Kylie Fitzpatrick
Tapestry
In conversation with Andrew Billen
Date: Saturday 24 October
Venue: Leconfield Hall, Petworth
Time: 5.00pm
Ticket: £19 (adults) £10 (under 18)
(All ticket prices include a £2 booking fee)
We celebrate one of the greatest surviving works of art from the 11th century, the Bayeux Tapestry. Newly on show at the British Museum for the first time in history, we muse on its origins and its place in history in the company of Kylie Fitzpatrick whose historical novel artfully imagines how the tapestry isa reminder to us today of the power and risk of storytelling.
A bestseller across Europe, Tapestry is inspired by years of research into a group of women written out of history, the narrative weaving together both past and present.
‘A moving and sensitive interweaving of history and the present. Fascinating and enlightening.’ Lucy Jago (A Net for Small Fishes)