TELEVISION historian Diarmaid MacCulloch will speak about his new book in York.

Mr MacCulloch has been invited by the York Literature Festival on Friday, December 14 to discuss Thomas Cromwell: A Life, which reveals new insights into the life of Thomas Cromwell and the court intrigues around Henry VIII’s marriage to Anne Boleyn.

He will be signing books between 6.30pm and 8pm at the Tempest Anderson Hall, Yorkshire Museum, Museum Gardens.

To book tickets, go to yorkliteraturefestival.co.uk, phone York Theatre Royal Box Office on 01904 623568 or go to yorktheatreroyal.co.uk