The Wars of the Roses: Medieval Women in the Time of War  

The difficulty of researching the role of women, given contemporary and historical bias.

Heroines or She-Wolves?  Triumph or Tragedy?

What was the experience of Queen Margaret of Anjou and Anne Beauchamp, Countess of Warwick, forced into a thorny alliance when both were exiled?

In the midst of treachery and the turmoil of battle, can the two women trust each other?  Or is it only a matter of time before war drives a sword between them.  Ultimately, where does the Battle of Tewkesbury play out in the tragic aftermath for these two women?

Biography:

Anne was born in the West Riding of Yorkshire. After gaining a B.A. Honours degree in History at Manchester University, a PGCE at Leeds University and a Masters degree in education at Hull University, she lived in the East Riding as a teacher of history. Always a prolific reader, she enjoyed historical fiction and was encouraged to try her hand at writing. Success in short story competitions spurred her on.

Leaving teaching – but not her love of history – she wrote her first historical romance, a Regency, which was published in 2005. This was followed by nine historical romances and a novella, ranging from medieval, through the Civil War and Restoration and back to Regency, all of which have been published internationally.

Since then Anne has sidestepped historical romances to write about the silent women of medieval history.  As Virginia Wolfe once said: ‘For most of History, Anonymous was a Woman.’  For this reason, she decided to shake the cobwebs from some of these medieval women of interest and allow them to take the stage, three-dimensional and with much to say.

Anne has sold over 1 million copies of her medieval novels at home and abroad.

Date and Time:

Friday 19th June

1pm

Location:

The George Watson Memorial Hall, 65 Barton St, Tewkesbury GL20 5PX

Tickets:

£15