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\u201cThe book is called the King\u2019s Witch and it\u2019s about the gunpowder plot, a very different period in time to what I\u2019m used to.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWriting a novel was a different experience too. I enjoyed it but I found it very difficult compared to writing non-fiction books. The King\u2019s Witch is true in parts and it\u2019s about a woman who really did exist in the court of James I, but we don\u2019t know a lot about her.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI found it very fun to use my imagination to fill in the gaps, whereas usually I would be researching for hours to ensure every fact is correct.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI stuck to the facts where possible, and it was a lot harder than I\u2008thought; I\u2008had to think of a story that would be compelling to readers.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve written non-fiction books before on witch hunts and trials throughout the centuries, and I\u2019ve even produced a novel on the Belvoir witches from Lincolnshire, so this is where the inspiration came from.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tracy\u2019s long list of titles include several about the Tudors; \u2018The Private Lives of the Tudors: Uncovering the Secrets of Britain\u2019s Greatest Dynasty,\u2019 \u2018Thomas Cromwell: The Hidden Story of Henry VIII\u2019s Most Faithful Servant,\u2019 and \u2018Elizabeth\u2019s Women: The Hidden Story of the Virgin Queen.\u2019 This is Tracy\u2019s bestselling book to date. Her other books include \u2018Henrietta Howard: King\u2019s Mistress, Queen\u2019s Servant,\u2019 \u2018Matilda: Queen of the Conqueror,\u2019 \u2018Witches: A Tale of Sorcery, Scandal and Seduction,\u2019 and the \u2018Story of the Tower of London.\u2019<\/p>\n
The King\u2019s Witch will be released in June, and Tracy will be coming to Lincolnshire to talk to people about it and launch it at the book festival in September. It\u2019s the first of a trilogy and Tracy is working on the other two to be released next year. Although if you want to meet Tracy this month, she\u2019s going to be giving a talk at the Bishop Grosseteste University on Elizabeth\u2019s Women, The Hidden Story of the Virgin Queen. This talk, based on her book of the same title, will explore the fascinating relationships that Elizabeth I had with the women who influenced her most.<\/p>\n
From her scandalous mother, Anne Boleyn, to her greatest rival, Mary Queen of Scots, and the \u2018flouting wenches\u2019 who served her at court, they show Elizabeth in a surprising new light. The talk is coming to the University on Thursday 31st May in the evening.<\/p>\n
\u201cI enjoy giving talks, especially about my favourite time in history, so I\u2019m really looking forward to coming to Lincoln in May. I also studied in Lincoln, and still keep in touch with my A-Level history teacher from Yarborough School – now Lincoln Castle Academy.\u201d<\/p>\n
When she\u2019s not curating documents and artefacts for the Historic Royal Palaces, writing novels or giving talks, Tracy spends time with her husband in London, whom she married in the Tower of London.<\/p>\n
\u201cI decided to get married in the Tower of London because I\u2019m chief curator of the Historic Royal Palaces and since writing a book about Thomas Cromwell, I\u2019ve become a bit obsessed by him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is buried in the Tower chapel. It\u2019s a bit ghoulish but for someone who loves history, you can\u2019t get much more historic than that.\u201d There aren\u2019t many locations in Britain, other than London, that rival Lincolnshire\u2019s prolific heritage, so it comes as no surprise that the Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces originates here. We look forward to her return to the county with her talk at the Bishop\u2008Grosseteste University in May and her return in September to launch her new book and first ever novel, The King\u2019s Witch.<\/p>\n