Reimagining the Life of Mary, Queen of Scots, with Flora Carr

与弗洛拉·卡尔重塑苏格兰女王玛丽的生活

Intelligence Squared

2024-03-17

36 分钟
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Debut novelist Flora Carr's new book, The Tower, looks at the life Scotland's 16th-century monarch Mary, Queen of Scots. In this tale of desire and friendship, Carr weaves in figures that have been long forgotten by the historical record and reimagines the Queen during the period she was imprisoned at Lochleven Castle in Scotland in order to create a new work of literary feminist fiction. Joining Carr to discuss the book for this episode is historian Francesca Peacock, whose own recent book – Pure Wit – reimagined the life of another often misunderstood historical figure, Margaret Cavendish. Want to attend Intelligence Squared live events? Explore our upcoming line up of talks below: https://www.intelligencesquared.com/attend/ If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all of our longer form interviews and Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events - Our member-only newsletter The Monthly Read, sent straight to your inbox ... Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series ... Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content, early access and much more ... Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events and discounts. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • Welcome to Intelligence Squared.

  • Im head of programming Connor Boyle for this episode were looking back through history to the era of Mary Stuart, better known as Mary, Queen of Scots, the 16th century scottish monarch story, one that involves pageantry, plot twists, imprisonment and her eventual demise, is the background setting were a new novel from Flora Carr, the Tower.

  • Carrs Riding has appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines, but the Tower is her first novel harnessing the power of the imagination amid a real historical tale.

  • Joining Flora in conversation for this episode is writer Francesca Peacock, who listeners may remember from her appearance on this podcast to discuss her book pure wit, about another historical figure, Margaret Cavendish.

  • Lets join Francesca now with more Flora.

  • Carr was named one of the 40 London Library emerging writers in 2020 2021.

  • She won the Vogue Talent contest and was shortlisted for the 2018 versus Pritchett short story Prize.

  • Her work has appeared in Time magazine, British L Radio Times and the Observer New Review.

  • The Tower, which I've got a copy of here, is her first novel.

  • I'm so excited to have the chance to talk to you about the tower.

  • I so loved reading it with its rich mix of historical details and also such a vividly imagined drama.