Stephen May in conversation

Bedford's own Stephen May will be in conversation about his novel Green Ink — a gripping blend of fact and fiction set in the febrile aftermath of the First World War. Lloyd George is at Chequers with his mistress, fretting about a scandal that could destroy him. Victor Grayson, bisexual hedonist, former socialist firebrand and secret-service informant, is about to stir up a hornet's nest he doesn't see coming.

Based on real events and written with brio and dark humour, Green Ink is a reminder, as Hilary Mantel put it, that Stephen May has "the spry, sardonic voice of the new historical fiction."