Keeping secrets has always been a particular challenge for women, who have been expected to shield others and sacrifice themselves in maintaining silence about personal violations and past mistakes.

Join Juliet Nicolson on Sunday 2 November for a remarkable afternoon exploring women’s lives, the secrets they have kept, and the affect of secrecy on them, their families, and the world.

Juliet’s new social history, The Book of Revelations, has earned rave reviews for its intimate, sensitive exploration of lives marked by extraordinary – as well as ordinary – events. The book offers riveting interviews with women of different generations. And Juliet bravely reveals the secrets past generations of her family have held on to, as well events she has shielded from the world and the effects on her and her family.

Social history and biography and memoir intertwine in an extraordinary exploration of a rarely-acknowledged phenomenon which presses a huge weight on women and their families.

Timely and important – Jeanette Winterson

The Book of  Revelations is both an important work of social history and as gripping as a beach read  - I can’t recommend it enough – India Knight

On 2 November, join Juliet and her daughter Clementine Macmillan-Scott – whose life and outlook forms part of the book – in discussing secrets kept and revealed; families and friends put asunder or united; and the price women have paid for silence.

The event begins at 3pm in the first-floor event room of The Star Inn, Alfriston.

Tickets cost £6, including a discount on price of the hardback book. (Ticket holders may purchase copies in advance of the event, and copies will be available on the day.)

Stop in to secure your place, or order your tickets now - we can hold them for you to collect, or you may opt to pay to have them posted – the system will let you choose as part of the check-out process.