The little-known tale of Cleopatra’s Needle, from its creation in ancient Egypt to its perilous voyage to London in the 19th century. Hear the remarkable story of how the ancient Egyptians created this monolith and how it was moved around Egypt. Then learn of how it was brought to London. It's a tale of Victorian engineering and innovation, the near loss of the obelisk at sea, and the tragic death of some sailors.
Views: 51 | Enquiries: 0I have always had an interest in history, local history and family history. In the 1980s I studied at the Open University and achieved an honours degree in history.
Since then, I have carried out a great deal of research as a writer for both print and online. For 15 years I was a self-employed genealogist which included research for the television programme Who Do You Think You Are.
I have written a book on the history of Kelvedon Hatch, and I give guided tours of Kelvedon Hall which is the subject of one of my talks.
For the last ten years I have organised a local history group, so I appreciate the difficulty of finding speakers and I thought it was now time to help out other groups and organisation by becoming a speaker myself.
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