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Elizabeth Fremantle

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I wrote a book, QUEENS GAMBIT, they made a film, FIREBRAND DISOBEDIENT on Artemisia Gentileschi – HWA Gold Crown winner SINNERS out now Rep: Alice Lutyens at Curtis Brown Londoner, dogs, films, Spurs, HWA 🏳️‍🌈 LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/lizfremantle

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Elizabeth Fremantle @lizfremantle.bsky.social · Mar 11

SHE'S HERE!

Murder most foul or vengeance most just? 🗡️

Helpless victim or resolute heroine?🕊️

This is the true and tragic tale of Beatrice Cenci.

SINNERS by Elizabeth Fremantle, @historia-hwa.bsky.social Gold Crown winner, is out July 3rd, pre-order now! 🔥

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Elizabeth Fremantle @lizfremantle.bsky.social · 4d

I’d watch Jessie Buckley read the phone book. Can’t wait to see her in this

Walter Scott Prize @walterscottprize.bsky.social · 4d

The #HAMNET film, based on Maggie O'Farrell's #WalterScottPrlze shortlisted novel, is a front-runner to win an Oscar for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress for Jessie Buckley: loom.ly/VEvwoA8

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Laura Ashe @lauraashe.bsky.social · 5d

Epic; no notes

Headline from the Times: "Bestselling novelist Jilly Cooper dies in fall aged 88", illustrated with a rather famous black and white picture of Virginia Woolf

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 4d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 5d

😭

IG newberlinlibrary

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Elizabeth Fremantle @lizfremantle.bsky.social · 8d

So, I managed to get in touch with Nat West directly and they say they will accept dollar cheques if you take them into the branch. Result!

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Elizabeth Fremantle @lizfremantle.bsky.social · 9d

It looks like the only way – and of course my session has times out now, so I have to start the claim all over again. Grrr!

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Elizabeth Fremantle @lizfremantle.bsky.social · 9d

Apparently Nat West stopped accepting them in 2024 along with several other banks

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Elizabeth Fremantle @lizfremantle.bsky.social · 9d

That's what I thought but it turns out that Nat West won't accept US dollar cheques. I feel that can't be right

Elizabeth Fremantle @lizfremantle.bsky.social · 9d

Authors! Is anyone else making a claim from the Anthropic Settlement? I've filled in the whole claim form but there doesn't appear to be a payment option that works for the UK. Anyone got advice?

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Elizabeth Fremantle @lizfremantle.bsky.social · 19d

We know it but seeing it reported like this is so depressing

Reuters @reuters.com · 19d

Leaders lament slow progress on women's rights 30 years after Beijing milestone reut.rs/3KdMYPk

Leaders lament slow progress on women's rights 30 years after Beijing milestone

"A wave of misogyny is rolling across the world," U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders who warned of a growing global backlash against women's rights on the 30th anniversary of a landmark conference.

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Jesse "Pecke in the Crowne" Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 21d

"Artemisia Gentileschi: Naples to Beirut" at the Columbus Museum of Art in Ohio, October 31, 2025–May 31, 2026 www.columbusmuseum.org/exhibitions/...

Artemisia Gentileschi, Hercules and Omphale, about 1635–37. Oil on canvas, 78 3/4 × 98 7/16 inches (200 × 250 cm). Sursock Palace Collections, Beirut, Lebanon © 2025 J. Paul Getty Trust.

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Jesse "Pecke in the Crowne" Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 24d

Elizabeth Cropper on Lavinia Fontana, Artemisia Gentileschi, and women in art history.

Fathers and Daughters – Part 1 | Nicholas Hall

Introducing a study of Artemisia Gentileschi and Lavinia Fontana, art historian Elizabeth Cropper exposes the bias against female artists whose personal lives have been ignored or simplified in view o...

www.nicholashall.art

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Elizabeth Fremantle @lizfremantle.bsky.social · 26d

Hard agree!

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Dr Elizabeth Norton @enortonhistory.bsky.social · 27d

A great endorsement from @lizfremantle.bsky.social for Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy. Elizabeth has written so many wonderful historical novels, including Firebrand, on which the major feature film was based last year

‘A fascinating exploration’

#womenwhoruledtheworld

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Elizabeth Fremantle @lizfremantle.bsky.social · Sep 9

Florence Pugh won her first Oscar in 2020. Sorry to be a pedant!

Elizabeth Fremantle @lizfremantle.bsky.social · Sep 7

Why stop drinking coffee? It’s one of life’s great pleasures

Elizabeth Fremantle @lizfremantle.bsky.social · Sep 5

Congratulations 🥂

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Dr Elizabeth Norton @enortonhistory.bsky.social · Sep 4

Wonderful to get such great feedback for Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy @wearefootnote.bsky.social
@ewoodacre.bsky.social @lizfremantle.bsky.social

#womenwhoruledtheworld

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Elizabeth Fremantle @lizfremantle.bsky.social · Sep 1

A must listen for me!
👇the epigraph of Sinners!

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Elizabeth Fremantle @lizfremantle.bsky.social · Aug 16

Plato & socrates – are we human? 🤣

It’s all Greek to me – Plato and Socrates tackle a Captcha test: the Stephen Collins cartoon

Tick all the images with chariots …

www.theguardian.com

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Elizabeth Fremantle @lizfremantle.bsky.social · Aug 12

If you haven’t yet discovered Poddysy then I urge you to do so. Alex Andreou weaves a wonderful web of culture through time. You will love it.

Alex Andreou's Podyssey @alexpodyssey.bsky.social · Aug 12

New: 🐸 AESOP III - How to Lose a Donkey in 10 Ways

🐇 What is the moral of "The Tortoise & The Hare"?🐺 What is the warning in "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"?🦊 What does "sour grapes" mean?

You're probably wrong about all three.

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AESOP III - How to Lose a Donkey in 10 Ways

Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 12/08/2025 · 1h 22m

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Elizabeth Fremantle @lizfremantle.bsky.social · Aug 11

Yes! I forgot

Elizabeth Fremantle @lizfremantle.bsky.social · Aug 11

Watermelon, feta, black olives, mint and lime juice. Also nice with duck.

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Elizabeth Fremantle @lizfremantle.bsky.social · Aug 11

Thank you 😀

Elizabeth Fremantle @lizfremantle.bsky.social · Aug 11

If you like an author's books and want to make their day then drop a review on Amazon (you don't have to have bought through them). It really makes a big difference algorithm wise. If it happens to be my book well..... 🥰

Sinners: A fiery historical tale of rebellion and survival in Renaissance Rome - a bold feminist retelling : Fremantle, Elizabeth: Amazon.co.uk: Books

www.amazon.co.uk

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