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Lucy Hughes-Hallett: The Scapegoat – the brilliant brief life of The Duke of Buckingham
April 2, 2025 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
On Wednesday 2 April 2025 Baille-Gifford prize-winning author Lucy Hughes-Hallett will come to Butley Priory to talk about The Duke of Buckingham
The Scapegoat tells of the life of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, King James I’s favourite, his gatekeeper, right-hand man and lover. When Charles I succeeded his father, he was similarly enthralled and made Buckingham his best friend and first minister. Buckingham’s story was part of a great political drama. After a spectacular fall from grace, he came to represent everything that was wrong with the country.
The Scapegoat navigates love, war-fever and pacifism in a society on the brink of cataclysmic change and in this authoritative account of his life, Hughes-Hallett summons an era that still resonates today.
£15 Friends or £20 non Friends.
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