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Internationally Renowned American Author Visits Bury St Edmunds and Sets New Record for Town’s Tour Guides
Internationally Renowned American Author Visits Bury St Edmunds to Research Her New Book

Internationally Renowned American Author Madeline Martin visited Bury St Edmunds to research her new book
Author Madeline Martin, who has published 40 best-selling books, took six tours of the town over two days with Bury St Edmunds Tour Guides as part of her research for her next book based on witches which will feature Bury St Edmunds and the era of trials in the 17th century.
John Saunders, Bury St Edmunds Tour Guides marketing officer, said: Visitors often query which of the range of guided tours of Bury they should take but even we were surprised when we had a special request for six of our tours over two days!”
Madeline and her partner John, from Florida, also spent time at Moyse’s Hall Museum, Bury St Edmunds Guildhall and was interested in a forthcoming play A Tryal of Witches at Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds.
John continued: “Madeline has covered most of what we offer in one hit! Her capacity to absorb so much information is incredible as we have guided her through crime, punishment, disorder, ghostly and macabre happenings, the medieval and Tudor eras and highlighted notorious ladies of the town. We will look forward to reading her book which is due for release in the USA next year and I am sure it will be of interest to local readers when it arrives in Bury.”
Over two days she managed to accomplish six tours involving the following six of the town’s guides, covering a range of subjects:
• Ladies of the Town
• The Medieval Grid
• Crime and Punishment
• Tudor Times
• Ghostly and Macabre
• Dissent, Riot and Rebellion
Her visit to Bury St Edmunds coincided with Bury St Edmunds and Beyond’s tourism marketing campaign Spooky Bury St Edmunds which highlights how significant the town’s witch trials were and promotes Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds new play A Tryal of Witches and a new exhibition at Moyse's Hall Museum Superstition: Strange Wonders & Curiosities.
All information on guided tours can be found at Bury St Edmunds Tour Guides website.
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