BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:PGCMLS X-WR-CALNAME:PGCMLS BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2650dd9e-4d3c-4d54-9ebf-a20a0a42b1ca SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20261017T020152Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201124T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201124T180000 SUMMARY:Philippa Gregory Author Talk "Dark Tides" LOCATION:Administrative Offices\nAdministrative Offices X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Administrative Offices;X-A PPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Administrative Offices:geo:0,0 GEO:0;0 DESCRIPTION:No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory launc hes her latest novel "Dark Tides" with a virtual author talk. .\nhttps://p gcmls.libnet.info/event/4689283 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

ASL interpretations and live captions will be provided.

Presented by Frederick County Public Libraries\, Cha rles County Public Library\, Prince George's County Memorial Library Syste m\, and Curious Iguana.

</ iframe>\nAbout "Dark Tides"\nMidsummer Eve 1670. Two unexpec ted visitors arrive at a shabby warehouse on the south side of the River T hames. The first is a wealthy man hoping to find the lover he deserted twe nty-one years before. James Avery has everything to offer\, including the favour of the newly restored King Charles II\, and he believes that the wa rehouse's poor owner Alinor has the one thing his money cannot buy&mdash\; his son and heir. The second visitor is a beautiful widow from Venice in d eepest mourning. She claims Alinor as her mother-in-law and has come to te ll Alinor that her son Rob has drowned in the dark tides of the Venice lag oon. Alinor writes to her brother Ned\, newly arrived in faraway New Engla nd and trying to make a life between the worlds of the English newcomers a nd the American Indians as they move toward inevitable war. Alinor tells h im that she knows&mdash\;without doubt&mdash\;that her son is alive and th e widow is an imposter. Set in the poverty and glamour of Restoration Lond on\, in the golden streets of Venice\, and on the tensely contested fronti er of early America\, this is a novel of greed and desire: for love\, for wealth\, for a child\, and for home.\nPhilippa Gregory is the autho r of many New York Times bestselling novels\, including "The Other Boleyn Girl\," and is a recognized authority on women&rsquo\;s history. Many of h er works have been adapted for the screen including "The Other Boleyn Girl ." She graduated from the University of Sussex and received a PhD from the University of Edinburgh\, where she is a Regent. She holds honorary degre es from Teesside University and the University of Sussex. She is a fellow of the Universities of Sussex and Cardiff and was awarded the 2016 Harroga te Festival Award for Contribution to Historical Fiction. She is an honora ry research fellow at Birkbeck\, University of London. She founded Gardens for the Gambia\, a charity to dig wells in poor rural schools in The Gamb ia\, and has provided nearly 200 wells. She welcomes visitors to her websi te <a href="PhilippaGregory.com">PhilippaGregory.com</a>.\nBorrow t he &ldquo\;Dark Tides&rdquo\; through the presenting libraries: Frederick County Public Libraries\, Charles County Public Library\, PGCMLS.\n Curious Iguana is the official bookseller for this event. Preorder a hardc over copy of "Dark Tides" (released on November 24\, 2020) <a href="https: //curiousiguana.com/product/dark/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> . Books are $29.68 (including Maryland Sales Tax) and available for shipme nt (+$3 shipping/handling) or pick-up in store/curbside at Curious Iguana in Downtown Frederick\, MD.\nPresented in association with Calvert Library\, Carroll County Public Library\, Howard County Library System\, a nd Worcester County Library.\nhttps://pgcmls.libnet.info/event/4689283 URL;VALUE=URI:https://pgcmls.libnet.info/event/4689283 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR