, whether or not they're familiar with the material of the story (Marylebone Journal)

A twisting psychological thriller based on a real Jacobean murder. Unputdownable (The Times)

A gripping historical thriller. Think Gone Girl with bodices. Brilliant (Glamour)

A tale of intrigue and ambition, this is a rich and fascinating book (ONE OF THE BEST RECENT CRIME NOVELS The Guardian)

A gripping page-turner that will have you awake long into the night. Ingenious (The Times)

An electrifying, brilliantly executed thriller (Woman & Home)

Who is to blame? And will they get away with it? A rollicking read (Heat)

Exquisite. The reveal is terrifying (Toby Clements)

Immaculately detailed and atmospheric, this Jacobean mystery borrows from both the revenge tragedies and contemporary noir thriller to manipulate the reader. It is dark, clever and compulsive (Elizabeth Buchan Daily Mail)

A Jacobean Gone Girl! Dark and deeply satisfying, The Poison Bed is a tale of monstrous intrigue and murder (M J Carter)

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The most powerful man in England, his lover and his lover's wife. One is a killer.

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Interweaving of fiction & history doesn't get much better.

Reviewed in Australia on 22 June 2018

We all have access to historical records, so to take a story from the past and create new thoughts based on that history is fraught with danger. But the author sets out the core facts with accuracy and clarity, creating a great sympathy for the main two characters, Frances Howard and Robert Carr. Suddenly the story twists and Howard is revealed as someone evil - not just Carr was deceived, but the author has very skillfully allowed the reader to be deceived as well.

The reader has the scales dropped from their eyes and the author offers us the thought that - at the end - so did Carr. An immensely satisfying book. The interweaving of fiction and history doesn't get much better.

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Mrs. E Heyes

A brilliant read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 June 2018

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This is a fabulous read as well as being a handsome book to hold. It’s an intriguing story cleverly woven by the author into a double account of the tale with interesting chapters of Him and Her. It’s a page turner with much to think about as their are many twists the reader has to grapple with. It’s a real treat and beautifully written. E.C.Fremantle has really got into her stride and I look forward to reading more from her in the future.

15 people found this helpful

hughmark

Thought Provoking

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 July 2018

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I read this book in a couple of days so it must be good. It took me a while to work out what was going on but was still shocked by the final denouement. As far as historical fiction goes this is an excellent read but how anyone survived amidst the intrigue within the Jacobean court is another matter!

13 people found this helpful

John M Ross

A Great Disappointment

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 August 2018

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From the write up I thought I would thoroughly enjoy this book but I couldn't have been more wrong. I found that characters were one dimensional and that there was a lack of depth in descriptions. The language grated with me and the use of terms like 'the Essex crowd' made it sound more like TOWIE than well researched historical fiction. I gave up on it after only 20% which is almost unknown for me. A great disappointment.

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Matt

A dull, disappointing retelling

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 November 2018

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I remember reading Anne Somerset's excellent history book 'Unnatural Murder' years ago, so I was looking forward to this fictional retelling of the same events. The scandalous poisoning which occurred during the reign of James I and for which one of the King's favourites was accused is ideal material for an historical thriller...so it was greatly disappointing to discover what a dull read this is.

The story doesn't even get going until well over two hundred pages in, and even then it hardly qualifies as thrilling. The dialogue is anachronistic, the characterisation vague and two-dimensional, and the writing is often confusing - sudden shifts in location, in who is speaking, names introduced with little explanation. I knew the basic facts and I still found myself lost at times. I'm sorry to say that I cannot recommend this; if you are interested in the historical case which inspired this novel, I can only urge you to pick up Anne Somerset's Unnatural Murder instead - that's a far more entertaining read.

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... have read by E C FREMANTLE i was not disappointed by the Poison Bed

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 July 2018

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As with other books i have read by E C FREMANTLE i was not disappointed by the Poison Bed,the characters were brought to life and there were twists and turns everywhere, beautifully written book and once i started reading it was hard to put it down , i love this authors novels ,

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