LATITUDE FESTIVAL
Thursday 16th - Sunday 19th July
HENHAM PARK, SOUTHWOLD,
SUNRISE COAST, SUFFOLK
Kate Williams
Literary Arena
Sunday 19th July, 2009 12:15 - 12:45
Kate Williams has brought the past to life with her fantastic historical novels ‘Becoming Queen’ (2007), about the passionate youth of Queen Victoria and Princess Charlotte, the Queen who never was, and ‘England's Mistress: the Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton’ (2006). Her first book was 'Book of the Week' on Radio 4, shortlisted for the Marsh/ English Speaking Union Biography Prize, and a ‘Book of the Year’ in the Times and Independent. But it was the BBC2 Timewatch special programme based on ‘Becoming Queen’ called ‘Young Victoria’ that had 2.2million captivated.
