Llewelyn-Bowen at county history festival

THE history of Gloucestershire is being re-written this weekend with new discoveries, theories and findings about the county’s rich and royal past revealed for the first time at Gloucester History Festival’s Spring Weekend.

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Blackfriars Priory is the venue for three days of talks, discussions and debates from some of Britain's leading authors, historians and broadcasters.

The event includes revelations about one of Gloucester’s most-loved historic buildings and the discovery of a previously unknown Viking fort in the county. Yesterday night saw bestselling historian Ian Mortimer unveil bold new research that challenges the official account of Edward II's death, outlining the king's “two deaths” and the implications of those events on the monarch’s famous tomb in the city.