Lucy Hughes-Hallett is a biographer, cultural historian and novelist. Her most recent book is The Scapegoat: the Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham which has been described as ‘fabulous’ (The Guardian), ‘dazzling’ (Wall Street Journal) and ‘stunningly good’ (The Sunday Times).
Her previous books include The Pike: Gabriele d’Annunzio, which won the Samuel Johnson Prize, the Duff Cooper Prize and the Costa Biography of the Year Award.