Jasper Tudor, son of Queen Catherine and her second husband, Owen Tudor, has grown up far from the intrigue of the royal court. But after he and his brother Edmund are summoned to London, their half-brother, King Henry VI, takes a keen interest in their future.
Former presenter and producer of news and arts programmes for the BBC, Joanna Hickson now concentrates on bringing fifteenth century English history and some of its fascinating principal characters to life. In her latest book, First of the Tudors, she portrays the uncertainty and danger of the War of the Roses while deftly weaving in daily and domestic historical detail. She gets inspiration from her Wiltshire farmhouse home, which dates back to her chosen period.
Central Library Regent Circus SN1 1QG
Tel 01793 466454
7pm • 2 May • £5 (£4)
