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Sunday, 20th October
11.00am
The Crown Hotel, Harrogate
Event for Harrogate International Festivals
MARY I: QUEEN OF SORROWS
Booking details to come.

Saturday, 13th July
Afternoon (time tbc)
The Hub, St Mary's, Lichfield
Event for the Lichfield Festival
MARY I: QUEEN OF SORROWS
For tickets, please visit lichfieldfestival.org/event/alison-w…

Wednesday, 31st July
2pm
The Barn, West Horsley Place
Event for the West Horsley Place Trust
HENRY VIII: KING AND COURT
Booking details to come.

Tuesday, 1st October
3pm
Henley Town Hall
Event for the Henley Literary Festival
MARY I: QUEEN OF SORROWS
Booking details to come.

Wednesday, 12th June
7pm
The Central Methodist Church, Letchworth
Event for David's Bookshop, Letchworth
MARY I: QUEEN OF SORROWS
For tickets, please call 01462 684631 or visit davids-bookshops.co.uk

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When Mary was nine, her father followed tradition and sent her to Ludlow Castle on the Welsh marches, to learn how to govern the principality. It was an apprenticeship for queenship.

Mary drew in her breath sharply. She had not doubted that her stepmother would be found guilty, but the news still shocked her.
This was a pivotal moment in the life of Mary Tudor, who is the subject of my forthcoming novel, Mary I: Queen of Sorrows.

Mary I has become a controversial figure among historians. Much research has been done on her, and in recent years, there has been a shift in opinion and a concerted attempt to rehabilitate her reputation. What's my view of her? You'll have to read the book to find out!

Writing my forthcoming novel, Mary I: Queen of Sorrows, was a challenging experience, as I wanted to show how this princess with such promise, who was loved by so many who knew her, became the woman we know as Bloody Mary.

In glorious medieval Shrewsbury, above the old Market Hall, I was delighted to see a statue of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, the father of Edward IV and Richard III. I'm writing about him at the moment in Queens at War, the last of my books on England's medieval queens.

In beautiful, breath-taking Snowdonia, I stopped in Conwy to see the castle built by Edward I, but it was closed, so I visited Plas Mawr, the amazing Tudor town house of the Wynne family of Gwydir, and it has been wonderfully restored.

My fascination with Gwydir lies in the fact that in Tudor times, it was the home of Catherine of Berain, who married four times and was known as 'the Mother of Wales'. More intriguingly, she was the great-granddaughter of Henry VII.

If you go to Wales, try to visit Gwydir Castle, a medieval house that had fallen almost to ruin before it was lovingly restored over many years by its present owners.

Sunday, 12th May
3pm
Trinity Church, Abingdon
Event for Mostly Books, Abingdon
MARY I: QUEEN OF SORROWS
For tickets, please visit mostly-books.co.uk/event/alison-w…

Excited to spread the word about this fantastic upcoming weekend at West Horsley Place!

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Thursday, 25th July
6.30pm
Harvington Hall
Event for the Harvington Festival
MARY I: QUEEN OF SORROWS
For tickets, please visit harvingtonhall.digitickets.co.uk/event-tickets/…

US readers can pre-order The Passionate Tudor here:
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Thursday, 9th May
7pm
The Book Shop and Sackville College, East Grinstead
BOOK LAUNCH EVENT
MARY I: QUEEN OF SORROWS
For tickets, please visit eastgrinsteadbookshop.co.uk/event-details/…