{"id":8544,"date":"2025-05-01T16:05:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T16:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montylitfest.com\/?p=8544"},"modified":"2025-05-25T17:02:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T17:02:17","slug":"rise-up-wise-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montylitfest.com\/?p=8544","title":{"rendered":"Rise up. Wise up."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8544\" class=\"elementor elementor-8544\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-56ff043 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"56ff043\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a5169e5\" data-id=\"a5169e5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee731f0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee731f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Anyone who read or saw Hilary Mantell\u2019s <em>Wolf Hall <\/em>series, centred on the political life of Thomas Cromwell, may well ask &#8211; do they never learn?\u00a0 There will always be someone or something out to get the powerful, be it their own hubristic drive, the national interest, natural justice or a simple case of survival.<\/p><p>The Saturday \u2018hist fest\u2019 element of Monty Lit Fest raises a wealth of ideas about why we never seem to learn from the great characters and movements of the past.\u00a0 In <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/montylitfest.com\/?page_id=7546\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/montylitfest.com\/?page_id=7546\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Alford<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s popular history, <em>All His Spies, <\/em>we get to see 4-D chess in action as chief advisor Robert Cecil and his father, William, attempt to preserve the stability of Elizabeth I\u2019s reign.\u00a0 The master of the Big Data of his day, the ultimate quiet manipulator, even Robert makes risky decisions.\u00a0 Coming out in paperback in mid-June, you can get an advance copy at the Festival &#8211; if you\u2019re quick!<\/p><p>The Wars of the Roses always provide a ring-side seat for the drama of power play, not least in historical fiction.\u00a0 With <a href=\"https:\/\/montylitfest.com\/?page_id=7611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Annie Garthwaite<\/strong><\/a>, we get to see what drives the royal women.\u00a0 Hardly demure bystanders, the battle for supremacy between four kings\u2019 mothers reveals the power of subtlety over the sword.\u00a0 Already a Times Book of the Month, T<em>he King\u2019s Mother <\/em>is the much-awaited sequel to <em>Cecily &#8211; <\/em>and will be officially launched in paperback at Monty Lit Fest.<\/p><p>\u201cRise up.\u00a0 We will wise up.\u00a0 And keep our eyes up.\u201d\u00a0 Yes, today\u2019s earworm comes straight from <em>Hamilton<\/em> and captures the spirit of ordinary people who have had enough.\u00a0 In <a href=\"https:\/\/montylitfest.com\/?page_id=7471\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Carys Davies<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s <em>Clear<\/em>, the poverty of a Free Church of Scotland minister drives him to drastic actions. 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