Annie Garthwaite grew up in a working-class community in the north-east of England. She studied English at the University of Wales before embarking on a thirty-year international business career. In 2017 she returned to her first love, books, and set out to write the story of a woman she had always felt drawn to- Cecily Neville. This became her debut novel, Cecily.
A startling heroine
*Sarah Moss*
In vigorous, direct prose Garthwaite grippingly resurrects a
remarkable woman
*Sunday Times*
Utterly compelling, this brilliant novel shines a light into a dark
corner of our history and reclaims the voice and story of a
powerful and forgotten woman. A phenomenal read. I loved it
*Liz Hyder, author of The Gifts*
Has the new Hilary Mantel arrived?
*Sunday Telegraph*
I look forward to hearing more from Annie Garthwaite and Cecily
*Times*
Cecily is a vivid and compelling portrait of a formidable figure
from the 15th century and a heroine for our times
*Big Issue*
In Garthwaite's hands, Neville proves as Machiavellian,
manipulative and era-defining as any man
*Noon*
Cecily stalks the corridors of power like a female Thomas Cromwell.
A vividly female perspective on the Wars of the Roses - what a
feat
*Imogen Hermes Gowar*
An extraordinary achievement . . . I could touch and breathe
Cecily's world as if I was walking in her shadow
*Carol McGrath*
CECILY is the WOLF HALL for the 2020s... marks the start of a
stellar career
*Manda Scott*
I loved it . . . Annie Garthwaite writes about the past with a kind
of restrained, earthy vim, and with the sort of intimacy and
immediacy - and empathy - that can only come from graft and
craft
*Toby Clements*
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