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C J Sansom interviewed by
Peter Kemp
Revelation
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2pm / Garden Marquee, Christ Church / £7.50
C J Sansom has become, in very quick time, one of
Britain’s most popular and accomplished historical
crime writers, whose gripping Shardlake series
explores in thrilling detail the sinister underside of
Tudor England. Set in 1543 as Henry VIII attempts
to woo Lady Catherine Parr, Revelation centres on a
series of chilling murders, all of which seem to have
the Book of Revelation as their inspiration. As London
prepares for a purge of Protestants, hunchback
lawyer Matthew Shardlake vows to bring the killer
to justice. CJ Sansom talks to Sunday Times Fiction
Editor Peter Kemp
Sponsored by The Macdonald Randolph Hotel
Auden’s Cottage, Christ Church
THURSDAY APRIL 2009
Jill Dawson 506
Becky Abrams,
Bettany Hughes, Miri Rubin
and Anna Whitelock
Chaired by Libby Purves
Strong Women
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2pm / McKenna Room, Christ Church / £7.50
What makes women strong, and how do we define a
strong woman How has the perception of the role of
women - strong or weak - changed through history
to the present day A wide-ranging and fascinating
discussion with Becky Abrams, author of Woman in
a Man’s World, historians Bettany Hughes and Anna
Whitelock, authors, respectively, of Helen of Troy and
Mary Tudor: England’s First Queen and Miri Rubin,
author of Mother of God: A History of the Virgin Mary.
The event is chaired by writer and broadcaster
Libby Purves.
Sponsored by Felicity
Bryan Literary Agency
The Great Lover
2pm / Festival Room 1, Christ Church / £7.50
In this intriguing new novel from the author of the
Whitbread and Orange-shortlisted Fred and Edie, Jill
Dawson reimagines the life of poet Rupert Brooke
through the eyes of one of his young lovers. Nell
Golightly is living out her old age in a Cambridgeshire
village when she receives a letter from a Tahitian
woman claiming to be Brooke’s daughter and wanting
to know all about him. What, she asks, did he sound
like and smell like, and how did it feel to wrap your
arms around him Nell’s memories of her life as a
young housemaid and her encounters with Brooke
reveal him as a far more interesting, complex and
troubled figure than the romanticised version allows.
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