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SUMMARY:The Extraordinary Florence Stoker - Karen Brooks In Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Presented by HQ Books and Fullers Bookshop\n\n\n\nEvent Date
 s:Tuesday 1st September\, 2026Event Timetable:Doors open: 6:00pmMingling
  and welcome drinks: 6:00pm – 6.45pmTalk starts: 7:00pmSigning and boo
 k sales: 8:00pm – 9:00pmTickets: $15Tickets include a complimentary dr
 ink on arrival and a $5 voucher to spend on any book purchases that nigh
 tBestselling author Karen Brooks discusses her new novel\, The Extraordi
 nary Florence Stoker.\n\n\n\n\nBook Now\n\n\n\n\n–––––Joined b
 y her publisher\, Jo Mackay\, for night one and bestselling author\, Reb
 ecca Armitage for night two. Karen will be revealing her inspiration\, r
 esearch discoveries\, and more.\n\n\n\nFrom a bestselling\, award-winnin
 g author comes a compellingly realised story of an enigmatic figure\, th
 e beautiful 19th century muse and brilliant social powerhouse\, Florence
  Stoker\, whose life\, in spite of her many gifts\, was overshadowed by 
 one of the most abiding and terrifying of contemporary culture's monster
 s\, the vampire Dracula - her own husband's creation.\n\n\n\nDublin\, 18
 78. When the witty and beautiful Florence Balcombe marries up-and-coming
  theatre impresario and putative novelist Bram Stoker\, and her dazzling
  literary salons make her the darling of the literary\, theatre and art 
 worlds in London\, no-one is surprised. So what if she came from humble 
 beginnings and her prior engagement to Oscar Wilde was inexplicably brok
 en off\, she was always exceptional. Besides\, none of that matters now 
 she moves in exalted circles and Bram is managing the Lyceum for Henry I
 rving\, the leading actor of his generation.\n\n\n\nBut appearances can 
 be deceptive. Bram is in thrall to the tyrannical narcissist Henry\, who
  is draining the life from him\, and his distance from his marriage bed 
 is noticeable. Dear friend Oscar is in court for gross indecency and Flo
 rence is afraid - for her family\, of the secret she keeps and of the vi
 sions of a monstrous fanged demon that haunts her by day and night.\n\n\
 n\nBut Florence will fight for her family and rid herself of the threats
  - both real and phantom - that plague her\, even if it threatens her ow
 n sanity.\n\n\n\nAfter all\, no ordinary monster can confound the extrao
 rdinary Florence Stoker.\n\n\n\n\nBook Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\
 n\n\nAccessible Toilet (located in&nbsp\;the Courtyard)Registered Assist
 ance Animals welcomeCompanion CardHearing LoopLevel Access (via Stage Do
 ors from&nbsp\;the Courtyard)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage credit: Eddie Safarik
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LOCATION:Ground Floor\, 77 Salamanca Place
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