Tuesday 2 December
Helen Castor
1.00pm – 1.45pm
Elizabeth I: History and Hindsight
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Award-winning author and broadcaster, Helen Castor, gives us an illuminating insight into the life of Elizabeth I.
From her precarious upbringing at the whim of a brutal, capricious father and her perilous accession after his death, to the religious division that marred her state and the failure to marry that threatened her line, Elizabeth lived under constant threat. But, facing down her enemies with a compellingly inscrutable public persona, the last and greatest of the Tudor monarchs would become a timeless, fearless queen.
Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to hear from one of the leading historians of our time, Helen Castor. Her best selling book ‘The Eagle and the Hart’ about Richard II and Henry IV has been shortlisted for the 2025 Wolfson History Prize. Helen has spent years studying the lives of some of the most prominent men and women in history. She has already written a short biography on Elizabeth I and is now working on a new and more full biography of the virgin queen.
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