The poison bed Fremantle, Elizabeth creator author. text Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. Biographical fiction. Biographical fiction. Fiction. Historical fiction. Historical fiction. Historical fiction. History. Thrillers (Fiction) nyu 2019 2019 First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. monographic eng print 405 pages ; 24 cm "A spellbinding thriller set in the Jacobean Court of 1615 surrounding a famed couple imprisoned on suspicion of murder--but was it Lord Robert or Lady Frances who committed the crime?" --amazon.com. Autumn, 1615. Scandal rocks the Jacobean court when Robert and Frances Carr are imprisoned on suspicion of murder. Frances-- young, captivating, and from a notorious family-- was rescued from an abusive marriage by Robert, and is determined to make a new life for herself. Robert-- one of the richest and most famous men in the kingdom-- has risen from nothing to become one of the country' most powerful men, and has made enemies along the way. The king suspects them both, though it is his secret at stake. Now a man is dead. And someone must pay with their life. -- adapted from jacket Elizabeth Fremantle. e-uk-en e-uk--- I, King of England James 1566-1625 Fiction I, King of England James 1566-1625 Earl of Somerset Carr, Robert -1645 Fiction Sir Overbury, Thomas 1581-1613 Death and burial Fiction Countess of Somerset, Frances Howard Carr 1593-1632 Fiction Earl of Somerset Carr, Robert -1645 Sir Overbury, Thomas 1581-1613 Countess of Somerset, Frances Howard Carr 1593-1632 1603-1625 fast Courts and courtiers Fiction Murder England Fiction Courts and courtiers Murder Great Britain History James I, 1603-1625 Fiction England Great Britain PR6106.R4547 P65 2019b 823/.92 1643130242 9781643130248 pda,print YDX 180628 20250318223908.3 in00004169983 eng