History Book Festival Virtual Keynote with Erik Larson

The 2020 History Book Festival, normally a live weekend event in Lewes in late September, will become a virtual festival this year, launching with a keynote presentation by one of America’s most popular authors.
Erik Larson, author of the bestseller “The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz,” will appear “live online” via Zoom at the virtual festival’s inaugural “Spirited Discussion” on Thursday, June 25, at 5 p.m. This ticketed event is presented in cooperation with the Lewes Public Library and sponsored by Delaware Humanities and the Lee Ann Wilkinson Group.
Larson will be interviewed by Virginia Prescott, award-winning host of “On Second Thought” for Georgia Public Broadcasting, and take audience questions. Drawing on diaries, original archival documents, and once-secret intelligence reports, “The Splendid and the Vile” sheds new light on a pivotal year in London during World War II through
the day-to-day experiences of Winston Churchill and his family. Larson takes readers back to a moment of true leadership, when in the face of unrelenting horror, Churchill’s eloquence, courage, and perseverance bound a country, and a family, together.

Ticket prices cover the cost of one hardcover copy of “The Splendid and the Vile” with the author’s signed archival book plate. Books will be mailed to ticket holders, with the History Book Festival paying shipping costs. 
To purchase tickets for this event, go to www.historybookfestival.org. and click on the “Virtual Keynote Address” button on the home screen. Log-in information for “A Spirited Discussion with Erik Larson” will be emailed to ticketholders the day before the event.