Divided by many, unrealicly. He failed to give up the thrown he pleaded for extra time he was essentially shouted down. After witnessing, winston admitted, you were right, i see, now, the other one who would not have done. He published in an article on the new magazine, the main idea. But its important to notice, as a kwens of having supported ed woord he was scarcely to do where the new king george 6 hth. That scene in the kings speech which some of you may have seen where church hill is seen cozying up to george the sixth and ufring is delighted to take it. Hes ultimately made up and completely fictitious. I know, here is interesting letter, that he wrote, soon after he became sixth. Adds enemies of theirs. What is more, to these proedward and delinquencies, which all they embodied. They were compounded by the fact that church hill was planned to be empty chamber lain. Where the new king by contrast were devoted supporters of the Prime Minister. They shared with him a strong sense of
Millard talks about her book hero of the empire the boer war, a daring escape, and the making of Winston Churchill. s this is about 45 minutes. [applause] our next speaker and i accidentally sat next to each other at lunch and we discovered we had something in common. We are both very fast eaters. [laughter] we also found out that we share a common passion for history. I am very pleased to introduce Candice Millard to you today. I am a longtime fan of her work. I think what distinguishes her work from the work of other popular historians is her rare ability to engender suspense despite the readers for knowledge of the outcome. I speak from experience. When i read her first book, the river of doubt, i spent a lot of time worrying about if and how Teddy Roosevelt was ever going to get out of that brazilian jungle. Even though i knew that he would. The suspense was worse because i was listening to the book as i was driving the washington beltway. It was always a race to see who was going
Went on behind those walls. You wanna hear some gossip . Pwell, there is a 300 year old ghost that lives on the third floor. Pa lot of scandal went on in there, a lo t of affairs. And if you wanna hear the whole story, they have a tour called the untold story. And thats where you hear all the dirt. P outside the palace there are over 2,000 acres of landscaped yard and gardens p designed by the 18th century Landscape Architect capability brown. Everything here in blenheim is oversized. Including the library which holds over 10,000 books and a huge pipe organ. organ music playing they nicknam ed this room the gym. Because in the old days p the ladies would walk the entire library for exercise. P Blenheim Palace is one of the finest baroque houses in the country. P and a perfect example of the grandeur that could once be bestowed by the queen. Wow. P another popular place for filming movies is also an actual historic location. Making the productions even more authentic. The weald and Down
We are thrilled to have you all here tonight. We would like to think we are more than a bookstore. We love having author signings and readings and we ask if you dont write anything, please think of us in the future when you need your next great read for for the upcoming holiday season. We will have a q a session in about 15 minutes. If you have a question, make sure you get the microphone from cspan before you asked the question. Mehrsa baradaran appeared Mehrsa Baradaran turned the law faculty in fall 2012. She currently serves as an associate professor. She previously taught regulation, socrates administered a blood Brigham Young university. During her time she was into one professor at the year year by the student bar association. Baradaran how the other half banks has been featured in the new york times, the atlantic, american banker and other national and International News and radio outlets. Previously, baradaran was a fellow at the New York University school of law and practiced
Is funded by taxpayers. Our speaker is chair of the Organization Since mid2014 and we hope to hear bro adams plans for marking that opportunity organization. Its politically eclipsed in recent years 146 milliondollar budget grants generally go to state Humanities Councils museums, research and educational institutions. Than native of michigan adams has degrees from Colorado College and the university of california and santa cruz. His formal education was interrupted by three years of service in the army including one year in vietnam. It was partly that experience he says that motivated him to study and teach the humanities. He has said quote it made me serious in a certain way and as a 20yearold combat infantry adviser i came face to face acutely with questions of writers artists philosophers and musicians are examining in our work starting with what does it mean to be human unquote. Later he coordinated the great works in western Culture Program at Stanford University and served as Vi