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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\, 2026Wednesday 2nd September\, 2026Event Timeta
 ble:Doors open: 6:00pmMingling and welcome drinks:  6:00pm – 6.45pmTal
 k starts: 7:00pmSigning and book sales: 8:00pm – 9:00pmTickets: $15Tic
 kets include a complimentary drink on arrival and a $5 voucher to spend 
 on any book purchases that nightBestselling author Karen Brooks discusse
 s her new novel\, The Extraordinary Florence Stoker.\n\n\n\n\nBook Now\n
 \n\n\n\n–––––Joined by her publisher\, Jo Mackay\, for night o
 ne and bestselling author\, Rebecca Armitage for night two. Karen will b
 e revealing her inspiration\, research discoveries\, and more.\n\n\n\nFr
 om a bestselling\, award-winning author comes a compellingly realised st
 ory of an enigmatic figure\, the beautiful 19th century muse and brillia
 nt social powerhouse\, Florence Stoker\, whose life\, in spite of her ma
 ny gifts\, was overshadowed by one of the most abiding and terrifying of
  contemporary culture's monsters\, the vampire Dracula - her own husband
 's creation.\n\n\n\nDublin\, 1878. 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. S
 o what if she came from humble beginnings and her prior engagement to Os
 car Wilde was inexplicably broken off\, she was always exceptional. Besi
 des\, none of that matters now she moves in exalted circles and Bram is 
 managing the Lyceum for Henry Irving\, the leading actor of his generati
 on.\n\n\n\nBut appearances can be deceptive. Bram is in thrall to the ty
 rannical narcissist Henry\, who is draining the life from him\, and his 
 distance from his marriage bed is noticeable. Dear friend Oscar is in co
 urt for gross indecency and Florence is afraid - for her family\, of the
  secret she keeps and of the visions of a monstrous fanged demon that ha
 unts 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 he
 r\, even if it threatens her own sanity.\n\n\n\nAfter all\, no ordinary 
 monster can confound the extraordinary Florence Stoker.\n\n\n\n\nBook No
 w\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nAccessible Toilet (located in the C
 ourtyard)Registered Assistance Animals welcomeCompanion CardHearing Loop
 Level Access (via Stage Doors from 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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