Author of The Pike: Gabriele D’Annunzio (2013) which won the Samuel Johnson Prize, the Duff Cooper Prize, the Costa Biography Award and the Political Book Awards Biography of the Year.
In 2020 The Sunday Times called it ‘the biography of the decade’. Previous biographical works include Cleopatra: Histories, Dreams and Distortions and Heroes: Saviours, Traitors and Supermen.
Lucy’s latest book published to great acclaim is The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham. Called ‘Sublime’ in the New Statesman Book of the Year 2024, the Daily Telegraph said; ‘This is the page-turner that Buckingham’s short, racy life deserves’.
Please do join us to celebrate The Award of the Exceptional Contribution to Biography when Lucy will be also be in conversation with the Biographers’ Club Chair, Professor Jane Ridley.
Date: Tuesday 14 January 2025
Time: 6.30pm to 8.30pm
Venue: Maggs Bros, 48 Bedford Square London WC1B 3DR
Tickets: £12.50 (members and guests). PLEASE PAY BY BANK TRANSFER OR THROUGH YOUR BRANCH. Book and get bank details from [email protected].
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