Image credit: Rosie Collins

Historian, Author, Raconteuse
Three ways of saying the same thing- I like telling stories. I also like digging for the truth. Or as near to it as anyone is likely to get. 
Because the best stories are true stories. ​

 My first book, Black Tudors: The Untold Story, was published by Oneworld was shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize and the Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize in 2018. I've used it to develop a FREE online Black Tudors course with FutureLearn and teaching resources through my Teaching Black Tudors project.  My second book, Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance and Caribbean Slavery, (2025) is out now!

Have a look round my site, where you can find my blog, videos, podcasts, latest news and my published articles. 

Then do drop me a line on socials or via my contact form and let me know what you think!

​My new book, Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance and Caribbean Slavery is out now in the UK and the USA.  Read more about it here. 

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Heiresses Book Tour

Monday 8th June, 6-9pm Heiresses and the House: Christ Church Men and Caribbean Slavery, Christ Church Annual History Lecture, Mercers' Hall, London 
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Tuesday 9th June, 2.30pm Jane Austen's House

Wednesday 24th June, 3.45pm: Chalke Valley History Festival, Broad Chalke, Salisbury, Wiltshire 

Thursday 23rd July, 1.30pm: Black Tudors at Harvington History Festival, in conversation with Jo Durrant, Harvington Hall, Kidderminster, DY10 4LR 
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Sunday 9th August: Llangwm Literary Festival (Booking details coming soon) 

Friday 2nd October, 6pm: Hope Community Library, Fagl Lane, Hope, Flintshire, North Wales, LL12 9PY (Booking details coming soon) 

Saturday 6th February 2027: Stony Words Festival, Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire (Booking details coming soon)
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more dates coming soon...