S5 Ep18: Bookshelfie: Lucy Worsley

<div>Historian Lucy Worsley sits down with Vick to talk about forgotten women, fan fiction from the 1930s and the misunderstandings around beloved crime writer Agatha Christie.<br> <br> Lucy Worsley OBE is a British historian, author, television presenter and chief curator of Historic Royal Palaces. Lucy has written numerous history books including: <a href="https://www.historicroyalpalaces.com/queenvictoria-daughter-wife-mother-widow-paperbackbook-lucyworsley.html"><em>Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow</em></a>; <a href="https://www.historicroyalpalaces.com/janeaustenathome-biography-lucyworsley-hardbackbook-1.html"><em>Jane Austen at Home: A Biography</em></a>; and <a href="https://www.historicroyalpalaces.com/courtiers-the-secret-history-of-kensington-palace-lucy-worsley.html"><em>The Courtiers: Splendor and Intrigue in the Georgian Court</em></a>. She has presented and contributed - often in exquisite costumes - to various TV programmes and in 2019 <em>Suffragettes With Lucy Worsley </em>won a BAFTA. In her new podcast <em>Lady Killers</em>, Lucy investigates the crimes of Victorian women from a contemporary, feminist perspective. Her latest book, <a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/agatha-christie/lucy-worsley/9781529303872"><em>Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman</em></a> is out now.<br> <br> Lucy’s book choices are: <br> <strong>** </strong><strong><em>The Far-Distant Oxus</em></strong><strong> by Katharine Hull and Pamela Whitelock</strong><br> <strong>** </strong><strong><em> The Young Elizabeth</em></strong><strong> by Jean Plaidy</strong><br> <strong>** </strong><strong><em>Moominvalley in November</em></strong><strong> by Tove Jansson</strong><br> <strong>** </strong><strong><em>Mrs Woolf at the Servants</em></strong><strong> - Alison Light</strong><br> <strong>** </strong><strong><em>An Autobiography</em></strong><strong> - Agatha Christie</strong><br> <br> Vick Hope, multi-award winning TV and BBC Radio 1 presenter, author and journalist, is the host of season five of the Women’s Pri