Visitors to Lennoxlove Book Festival last year told us they’d like more events on historical literature. We aim to please, so this year we have history events galore. Which ones to choose…
Even to his contemporaries, Charles Dickens was a phenomenon: demonically hard-working, endlessly fertile and a fascinating, complex man. In Charles Dickens: A Life, Claire Tomalin, one of Britain’s greatest biographers brings this extraordinary man to life.
The leading Scottish historian completes his great trilogy with ‘To the Ends of the Earth’, the remarkable story of emigration from Scotland. Hear Tom as he discusses the Scottish exodus.
One of our greatest historians unlocks the story of Europe’s hidden past, a series of alternatives to the familiar map. In Vanished Kingdoms: The History of a Half-Forgotten Europe, Norman redraws frontiers and remembers the possibilities of the past.
Investigate our impulses through the ages with three acclaimed historical novelists: A L Berridge, Maeve Haran - who both left successful TV careers to become bestselling writers - and Karen Maitland, author of the bestselling debut The Company of Liars.
In his excellent biography of Duncan McLaren, Lord Provost and MP for Victorian Edinburgh, Willis Pickard tells the extraordinary story of a man hugely influential in his time, but who has virtually disappeared from public view.
Join Martin Brown, illustrator of the phenomenally popular Horrible Histories series, to see step-by-step how he brings history to life. For children ages 7+.
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