'the king's grace'

Info from Chapters Bookstore (Pittsfield) on upcoming events surrounding their "book of the month":

"The King's Grace," by Anne Easter Smith
All history records about Grace Plantagenet is that she was an illegitimate daughter of King Edward IV, and one of the two attendants aboard the funeral barge of his widowed queen Elizabeth Woodville in 1492. "The King's Grace" follows Grace's story and her search for the truth -- about herself, about her family, and about the man who claims to be king.

A native of the UK, Anne Easter Smith is an American citizen who has lived in the US for 40 years. She has lived in cities from California to Virginia and from New York to Washington D.C. Smith also lived for four years in Paris, first as a bilingual secretary at age 19, and then as wife to the assistant air attaché at the American Embassy in the mid-1970s. She is fluent in French and a self-proclaimed Francophile. She was the features editor at the Press-Republican in Plattsburgh, N.Y., for 10 years, and her writing has been featured in a number of national magazines. An actor and director in community theater and an erstwhile folksinger, Smith lives in Newburyport, Mass.

Author discussion and signing: 6 p.m. Friday, April 17
Book club meeting: 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 12

Chapters: 78 North St., Pittsfield. Phone: 413.443.BOOK.