We're delighted to share that acclaimed historian, writer and presenter Professor Clare Jackson (1990) has written a new book - The Mirror of Great Britain: A Life of James VI & I - and all OLs are warmly invited to join Clare at her upcoming Edinburgh book event.

Clare is Honorary Professor of Early Modern History at Cambridge University and a Fellow of Trinity Hall. She has presented a number of highly successful programmes on the Stuart dynasty for the BBC and is the author of Devil-Land: England under Siege 1588-1688 (2021), which won the 2022 Wolfson History Prize.

Available to pre-order now, The Mirror of Great Britain is a major reassessment of one of Britain's most strange and fascinating kings: James I of England and VI of Scotland. Closely attentive to James's own words - in numerous publications, manuscript musings, topical verse and private correspondence - Clare's wonderful new book tells the story of this highly unusual monarch with great flair and insight.

Her publishers, Topping Books, have organised a book event at Pilrig St. Paul's in Edinburgh, for which tickets can be purchased here. Topping Books have also very kindly offered OLs the option of booking reduced-price Scholar tickets (£5 each).

We know many OLs have a strong interest in British History and it would be wonderful to see the OL community support Clare at this event!