Blog & News
Beattie interviewed on Stuart Saturday Live
On Saturday 18 April 2026 Prof. Cordelia Beattie was interviewed for Stuart Saturday Live about the life and legacy of Alice Thornton by Andrea Zuvich aka the Seventeenth Century Lady. You can catch u...
Read moreBeattie to speak about Thornton project in Glasgow
Prof. Cordelia Beattie is giving a talk on Alice Thornton's Books to the University of Glasgow's Centre for Gender History research seminar on Monday 23 February 2026, 1-3pm. The talk is entitled 'Ali...
Read more‘Bringing up a chicken to peck out their eye’: A niece’s betrayal
This post was originally published on 30 May 2023 for the British Library's Untold Lives series. Alice Thornton (1626–1707), a Yorkshire gentlewoman, made sure that her life didn’t go untold by writi...
Read moreSuzanne Trill’s Inaugural Lecture
As part of her inaugural lecture, 'Beyond “Shakespeare’s Sister”: Writing Women and Literary Culture, c. 1580–1700', Suzanne Trill, will be speaking about Alice Thornton. This event will be in-person:...
Read moreAlice Thornton's Books Wins Commendation
We are delighted to share the news that the Alice Thornton’s Books project has been recognised by the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender (SSEMWG) in their annual publication awards...
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Cordelia Beattie, Suzanne Trill, Joanne Edge, Sharon Howard. 'Blog & News'. Alice Thornton's Books. Accessed .https://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/