Lucy Worsley talks Agatha Christie

"Welcome! I’m Lucy Worsley, by day Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, and by night a writer of history books."

​Not a bad start to anyone's CV!

But why are we showing you this glam photo? It's because Lucy Worsley will be the opening speaker at this year's Richmond Walking and Book Festival. Tickets for her event are sure to be in demand (over 120 have already been snapped up by Festival Friends), so they have been put on public sale early - as in right now!

Lucy will talk about the enigma that was Agatha Christie. Why did she spend her career pretending that she was ‘just’ an ordinary Edwardian lady of leisure, when she went surfing in Hawaii, loved fast cars, and explored the new science of psychology? How, despite the obstacles of class and gender, did she become an astonishingly successful working woman?

Lucy's book, Agatha Christie, a recent Sunday Times bestseller, will be for sale at the event. The talk is at 19:30 on Friday 20 September at Richmond School. Yes, it's a long way off, but you should book now to be sure of getting in.

Tickets and more info on the Lucy Worsley talk are here, or you can pop into Richmond Information Centre, in the Market Hall, if you'd prefer to deal with a friendly human. You can find the full programme for the Richmond Walking and Book Festival at booksandboots.org.

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