So proud and glad for Mary! Happy Day.

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Podcast with the wonderful Lucy Hughes-Hallett on D’Annunzio. The seducer. "I have just met D'Annunzio. Can this be the man the great Duse loved? He is small, he is bald, and his teeth are in three different colours." The warrior poet over Vienna. "Today I drop words; next time I will drop bombs"

Many thanks to Persephone Books for their support for the brilliant artist Suzanne Cooper - my mother-in-law. An exhbition of her work opens Next Thrusday in Aldeburgh persephonebooks.co.uk/blogs/…

HUGE THANKS to @LucyHH 🙌 for sparing the time to rage about the life and legend of Cleopatra 🐍👑 We tore into the myths — from the “femme fatale” trope 💋 to the idea she bewitched powerful men into ruin — and got into pearl-dissolving 🦪, the endless Ptolemys 🤯, and how her story reflects the anxieties of every era since 📜 Coming out 2nd April as part of our @GlosHistFest Specials 🎙️🔥 gloucesterhistoryfestival.co…

Come along to hear @LucyHH discuss the real Cleopatra – one of the most powerful women in the ancient world. Cleopatra is revealed alongside a legion of imaginary counterparts and the sexual, racial and political messages they carry. Tickets below! ⬇️ tickets.mp/lucyhugheshallett

11 Mar 1626: The House of Commons declares the Duke of #Buckingham the general cause of all the evils of the Kingdom #otd (WGA) #scapegoat

Discover the powerful woman behind 2,000 years of myth and fantasy... This gorgeous reissue of @LucyHH's brilliant and award-winning history of Cleopatra is out today!

RT @simonmontefiore: I always to recommend a few books of the year and some to look forward to in 26. My book of the year is this superb c…

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Join us for a fascinating event with Lucy Hughes-Hallett as we celebrate and discuss THE SCAPEGOAT, her stunning new biography of one of the most flamboyant and enigmatic 17th century Englishmen. Details here: waterstones.com/events/the-s…

‘This is the page-turner that Buckingham’s short, racy life deserves’ @Telegraph ‘A delicious, grippingly paced tale of rogues, riotous sex, regicide and realpolitik’ @Independent THE SCAPEGOAT by @LucyHH is out today in paperback!

‘This is the page-turner that Buckingham’s short, racy life deserves’ @Telegraph You can hear @LucyHH talk all about THE SCAPEGOAT at @WstoneIslington on 22nd October - 🎟️below! ow.ly/rCJF50X233t

Power, scandal & assassination—Lucy Hughes-Hallett explores 'The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham' on 28 Oct, 17:30 at Wolfson College Register now: shorturl.at/8Gdgn @engfac @oxhistory

Sensational tales from @LucyHH about ‘astonishingly beautiful’ George Villiers, later The Duke of Buckingham, talking about her new biography full of intrigue and shocking detail #TheScapegoat @HarperCollinsUK

It’s a remarkable #HWA longlist, inc brilliant books by several friends, & others I now can’t wait to read… Congrats to all: #CatherineHanley #LucyHughesHallett @exlarson @KeithLoweAuthor #PeterMarshall #CatoPedder #JasonRoberts @annesebba @jonathan__watts @EdwardWilsonLee

Congratulations to Lucy Hughes-Hallett and The Scapegoat for making the @HistoriaHWA #HWACrowns25 longlist! Can't wait to welcome Lucy to the store on 22nd October! Ticket link in bio. @4thEstateBooks

The Scapegoat: Lucy Hughes-Hallett The excitement and danger of James I’s court comes alive in Lucy Hughes-Hallett’s biography of the Duke of Buckingham. A profound insight into the terrifying world of the Jacobean aristocracy and a complex king #HWACrowns25 16/

When Paul McCartney said, in an interview, that we should all be sentimental, the stiff upper lip went officially out of fashion. @LucyHH gives us a history of emotional softness. literaryreview.co.uk/read-it…