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June 2022
Layer Marney Tower 3x2
June 26, 2022 @ 10:45 am - 5:30 pm
  • Author talk
  • Biography
  • Layer Marney Tower
  • The History Books

History Day at Layer Marney Tower

Julia Abel Smith, Tracy Borman and Andrew Lownie

Step back in time for a series of fascinating talks at the wonderful Layer Marney Tower Read more

Julia Abel Smith Forbidden Wife
June 26, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
  • The History Books

Forbidden Wife: The Life and Trials of Lady Augusta Murray

Julia Abel Smith

A compelling and poignant story, beautifully told, set in the reigns of Kings George III and IV against the dramatic backdrop of Europe and America in the age of revolution. Read more

Andrew Lownie Traitor King
June 26, 2022 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
  • The History Books

Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor

Andrew Lownie

Sunday Times bestselling author, Andrew Lownie examines the years following the abdication of Edward VIII. Read more

June 2023
Layer Marney Tower 3x2
June 11, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 5:30 pm
  • The History Books

The History Books

Leo McKinstry, Rosie Harte, Alison Weir

Head to Layer Marney Tower, one of Henry VIII’s confirmed ‘favourites’, for a rich assortment of history books, extending from the Tudors to World War II and the royal wardrobe. Read more

Photo of Leo McKinstry alongside image of Cinderella Boys book cover
June 11, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
  • The History Books

Cinderella Boys

Leo McKinstry

The remarkable story of the unsung RAF wing who rescued Britain from Hitler's U-boats and made Allied victory possible. Read more

Photo of author Rosie Harte alongside image of The Royal Wardrobe book cover
June 11, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
  • The History Books

The Royal Wardrobe

Rosie Harte

TikTok sensation, Rosie Harte, dives into The Royal Wardrobe and tells of a horrible history and colourful past that will surprise and fascinate. Read more

June 2024
Photo of Ysenda Maxtone Graham. Jobs for the Girls book cover
June 30 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
  • The History Books

Jobs for the Girls

Ysenda Maxtone Graham

A brilliant and accessible new history of women's lives in the workplace by the Sunday Times bestselling author. Jobs for the Girls is an important piece of social history which brings the British workplace in the second half of the twentieth century to life. Read more

June 30 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • History
  • CANCELLED
  • The History Books

Cancelled – Thorns, Lust and Glory

Estelle Paranque in conversation with Suzi Feay

Join Estelle Paranque, historian and acclaimed author for a fascinating new perspective on Tudor history’s most enduring story. Anne Boleyn has mesmerised the English public for centuries. Her tragic execution, orchestrated by her own husband, never ceases to intrigue. Read more

Photo of Simon Heffer. Sing As We Go book cover
June 30 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  • History
  • The History Books

Sing As We Go

Simon Heffer in conversation with Rowan Pelling

In partnership with EA Festival The fourth and final volume in Simon Heffer's critically-acclaimed sequence of books that chart the history of Britain in the century from the accession of Queen Victoria to the outbreak of the Second World War. Read more