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Alice Sowman

Novelist • Alternative histories • South London

Out NowReimagining Diana

Reimagining Diana: An Alternative History asks a daring question: what if Diana had survived 1997? From quiet recovery to global advocacy, from Brexit’s crossroads to the birth of a modern presidency, Alice Sowman’s sweeping novel reimagines the late 20th and early 21st centuries through one woman’s enduring influence.

Paperback • eBook • Audiobook (Q4 release — provisional)

Literary alternative history UK‑centred, globally aware Research‑rich, character‑led

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About Alice

Alice Sowman is a novelist and historian living in south London with her husband, fellow author Will Sowman, and their cats, Monty and Python. Her work blends meticulous research with bold reimaginings, exploring the what ifs that history leaves behind.

With a background in journalism and a fascination with the modern monarchy, Alice writes vivid, emotionally charged stories that humanise public figures while probing the social and political forces around them. Reimagining Diana is her most ambitious book to date — a sweeping, deeply imagined novel about influence, institutions, and the choices that make nations.

Agent enquiries: rights@sowman.org

Blurb

Paris, 1997: a chance difference on a tunnel road sets history on a new course. In the years that follow, Diana returns to London, rebuilds her life under a stricter press landscape, and becomes a global advocate with growing political gravity. When Britain faces its defining choices — over identity, Europe, and the future of the Crown — her voice reframes the national conversation.

Reimagining Diana traces a nation’s transformation through the prism of one woman’s survival, from vigil‑lit pavements to a winter’s day when the United Kingdom swears in its first president.

Events & Media

  • Autumn research talk (Southbank Centre) — TBC
  • Podcast: History Unbound — “Writing Alternative Monarchy” — coming soon
  • Press kit: download (PDF)

For interviews & festivals: press@sowman.org