coming up next, book tv presents after words an hour-long program where we invent guest hosts to interview authors. this week edward lengel on inventing george washington. he discusses the beliefs about the nation s first president and divided facts and fax. facts and fiction. he talks with peter henriques. host: hi, ed, this is a real pleasure for me to have this chance to have a conversation with you. i don t know how many years ago it was that you were one of my students when i was a professor at george mason. guest: about 25 years. host: has it been 25 years? that s scary. it s fun to see your progress and interview you when you ve written a book like this. i m looking forward to the chance to discuss this book with you. when you wrote this book, i was interested because i know you have a lot of different interests you ve written on world war i, military history, what was it that triggered the decision to write a book inventing george washington ? looking