Wednesday 25th September 2024
7.30pm
Freshford Memorial Hall
A return visit by Nicola Tallis, local historian and author. Nicola’s new book, “Young Elizabeth: Princess, Prisoner, Queen” will be on sale. Elizabeth I is one of England’s most famous monarchs, whose story as the ‘Virgin Queen’ is well known.
But queenship was by no means a certain path for Henry VIII’s younger daughter, who spent the majority of her early years as a girl with an uncertain future.
Before she was three years old Elizabeth had been both a princess, and then a bastard following the brutal execution of her mother, Anne Boleyn. After losing several stepmothers and then her father, the teenage Elizabeth was confronted with the predatory attentions of Sir Thomas Seymour. The result was devastating, causing a heartbreaking rift with her beloved stepmother Katherine Parr,
On 17 November 1558, however, the uncertainty of Elizabeth’s future came to an end when she succeeded to the throne at the age of twenty-five.
Members free Visitors £3.00 All welcome