Lives of historical women explored at Bookmark event

Award-winning writers Sean Lusk and Victoria Mackenzie provided a fascinating insight to the lives of three historical women to an enthralled audience at a Bookmark event.

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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe were the focus of discussion at the 'Meet the Author' session in Blairgowrie on May 3 which was attended by around 40 people.

Sean Lusk is the author of 'A Woman of Opinion, a fictionalised account of the life of 18th century English aristocrat, medical pioneer, writer and poet Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, while Victoria MacKenzie’s debut novel 'For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain' imagines the spiritual conversations between two 15th century women, Julian of Norwich - who wrote the first known book by a woman in the English language - and Margery, whose dictated story is the first known autobiography in English by a man or a woman.

Both Sean and Victoria were delighted with the success of the event.

Victoria said: “It was a really lovely afternoon and I was delighted to attend.