Guest Bio
Annie Garthwaite grew up in a working-class community in the northeast of England. She studied English at the University of Wales before embarking on a thirty-year international business career. In 2017 she studied for an MA in Creative Writing at Warwick University and, during two years of study, wrote her debut novel Cecily which was published by Penguin in 2021.
Cecily was named a ‘top pick’ by The Times and Sunday Times, a ‘Best Book of 2021’ by independent bookshops and Waterstones, and has recently been optioned for TV. Annie’s second novel, The King’s Mother, will be published by Penguin on 11July 2024.
https://www.anniegarthwaite.com
Annie’s Tudor Takeaway
We Speak No Treason by Rosemary Hawley Jarman
Natalie Grueninger speaks with Annie Garthwaite about her latest novel, ‘The King’s Mother’.
Tune in to hear Natalie and Annie discuss:
– The historical context of her novel
– Cecily Neville, Margaret Beaufort, Marguerite de Anjou and Elizabeth Woodville
– What these women had in common
– The challenges they faced
– The lengths they went to to promote their family’s interests
– Medieval women and power
– Important of telling the story of the Wars of the Roses from the point of view of women
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