Maritime Book Club : The Judge and the Lady

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Sunday, September 21st, 2014
2:00 PM

Join us at the Maritime Museum of British Columbia for good books and great conversations! This month we will be discussing Marlyn Horsdal�s The Judge and the Lady, a historical fiction set in late-nineteenth-century Victoria.

After being banished from London for her scandalous behaviour, main character Eleanor Wentworth is sent to Victoria. It is here that Eleanor meets Matthew Baillie Begbie, BC�s first chief justice and an eligible bachelor. Horsdal�s story follows these individuals through adventure and scandal in this formative period in Victoria�s history.

The Maritime Museum�s Book Club will discuss Horsdal�s book and the questions about class, gender, and cultural politics that it raises. It will also celebrate 2014 as the 125th anniversary of the BC Supreme Courthouse building, Begbie�s former workplace and the current location of the Maritime Museum of BC.