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Thanks for visiting my website! I'm a historian specialising in Renaissance and early modern Europe and work at the University of Sheffield, UK, where I'm Lecturer in Public History.

My book Our Man in Rome, about Henry VIII’s last ambassador to the papal court, Gregorio Casali, tells the inside story of Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon from the ambassador's point of view. It came out in paperback on 7 February 2013 retitled The Divorce of Henry VIII... go to the Our Man in Rome page to read more - NOW UPDATED with a full round-up of blog reviews.

My new project is a biography of Alessandro de' Medici for which I begin research in summer 2013.

Follow me on Twitter @cath_fletcher.

Listen to me talking about the book:

On BBC Radio 4's Open Book programme, now available to listen online.
On BBC Radio 3's Night Waves programme, now available to listen online.

For more information about my academic research projects: Our Men in Rome: Ambassadors and Agents at the Papal Court, 1450-1530 click here.

News

Divorce of Henry VIII: paperback out February 2013. Vintage Books published a paperback edition of The Divorce of Henry VIII: The Untold Story.

In Our Time: The House of Borgia. I discussed the Borgia Pope Alexander VI and his children on BBC Radio 4, 9am on Thursday 22 November. Click through for a link to the programme.

"Stylish and captivating". Steve Donoghue reviews The Divorce of Henry VIII in Open Letters Monthly.

OUT NOW: The Divorce of Henry VIII. The US edition of Our Man in Rome is published by Palgrave Macmillan.

"A Machiavellian with morals?". Professor Eric Ives reviews Our Man in Rome in History Today.

"A scholarly but wonderfully entertaining book. It proves beyond any doubt that the reality of Tudor history is far more interesting and exciting than the fictions." Jonathan Wright reviews Our Man in Rome in the Herald.

"A glittering debut. Fletcher's book is at its best in her account of precisely what it meant to be an ambassador in those treacherous times." Miranda Seymour reviews Our Man in Rome in The Sunday Times.

Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall, on Our Man in Rome. "An eye-opening book, an intricate and fascinating story of an elusive man with an impossible job. A brilliant and impressive feat of original research, and necessary reading for anyone fascinated by the story of Henry’s divorce..."

"A marvel of close-up detective work". Duncan Fallowell reviews Our Man in Rome in the Daily Express, Friday 3 February 2012.

"Reclaims a period of history all too often simplified... a cracking story". Sarah Vine reviews Our Man in Rome in The Times, Saturday 4 February 2012.

Contact

Dr Catherine Fletcher
Lecturer in Public History
Department of History
Jessop West
1 Upper Hanover Street
Sheffield S3 7RA
UK

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