Republic: Britain's Revolutionary Decade: a talk by Alice Hunt

13-11-24 - 13-11-24,
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Admission: ££6.50 Adults, £5.00 Students/Museum Members

Location: Via Zoom

Republic: Britain’s Revolutionary Decade, 1649-1660

Alice Hunt talks about her new ‘biography’ of the 1650s and offers her take on why this decade was so revolutionary. She tells both the political and the cultural story, moving from the politicians and soldiers to poets, artists and scientists, and considers why the republic failed, but also what it got right.

Alice is an Associate Professor of English at Southampton University and the author of The Drama of Coronation (Cambridge University Press, 2008). She is also the co-editor, with Anna Whitelock, of a book about Mary I and Elizabeth I, co-author of the Rough Guide to Royals (2012), and has contributed to several television programmes, including BBC2’s ‘Fit to Rule’. Before becoming a full-time academic in 2006, Alice was a senior editor at Atlantic Books.

Her latest book, Republic: Britain’s Revolutionary Decade, 1649-1660 was published by Faber. It is a richly engrossing year-by-year account of this exhilarating and daring period. It tells the story of what Britain’s republic was really like: why it failed, but also, what it got right.

This talk is part of a four part lecture series; for season tickets please click here.

This talk will be recorded and put on a private channel after the 'live talk' for ticket holders to view at their leisure if they miss the live talk or wish to view it again.

We are delighted to welcome over four successive Wednesdays:

Wednesday 6 November at 7.30pm - Dr Charlotte Young on 'John Bradshawe and the Aftermath of Regicide'

Wednesday 13 November at 7.30pm - Dr Alice Hunt on 'Republic: Britain's Revolutionary Decade'

Wednesday 20 November at 7.30pm - Professor Ronald Hutton on 'Oliver Cromwell: Commander in Chief'

Wednesday 27 November at 7.30pm - Dr Henry Reece on 'The Fall: The Last Days of the English Republic'

(Please note slightly amended dates)

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PLEASE NOTE: These talks will be held online via Zoom. Joining details will be sent 48 hours before the talk.

Admission: £24 Adults (for 4 talks), £18 for students/Museum Members (for 4 talks); for individual talks £6.50 Adults, £5 students/Museum Members.

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