Helen Carr for Sceptred Isle: A New History of the Fourteenth Century

We are thrilled to welcome bestselling author and historian Helen Carr to Bath for her new book, Sceptred Isle: A New History of the Fourteenth Century.

Beginning with the death of Edward I in 1307 and ending with the deposition of Richard II in 1399, Sceptred Isle follows the experiences of the last Plantagenets, uncovering lesser-known voices and untold stories along the way. Through the epic drama of regicide, war, the prolonged spectre of the Black Death, religious antagonism, revolt and the end of a royal dynasty, we encounter a fractured monarchy, the birth of the struggle between Europeanism and nationalism, social rebellion and a global pandemic.

Sceptred Isle is a thrilling narrative account of a century of revolution and change - social, political and cultural - shedding new light on a pivotal period of English history that continues to shape our understanding of England today.

Helen Carr is a writer and historian specialising in medieval history and public history. Her first book, The Red Prince, was a Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year. Her second book, an edited volume of essays titled What is History, Now? has become primary reading for history students and enthusiasts. Helen has a background in public history with podcasting, television and journalism and is currently a postgraduate researcher at Queen Mary University London.