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Hear the Unknown Story of The Siege of Pendennis at the Maritime Museum Hear the Unknown Story of The Siege of Pendennis at the Maritime Museum Hear the Unknown Story of The Siege of Pendennis at the Maritime Museum Hear the Unknown Story of The Siege of Pendennis at the Maritime Museum

Hear the Unknown Story of The Siege of Pendennis at the Maritime Museum

30 November 2015

Join historian and author Steph Haxton at the Maritime Museum in Falmouth on December 7 for a fascinating talk on the 'unknown' story of the siege of Pendennis Castle.

In 1646 a thousand souls loyal to King Charles I suffered a five month ordeal, besieged by a Parliamentarian army in a bitter civil war between Crown and Commonwealth. Of these desperate Royalists, two hundred were women and children.


Steph says: "History needn't be dull; the past is his or her story...a narrative.

It can be brought to life in the pages of a novel. That's my task as an author. The historian in me just has to advise on the setting! A novelist might speculate, but I will reveal that sometimes truth is stranger than any fiction."

The talk, entitled Exposed to All Villainies is from 12 noon on Monday, December 7 at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall and tickets costs £7. To book your place please call 01326 214546.