Afternoon Tea with Emma Harcourt
Sat, 30 July
|Better Read Than Dead
Join author Emma Harcourt in conversation with Caroline Overington for an afternoon with tea, scones and cakes to celebrate the release of The Brightest Star.
Time & Location
30 July 2022, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Better Read Than Dead, 265 King St, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia
Guests
About The Event
A cup of tea and something sweet, while Emma and Caroline chat about Emma's new book, perfect recipe for a Saturday afternoon.
About the book
A thirst for learning and a passion for astronomy draw an extraordinary young woman deep into the intellectual maelstrom, political complexities and religious extremism of Renaissance Florence. This beautifully crafted novel will appeal to readers of Karen Brooks' and Pip Williams' . 1496 It is the height of the Renaissance and its flowering of intellectual and artistic endeavour, but the city state of Florence is in the grip of fundamentalist preacher Friar Girolamo Savonarola. Its good people believe the Lord speaks through him, just as certainly as the Sun circles the Earth.The Good Wife of BathDictionary of Lost Words
For Leonarda Lunetta, eldest daughter of the learned Signore Vincenzio Fusili, religion is not as interesting as the books she shares with her beloved father. Reading…
Tickets
Event Ticket
This ticket includes tea and treats
A$10.00Sale endedEvent + Book
This ticket includes tea and treats, with a copy of The Brightest Star.
A$42.99Sale ended