livestream: Theatre Of The World with CB Butler
livestream - 7pm - free entry
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CB Butler is a renowned local historian who has been awarded for her services to heritage. Join us via ZOOM and hear about her latest novel that draws on Southampton’s rich history.
Elizabeth I’s privateers are called into service to save England from its greatest peril. For Richard Mudford a poor boy from the Shambles, it’s an opportunity to get rich, even if he has to gamble his soul, his family and his life.
It tells the story of major events from the Armada, to voyages of adventure to the Americas, of rebellion and treachery and the birth of the theatre, but from the personal perspective of an ordinary man caught up in extra-ordinary events. It is also a family saga of marriages for money, for necessity and for love, of the everyday battle to feed your children, to protect them from illness, and create a future for them.
An epic tale set in Southampton during the reign of Elizabeth I and based on historic documents held in the local archives. Many of the sites mentioned in the novel still exist and can still be visited - this story is also the story of our city!
Dr Cheryl Butler is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and Honorary Fellow of the University of Winchester and is a member of the editorial board for the Southampton Records Series and the Hampshire Papers. She has published a number of books and papers which have drawn upon the archives from the Southampton Records office and Hampshire Archives including three Southampton Records Series volumes on the Southampton Mayors Book of Fines; the oral history of Itchen Ferry Village We only wore shoes on Sunday; a book on Tudor Southampton: Rioters, Revellers & Reformers; Jane Austen & Southampton Spa and Powder, Prisoners & Paintings – The Story of God’s House Tower.
She is on the National Training Committee for the British Guild of Tourist Guides and chair of the Diaper Heritage Association one of the largest single name genealogical study organisations. Winner of the British Association of Local History personal achievement award in 2014 and the City of Southampton award in 2018 for services to heritage
New book St Mary-Over-The-Water: The story of Pear Tree Church is due for publication this year.
Join us via ZOOM to hear about this historical work of fiction. This event is free entry, but if you’d like to sling October Books a donation, you can do so here
