Library event Southwold Literary Festival: Author Talk with Geraldine Roberts
Join us for a talk with Regency-era historian and author Geraldine Roberts.
- Date
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Sun 15 Nov 2026
- Time
- 10:00 – 11:00
- Place
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Southwold Arts Centre, Cumberland Road, Southwold, IP18 6JP
About this event
Join us for a talk with Regency-era historian and author Geraldine Roberts at Southwold Arts Centre as part of Southwold Literary Festival! Geraldine will be talking to us about her latest book, The Rebel and the Peacemaker.
Tickets are £7.55 each. Tickets can be booked at Southwold Library, either in person, by phone 01502 442817 or online on TicketSource.
About Geraldine Roberts:
Geraldine Roberts is an author and a historian specialising in the Regency era. Her work centres on the achievements of real women in this period, and the dynamics within their marriages. She is the author of The Angel and the Cad, which published in 2015.
About The Rebel and the Peacemaker:
When it came to Charles and Mary Bagot, the gossips of Regency England had more than their fill. The marriage, initially the toast of high society, was one marked with scandal and adultery. And when rumours of a particularly salacious affair broke through London, the couple were banished to the New World.
Having sailed across the ocean, Charles and Mary settled into their new home among the mudflows of Washington. It was here that they would serve their penance as the first British Ambassadors to America, at a pivotal moment in the new nation's history. But against the odds and, in spite of their misfortune, the Bagots would emerge as the leading diplomats of their day.
Their innate gift for politics, culture and social affairs was a tonic to the Anglo-American tensions and would lay the groundwork for modern global diplomacy. Their trailblazing work, first in the United States and then later in Russia and Canada that would forever change the power dynamics on the world stage.
Southwold Literary Festival is a partnership between Southwold Library, Southwold Arts Centre and Southwold Books. All events take place at Southwold Arts Centre in St Edmund’s Hall.
Dates and times
- Time
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10:00 – 11:00
- Sun 15 Nov 2026
Booking information
Tickets can be booked at Southwold Library, either in person, by phone 01502 442817 or by visiting the Southwold Library TicketSource page.
Tickets can also be booked at Southwold Arts Centre, either in person or by phoning 01502 722572.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
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