Some of our best-loved stories are sister stories. Think Little Women and Pride and Prejudice or, more recently, The Nightingale, The Vanishing Half, and Hello Beautiful. History is also full of fascinating stories of sisters – pioneering, supporting, and, yes, sometimes competing.

Join novelist Kate Braithwaite, author of "The Scandalous Life of Nancy Randolph," a novel about sisterly betrayal in 18th Century Virginia, for an evening of sister stories, real and imagined.

Kate Braithwaite is the author of four historical novels based on true but overlooked events. “Charlatan” tells the story of Madame de Montespan and the Affair of the Poisons in 17th-century Paris. “The Plot” features Titus Oates’ Popish Plot, a scandal that earns him a place as one of Britain’s top 10 villains. “The Puzzle of Nellie Bly” explores the exploits of a ground-breaking female journalist going undercover in a 19th-century New York lunatic asylum. “The Scandalous Life of Nancy Randolph” reveals a shocking rupture between two very different sisters in late 18th century Virginia. Originally from Scotland, Kate studied English at Leeds University and has subsequently lived in Canada and the US. She is the author of Sis-Stories, a Substack publication all about sisters in history and fiction, and an editor for the Historical Novel Society. Kate and her family live in Chester County, Pennsylvania. 

Her book, "The Scandalous Life of Nancy Randolph," provided by Hockessin Book Shelf, can be purchased and signed by Kate after the event.