
Lucy Hughes-Hallett
@lucyhh
Author THE SCAPEGOAT - published Oct 10 2024
Previous books include The Pike (winner Samuel Johnson, Costa, Duff Cooper)
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http://www.lucyhughes-hallett.com 16-06-2009 16:37:25
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Podcast Alert: We had a fascinating talk with Lucy Hughes-Hallett about her brilliant book ... - goo.gl/alerts/nnoHcM #GoogleAlerts Thank you Rex Factor




Glad to be talking about Buckingham on March 25 at - and in aid of - London's beautiful Charterhouse, still functioning as an almshouse The Charterhouse 4th Estate Books Lutyens & Rubinstein Literary Agency thecharterhouse.org/visit-us/whats…


‘Lucy Hughes-Hallett's book makes us look again at the Duke of Buckingham… with as much brilliance and dazzle as Buckingham himself, while mining her material with care and originality.’ The Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize judge, David Horspool, on THE SCAPEGOAT


‘Historians need anthropological as well as psychological skills, and these Hughes-Hallett possesses in abundance, along with an easy, wry wit.’ Lucy Moore reviews THE SCAPEGOAT in Guardian Books theguardian.com/books/2024/oct…

‘Compulsively readable and elegantly written pages, she has brought Buckingham gloriously alive: the paradoxes of his life, and the court society in which he was the favourite' Jane Shaw reviews THE SCAPEGOAT in the Financial Times ft.com/content/ef6ad5…


‘A delightfully fleet-footed double biography of both Buckingham and the topsy-turvy Jacobean era he helped shape.' Francesca Peacock reviews THE SCAPEGOAT in Telegraph Books telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fict…


Absolutely brilliant Lampedusa appreciation in the Telegraph today by Lucy Hughes-Hallett telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/the-leopa…

⭐Booking for #GlosHistFest25 Spring Weekend is now open! Get your tickets here: gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk/spring-weekend… Thirty of Britain’s best historians join us to explore our theme of Exile and Belonging. And for the first time the Spring Weekend is live-streamed too! Fri 25 - Sun 27 April


Did you know that we have an Education Offer where a number of free tickets are available for teachers, lecturers & students to certain events at #GlosHistFest25? gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk/education/ Prof Janina Ramirez Lucy Hughes-Hallett Gareth Russell Hallie Rubenhold Luke Pepera


The pantheon of heroes admits men only... Lucy Hughes-Hallett 💚👑 One of the most breathtaking prologues ever written..


The case of Dr Crippen contains a story of multiple on-the-make lives as well as gruesome death. 📕 Lucy Hughes-Hallett on the murder that shocked the Edwardians newstatesman.com/culture/books/…



#BookOfTheWeek 📖 The Scapegoat by Lucy Hughes-Hallett tells the dramatic rise and fall of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham — royal favourite, scandal magnet, and style icon of the 1600s. See Lucy at this year's #FelixstoweBookFestival! 🎟️👉 felixstowebookfestival.co.uk/events/lucy-hu… #Books



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