Event series. Hard to believe but we have been open 50 years this year. We have some great authors to share some time with us. Tonight we have giles milton, bestselling author of 11 works of narrative history. His most recent works work is churchills ministry of ungentlemanly warfare, being developed into a major tv series. He also published in 25 languages. He was in london and burgundy. He is in conversation tonight with editor of literary and market fiction and memoir, author of local girl and we wish you luck and the wild ride of publication. Acquisitions for holt include happiness which was a Reese Witherspoon and the parking lot attendant which is a New York Times notable book and shortlist. Victoria goslings before the room. Welcome, giles milton, good to see you tonight. Thank you, so nice to be here. Hello to both of you. Great to be here. I will let you get on with it. Giles and i will dive into the conversation rather than reading something. We have so much to talk about. Th
Event series. Hard to believe but we have been open 50 years this year. We have some great authors to share some time with us. Tonight we have giles milton, bestselling author of 11 works of narrative history. His most recent works work is churchills ministry of ungentlemanly warfare, being developed into a major tv series. He also published in 25 languages. He was in london and burgundy. He is in conversation tonight with editor of literary and market fiction and memoir, author of local girl and we wish you luck and the wild ride of publication. Acquisitions for holt include happiness which was a Reese Witherspoon and the parking lot attendant which is a New York Times notable book and shortlist. Victoria goslings before the room. Welcome, giles milton, good to see you tonight. Thank you, so nice to be here. Hello to both of you. Great to be here. I will let you get on with it. Giles and i will dive into the conversation rather than reading something. We have so much to talk about. Th
Cspans American History tv continues. You can find the full schedule on your Program Guide or cspan. Org history. Welcome to this Virtual Event series. Hard to believe but we have been open 50 years this year. We have some great authors to share some time with us. Tonight we have giles milton, bestselling author of 11 works of narrative history. His most recent works work is churchills ministry of ungentlemanly warfare, being developed into a major tv series. He also published in 25 languages. He was in london and burgundy. He is in conversation tonight with editor of literary and market fiction and memoir, author of local girl and we wish you luck and the wild ride of publication. Acquisitions for holt include happiness which was a Reese Witherspoon and the parking lot attendant which is a New York Times notable book and shortlist. Victoria goslings before the room. Welcome, giles milton, good to see you tonight. Thank you, so nice to be here. Hello to both of you. Great to be here. I
Share some time with us. Tonight we have giles milton, bestselling author of 11 works of narrative history. His most recent works work is churchills ministry of ungentlemanly warfare, being developed into a major tv series. He also published in 25 languages. He was in london and burgundy. He is in conversation tonight with editor of literary and market fiction and memoir, author of local girl and we wish you luck and the wild ride of publication. Acquisitions for holt include happiness which was a Reese Witherspoon and the parking lot attendant which is a New York Times notable book and shortlist. Victoria goslings before the room. Welcome, giles milton, good to see you tonight. Thank you, so nice to be here. Hello to both of you. Great to be here. I will let you get on with it. Giles and i will dive into the conversation rather than reading something. We have so much to talk about. That works for me. Wonderful. I worked with giles, it was my pleasure to read it a handful of times it w
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