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An afternoon with historian and broadcasterTracy Borman
The House of Boleyn
Tues 14th April 2026
at The Clifton Arms Hotel, Lytham 1.30pm (doors 1pm)
Tickets £30 from the bookshop 01253 796 958
include welcome drink, authors talk and signed Hardback
Tracy Borman OBE has recently been named Chief Historian at the Historic Royal Palaces, a role which she previously shared with Lucy Worsley. She’s a regular broadcaster and public speaker, and was a key expert in the recent Channel 5 documentary, Princes in the Tower, which explored new discoveries relating to Richard III’s nephews and their uncertain fate. Tracy was last with us in 2025 with her Sunday Times bestselling non-fiction book The Stolen Crown and we are delighted to welcome her back with her new novel.
‘Masterful and hugely impressive’ – Alison Weir
HEVER CASTLE HOLDS ALL THE BOLEYN SECRETS … When nobleman Thomas Boleyn, lord of Hever Castle, is called to London in 1509 to present himself to a newly anointed King Henry VIII, he sets in train events that ensure the Boleyn name will never be forgotten. Years later, as Henry VIII relentlessly pursues Thomas’ daughter Anne Boleyn to be his queen, Hever Castle becomes her escape, a place where her trusted attendants and her father must advise, protect and support her.
Lavish gifts are sent by the King and the Boleyn family is given ever greater prominence at court, their glory shining over everything and everyone. Until ambition turns the family on itself, enemies outside the castle circle closer and danger begins to stalk the corridors of Hever. And as Henry’s gaze moves elsewhere when Anne cannot give him the heir he so desperately seeks, the family faces a terrible, bloody fate.
But as long as Hever still stands, hope still exists. Combining drama, danger and passion, Tracy Borman brings the Boleyn family’s three-decade rise and precipitous fall to vivid life using their world at Hever, family and servants alike, as never written before. The result is a powerful and emotional novel of family, fate and history.
Format: Welcome drink & Signed book on arrival, followed by author talk and audience Q&A
Venue: The Clifton Arms Hotel, West Beach, Lytham FY8 5QJ
Tickets: from the bookshop at 87c Clifton St, Lytham FY8 5ER, or by telephone 01253 796 958
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