{"title": "Sarah Dunant on The Marchesa", "start": "2026-10-29T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Keats Community Library", "address": "Keats Grove 10, NW3 2RR London", "price": "£12", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "12.00", "tickets_url": "http://keatscommunitylibrary.org.uk/Renew-Books-online.shtm", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction/historical-fiction", "history"], "description": "An author evening at a library in Hampstead where Sarah Dunant talks about her novels set in the Italian Renaissance, in the light of her latest book The Marchesa. The event is hosted by Keats Community Library. The Marchesa follows Isabella d'Este, born in 1474, the leading female art collector and patron of her time, who ran a famed court, was a fashion icon and a cunning political operator. The book mixes historical fiction with biography, scholarship and art, told through her preserved correspondence and asking how far we can set aside our own values when understanding people of the past.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/sarah-dunant-on-the-marchesa-36764/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8820d19c3fa987a5a0b84841e97c68eacc44e4ca309c6b1a6804dc0aa31b5b23-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-29T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Keats Community Library", "address": "Keats Grove 10, NW3 2RR London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Library and Archive Tour: Women of the Wallace Collection", "start": "2026-11-10T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Wallace Collection", "address": "Manchester Square, W1U 3BN London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://wallacecollection.digitickets.co.uk/tickets", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/women", "art"], "description": "A guided tour through the Library and Archive of the Wallace Collection, taking place in the Library on the Lower Ground Floor. 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It follows Thomas Cromwell's rise and fall in the Tudor court of Henry VIII, alongside striking imagery. 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Jane Draycott, a historian and archaeologist and Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Glasgow, tells the story of three sister queens of Egypt – Cleopatra VII, Berenike and Arsinoe – whose rivalry brought down a 300-year-old dynasty. The book describes a tale of passion, intrigue and murder, and of the sisters' efforts to stand up to the might of Rome, whose Republican leaders despised a monarchy controlled by women. Admission is free, with tickets available in advance.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/an-evening-with-author-jane-draycott-41810/", "official_url": "https://paradesendbooks.co.uk/event/an-evening-with-author-jane-draycott/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/77cd534dd22b843ee3ff2628634ba1186245ac9ecd28efa46a9afb52a6334c78-2000.webp"}]}