BBC New Generation Thinkers. I've been selected as one of the BBC's ten featured early career academics for 2015.
 

Upcoming talks. From Wolf Hall to Medici Florence, I have several talks coming up in spring 2015.
 

In Our Time - The Medici. I discussed the Medici family on BBC Radio 4. Broadcast Boxing Day 2013: podcast now available.
 

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.
 

"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.