Lucy Hughes-Hallett
@LucyHH
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Author THE SCAPEGOAT - published Oct 10 2024 Previous books include The Pike (winner Samuel Johnson, Costa, Duff Cooper) agent [email protected]
Joined June 2009
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This is brilliant. So good on the greatest british favourite and the two kings who adored and promoted him. (And one of the thankfully rare chief ministers to be assassinated) Loving every page…. So far only at the foolish adventure to Spain @LucyHH (Ps i once wanted to
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Join us for a fascinating event with Lucy Hughes-Hallett as we celebrate and discuss THE SCAPEGOAT, her stunning new biography of one of the most flamboyant and enigmatic 17th century Englishmen. Details here: https://t.co/jKfPwmyfpl
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‘This is the page-turner that Buckingham’s short, racy life deserves’ @Telegraph ‘A delicious, grippingly paced tale of rogues, riotous sex, regicide and realpolitik’ @Independent THE SCAPEGOAT by @LucyHH is out today in paperback!
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‘This is the page-turner that Buckingham’s short, racy life deserves’ @Telegraph You can hear @LucyHH talk all about THE SCAPEGOAT at @WstoneIslington on 22nd October - 🎟️below! https://t.co/sD4r1Dlv9w
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Power, scandal & assassination—Lucy Hughes-Hallett explores 'The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham' on 28 Oct, 17:30 at Wolfson College Register now: https://t.co/6eopeIx6M9
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Sensational tales from @LucyHH about ‘astonishingly beautiful’ George Villiers, later The Duke of Buckingham, talking about her new biography full of intrigue and shocking detail #TheScapegoat @HarperCollinsUK
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It’s a remarkable #HWA longlist, inc brilliant books by several friends, & others I now can’t wait to read… Congrats to all: #CatherineHanley
#LucyHughesHallett
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@KeithLoweAuthor
#PeterMarshall
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Congratulations to Lucy Hughes-Hallett and The Scapegoat for making the @HistoriaHWA #HWACrowns25 longlist! Can't wait to welcome Lucy to the store on 22nd October! Ticket link in bio. @4thEstateBooks
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@rjblackmore1 @JulietPickering @dialoguepub @RachLouDriscoll @harvillbooks @AEGoldin @PushkinPress @BlackSpringUK @cathrynkemp @carmellalowkis @MushensEnt @DoubledayUK @JoannaMAuthor @FigTreePenguin @ktgreenst @picadorbooks @LucyLethbridge @DrFrancisYoung @rosamundmtaylor @TheHistoryPress @KateHordern The Scapegoat: Lucy Hughes-Hallett The excitement and danger of James I’s court comes alive in Lucy Hughes-Hallett’s biography of the Duke of Buckingham. A profound insight into the terrifying world of the Jacobean aristocracy and a complex king #HWACrowns25 16/
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When Paul McCartney said, in an interview, that we should all be sentimental, the stiff upper lip went officially out of fashion. @LucyHH gives us a history of emotional softness. https://t.co/XwDFesq9JV
literaryreview.co.uk
Lucy Hughes-Hallett: Read It & Weep - Soft: A Brief History of Sentimentality by Ferdinand Mount
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Discover the rich and fascinating life of the Duke of Buckingham with @LucyHH from her book 'The Scapegoat @HarperCollinsUK on Sunday 28 September at 11.30am. Tickets: https://t.co/0xdYB0mprw
#MLF2025 #biography
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#BookOfTheWeek 📖 The Scapegoat by @LucyHH tells the dramatic rise and fall of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham — royal favourite, scandal magnet, and style icon of the 1600s. See Lucy at this year's #FelixstoweBookFestival! 🎟️👉 https://t.co/YIHE4E2woy
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Pacifist, gay man, culture vulture – meet our most misunderstood king
telegraph.co.uk
King James VI & I has long been traduced as an effeminate, slobbering fool. But 400 years after his death, history is being rewritten
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The case of Dr Crippen contains a story of multiple on-the-make lives as well as gruesome death. 📕 @LucyHH on the murder that shocked the Edwardians https://t.co/QkK8LOV2xJ
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The pantheon of heroes admits men only... @LucyHH 💚👑 One of the most breathtaking prologues ever written..
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Did you know that we have an Education Offer where a number of free tickets are available for teachers, lecturers & students to certain events at #GlosHistFest25? https://t.co/ZTdi5mok3v
@DrJaninaRamirez @LucyHH @garethrussell1 @hallierubenhold @lukepepera
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