1. Lucy Worsley was born on 18 December 1973 and is an English historian, author, curator and television presenter.
14 Facts About Lucy Worsley
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Lucy Worsley was the joint chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces but is best known as a presenter of BBC Television and Channel 5 series on historical topics.
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Lucy Worsley's father taught Geology at Reading University, while her mother was a consultant in educational policy and practice.
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Lucy Worsley studied Ancient and Modern History at New College, Oxford, graduating in 1995 with a BA First-class honours degree.
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Lucy Worsley made me strive for excellence and work hard.
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Lucy Worsley began her career as a historic house curator at Milton Manor, near Abingdon, in the summer of 1995, before working for the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.
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In October 2024, Lucy Worsley announced that she would be stepping down from her role at Historic Royal Palaces at the end of the year to focus on her Lady Killers podcast.
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In 2011, Lucy Worsley presented the four-part television series If Walls Could Talk, exploring the history of British homes, from peasants' cottages to palaces; and the three-part series Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency.
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In 2017, she presented a three-part series titled British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley, debunking historical views of the Wars of the Roses, the Glorious Revolution and the British occupation of India.
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In 2019, Lucy Worsley presented American History's Biggest Fibs, looking at the nation's founding story and American Revolution, the American Civil War, and the Cold War.
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In November 2020, the second series of Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley aired on BBC2, covering the myths behind The French Revolution, George IV and The Russian Revolution.
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Lucy Worsley has published a number of books, many guides to houses and the like.
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In 2017, Lucy Worsley published a biography of Jane Austen titled Jane Austen at Home: A Biography.
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Lucy Worsley wrote the young-adult book Lady Mary, a history-based book that details the life of Mary I, daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon; it follows her as a young Princess Mary during the time of the divorce of Mary's parents.