St Torney's Church, near Launceston, Cornwall

7pm (doors open 6:15pm), Thursday, 14 August

St Torney’s Church, North Hill, nr Launceston, PL15 7PQ

MOTHERS-IN-WAR: AN EVENING WITH ANNIE GARTHWAITE

Meet The King’s Mother in this historic church with Wars of the Roses connections

Accounts of the Wars of the Roses are dominated by men – kings and kingmakers, traitors and tyrants. But maybe it was the women calling the shots? In conversation with historian Nicola Tallis, Annie reveals how the wars were shaped by powerful mothers, driving the action and risking their lives to secure the throne for their sons. From Cecily Neville, matriarch of House York, to Margaret Beaufort, mother of the Tudor dynasty, she traces the risks they took – and the terrible prices they paid.

Supported by the Churches Conservation Trust and Shrew Books of Fowey

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