Boston Athenæum

May 17, 2016 at the Boston Athenæum. Nancy Bilyeau will share excerpts from the latest installment in her award-winning Joanna Stafford series, The Tapestry. The novel takes place in Tudor England, with Joanna, a Dominican novice, struggling to survive the turbulent reign of King Henry VIII. Set in a world of royal banquets and feasts, tournament jousts, ship voyages, and Tower Hill executions, this thrilling tale finds Joanna in her most dangerous situation yet, as she attempts to decide the life she wants to live: nun or wife, spy or subject, rebel or courtier. Bilyeau will also discuss the research she undertook into Renaissance tapestries and the art of Hans Holbein, which she did in preparation for writing the book.