Nice to see you forward-facing in Waterstones #Ipswich Lucy Ward 🇺🇦.
#catherinethegreat #robertdimsdale #theempressandtheenglishdoctor
I began #HistoryWritersDay2022 with a dog walk. My 2 are less elegant than the Italian greyhounds Thomas Dimsdale gave Catherine the Great after she made him a Russian baron. She adored them + their puppies left 🐾 on her letters. Find out more in #TheEmpressandtheEnglishDoctor
Really looking forward to reading #TheEmpressAndTheEnglishDoctor by Lucy Ward 🇺🇦 -- enjoyed this podcast as a taster: apple.co/3uTdVwo
Book lovers everywhere, highly recommend checking out The Bath Festival! There’s an amazing docket of authors this week in locations all over bath. Thanks Mr B's Emporium for letting me volunteer! #BookTwitter #thebathfestival #theempressandtheenglishdoctor #thejoyofscience
Delighted to see 3 brilliant historians recognised here: Lucy Ward 🇺🇦 #TheEmpressAndTheEnglishDoctor , Jessie Childs #TheSiegeOfLoyaltyHouse & #BarbaraStollbergRilinger #MariaTheresa .
Good work Paul Lay thecritic.co.uk/issues/decembe…
It was a great honour - and even greater fun - to talk about #TheEmpressandtheEnglishDoctor at the Royal RoyalYachtSquadron in Cowes. The Squadron’s bookclub members are thoughtful, hugely knowledgable and welcoming - and they invited me even though my book doesn’t feature boats!
Stepping away from #WW2 , my 2 #SummerReading suggestions for Historia – the HWA #HistoriaMagazine : Lucy Ward 🇺🇦’s #TheEmpressAndTheEnglishDoctor & Helen Rappaport’s #InSearchOfMarySeacole historiamag.com/historia-summe…
Русское наследие The Anglican Church in St Petersburg Дикий Петербург St.Petersburg Guided Tours Anglo-Russian Research Network FC Zenit in English✨ British School St. Petersburg @SpbUslada Saint Petersburg St.Petersburg Travel Guide St Petersburg tours Saint Petersburg Guided Tours C18 connections were so strong - my book #TheEmpressandtheEnglishDoctor describes Britain being thanked as an ‘island of wisdom, courage and virtue’ after physician Thomas Dimsdale inoculated Catherine the Great against smallpox. The Empress delighted in her ‘Anglomania’.
A brilliant review in The Wall Street Journal of Lucy Ward 🇺🇦's #TheEmpressAndTheEnglishDoctor , by Catherine Ostler:
‘A deft and captivating chronicle… a timely account of a man and woman united in their mission to advance science to save lives, including their own.’
wsj.com/articles/the-e…
Great afternoon yesterday talking to Lucy Ward 🇺🇦 on her new book #theEmpressAndTheEnglishDoctor - out now - about #ThomasDimsdale 's and #CatherineTheGreat 's smallpox noculation exploits. #VaccineHesitancy #Pioneers #Influencers
cambridgeliteraryfestival.com/events/lucy-wa…
Very much looking forward to discussing Lucy Ward 🇺🇦's #TheEmpressandtheEnglishDoctor Topping & Company Booksellers of Ely this Thursday. Doors open at 7pm. Tickets available at: toppingbooks.co.uk/events/ely/luc…
'a must read' Jojo Moyes
'fascinating and beautifully told' Kate Bingham
Oneworld Publications
Happy birthday indeed to Edward Jenner and anyone interested in inoculation and the history of vaccination must read #TheEmpressandtheEnglishDoctor
Cant Make This Up: A History Podcast Such a great bit of history. I loved #TheEmpressAndTheEnglishDoctor
Catherine Ostler at The Wall Street Journal's brilliant review of Lucy Ward 🇺🇦's #TheEmpressAndTheEnglishDoctor :
‘A deft and captivating chronicle… a timely account of a man and woman united in their mission to advance science to save lives, including their own.’
wsj.com/articles/the-e…