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THE KING’S HEAD is our hidden gem in the heart of the old market town of Aylesbury.
This ancient inn dating from 1455 is the perfect place to meet up with family and friends and to enjoy great beers, food, coffee and some shopping whilst savouring
this amazing historical building.

Waterstones Book Club.

Run by Waterstones,

Hosted by The King's Head.

Every Last Wednesday of The Month

6pm - 9pm

On every last Wednesday of the month, join us and the Waterstones Book Club to discuss the latest and greatest books and novels.

If you are already a reading enthusiast, looking for a new hobby or would like to meet new people, join us over a pint or a pot of tea in our cosy and peaceful pub.

To register your interest, pop over to Waterstones in Friars Square and talk to their team.

What we’re reading:

Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits

An exhilarating, fiercely original story of brotherhood, war and art, and of daring to dream of something bigger than ourselves.

It’s 412 BC, and Athens’ invasion of Sicily has failed catastrophically. Thousands of Athenian soldiers are held captive in the quarries of Syracuse, starving, dejected, and hanging on by the slimmest of threads.

Lampo and Gelon are local potters, young men with no work and barely two obols to rub together. When they take to visiting the nearby quarry, they discover prisoners who will, in desperation, recite lines from the plays of Euripides for scraps of bread and a scattering of olives.

And so an idea is born: the men will put on Medea in the quarry. A proper performance to be sung of down the ages. Because after all, you can hate the Athenians for invading your territory, but still love their poetry.

But as the audacity of their enterprise dawns on them, it becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish between enemies and friends. As the performance draws near, the men will find their courage tested in ways they could never have imagined …