Join us on the 3rd July at 2:30pm where we will be talking to author Annie Garthwaite about her new book ‘Cecily’, how she found the writing process, her inspiration for the book, and much more.

This is a special treat for us in St Albans as two of the battles mentioned in Cecily take place in St Albans and Humphrey Duke of Gloucester is buried in St Albans Cathedral.

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About the book~

1431 is a dangerous time for a woman to be defiant. England has been fighting France for 100 years. At home, power-hungry men within a corrupt government manipulate a weak king - and name Cecily's husband, York's loyal duke, an enemy.

As the king's grasp on sanity weakens, plots to destroy York take root... It will take all of Cecily's courage and cunning to save her family. But when the will to survive becomes ambition for a crown, will she risk treason to secure it? Inside closed bedchambers and upon bloody battlefields, Cecily portrays war as women fight it.