14 November, 7pm – 8pm
Winston Churchill: 150th Anniversary, with Andrew Roberts
Winston Churchill towers over twentieth-century British history. By the time of his death at the age of 90 in 1965, many thought him to be the greatest man in the world. Today, his reputation is more controversial. In celebration of the 150th anniversary of Churchill’s birth on 30 November, his biographer Andrew Roberts in conversation with Peter Caddick-Adams, will discuss Churchill, his life, his virtues and his faults to provide an intimate portrait of this fascinating yet complex figure. With information drawn from over forty new sources, including the private diaries of King George VI, used in no previous Churchill biography, be prepared for a totally unique event.
To mark Churchill’s 150th anniversary, a signed and numbered limited edition of Andrew Roberts’s acclaimed biography, Churchill: Walking With Destiny, can be purchased via the Eventbrite link below (postage to UK addresses only).
The conversation will be followed by a live Q & A.
The talk is free for members. £5 for non-members.
Speakers:
Andrew Roberts
Andrew Roberts is a biographer and historian of international renown whose books include Salisbury: Victorian Titan (winner of the Wolfson Prize for History), Masters and Commanders (winner of the Emery Reves Award), The Storm of War (winner of the British Army Book Prize), Napoleon the Great (winner of the Grand Prix of the Fondation Napoléon and the Los Angeles Times Biography Prize), and George III (winner of the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography). Roberts is a Fellow of the Royal Societies of Literature and the Royal Historical Society, and a Trustee of the International Churchill Society. He is currently Visiting Professor at the Department of War Studies at King’s College, London, and the Bonnie and Tom McCloskey Distinguished Visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. His website is www.andrew-roberts.net.
Peter Caddick-Adams
Peter Caddick-Adams is a writer and broadcaster who specialises in military history, defence and security issues. He previously lectured in Military and Security Studies at the UK Defence Academy for twenty years, and in Air Power for the Royal Air Force. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Geographical Society, he also spent thirty-five years as an officer in the UK Regular and Reserve Forces, and has extensive experience of various war zones, including the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan. His books include Monty and Rommel: Parallel Lives, Monte Cassino: Ten Armies in Hell, Snow and Steel: Battle of the Bulge 1944-5, Sand and Steel: A New History of D-Day and 1945: Victory in the West.
When: 14 November, 7pm – 8pm
Where: The 40 minute talk will be hosted online, with the opportunity for Q&A after. Ticket holders will be sent a link when they purchase their ticket, to watch the live talk online.
Price: Individual talk tickets are £5. Chalke History Club memberships start from £5 per month.
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