S3E56 - Book Club - Eleanor

In this episode Alice Loxton joins Charlie Higson to talk about her new book, ‘Eleanor’.

In 1290, England mourned the death of a queen, Eleanor of Castile, beloved wife of King Edward I, the warrior king.

Her body was carried on a 200-mile journey from Lincoln to London, a solemn procession that would become immortalized in stone.

To mark the places where it laid, a heartbroken Edward commissioned twelve magnificent Eleanor Crosses.

More than seven centuries later, Alice Loxton set herself an epic challenge: following in history’s footst...