History West Wight Group

Group Leader - Wendy Williams - 872276

Location - Freshwater

We are a friendly group of around ten people who normally meet at 2.30pm on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month (except August) at the Conservative Club, Queens Road, Freshwater.

Our studies are informal and include opportunities for members to talk about historical topics that are of special interest to them, but for most of the time our meetings are based on a book.

We have just finished reading Isabella She-Wolf of France, Queen of England by Alison Weir. Like Eleanor of Aquitaine, Isabella was a key political figure in the Middle Ages. We noted that her lifetime was a period of greed, political manoeuvring, skulduggery and infidelity and concluded that nothing much has changed in over 700 years!

We have now moved on around 550 years to begin our look at the lives of Queen Victoria's nine children as given by John Van Der Kirste in his book Queen Victoria's Children. Although the children were very different characters they remained a close-knit family. They married into European royal families. Their loyalties were divided and political controversy dominated their lives. They made their individual contributions to public life in Britain and overseas.

If you would like to join our Group please contact Wendy.

Last updated - 20 October 2011