Royal historian brings tour to Garrick
A Millennium of Kings and Queens is being celebrated at Lichfield 's Garrick Theatre - with a special visit by Royal historian and best-selling author Tracy Borman.
Tracy (pictured) will be appearing at the Garrick on Friday 12 May as part of her first theatre tour with her own show, How To Be A Good Monarch - 1000 Years of Kings & Queens.
From William the Conqueror to Charles lll, Tracy Borman - How To Be A Good Monarch will see Tracy sharing some tumultuous tales of the good, the bad, the great and the mad, along with birth, romance, beheading, coronation, abdication, marriage, divorce, disaster, and triumph.
How To Be A Good Monarch will explore the history and evolution of the monarchy from 1066 to the present day.
Tracy is chief executive of the Heritage Education Trust, a charity which encourages children to visit and learn from historic properties. She is also Joint Chief Curator for Historic Royal Palaces including Hampton Court Palace, the Tower of London, Kensington Palace, Kew Palace, Hillsborough Castle and the Banqueting House, Whitehall.
She was appointed Chancellor of Bishop Grosseteste University in Lincoln last year. Now, based in Surrey, Tracy grew up in Scothern, Lincolnshire, studied at the University of Hull and was awarded a PhD in 1997.
A regular on TV, Tracy presented The Private Lives of the Monarchs on Yesterday, and Channel 5 's Inside The Tower of London.
With an office at Hampton Court Palace, Tracy also appeared in an episode of the television series Who Do You Think You Are? featuring Eastenders ' star Danny Dyer.
With her vast knowledge of royal history and acute investigative skills, Tracy revealed the headline-breaking discovery that Danny Dyer was a direct descendant of Thomas Cromwell!
As an author Tracy has written several highly acclaimed books including Elizabeth 's Women and Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry Vlll 's Most Faithful Servant, which examines the life, loves and legacy of the man who changed the shape of England forever.
She has also written a trilogy of novels that includes her debut, The King 's Witch, followed by The Devil 's Slave and The Fallen Angel.
Tracy 's new book Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History will be published on 18 May 2023 (Hodder & Stoughton).