Salley will meet audiences of local readers at St. Laurence’s Church to read from, and answer questions about, her latest bestselling novel, The Cleaner of Chartres – which centres on the beautiful and enigmatic but mysterious and vulnerable Agnès Morel, a foundling raised by nuns. Now in her forties, Agnès works daily to clean historic Chartres Cathedral. But with a chance meeting in the cathedral the spectre of Agnès’ past returns, provoking malicious speculation from locals. As the rumours grow more ugly, Agnès is forced to confront her history, and the mystery of her origins finally unfolds.
The event forms part of Salley Vickers’ cathedral tour supported by The Reading Agency which started on June 1st at Gloucester Cathedral’s Chapter House; moving on to venues in Bristol, Canterbury, Guildford, Ludlow, Chichester, Armagh in Northern Ireland, and finishing on 12 October at Beverley Minster in East Yorkshire.
Kate Woodward, library manager: reading and learning for Shropshire Council, says: “Shropshire Library Service is delighted to work with The Reading Agency in support of the new Ludlow Arts Festival for 2013. This affords us the opportunity to work with a range of new partners and attract new audiences, whilst bringing our library service to the community in The Cathedral of The Marches. St. Laurence’s Church in Ludlow is a very special venue which we feel will beautifully complement Salley Vickers’ talk about her new novel.”
UPDATE: This event is postponed until Friday September 20th. The time, venue and ticket information remain the same.
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