“An Elizabethan House of Cards.”

Jesse Norman MP will talk about his highly acclaimed book The Winding Stair (Biteback Publishing) in the wonderful and historically appropriate setting of Pitchford Hall.

Described as “An engrossing and compelling blend of political thriller and pitch-perfect historical novel.” by Stephen Fry, it brings to life the period when Queen Elizabeth I is dying and James I waiting to accede.

Herefordshire resident Jesse studied at Oxford University (MA, Classics) and completed an MPhil and PhD in Philosophy at UCL, where he held an honorary fellowship. He is an Honorary Research Fellow at St Andrew’s University, and a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. 

Jesse is the author of two widely acclaimed biographies: Adam Smith: What He Thought, and Why it Matters, which won a Parliamentary Book Award in 2018, and Edmund Burke: Politician, Philosopher, Prophet, which was long-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize.

The Winding Stair is his first novel.