Arts & Letters Live: Candice Millard - Winston Churchill - From Prison Break to Prime Minister

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Candice Millard will discuss her new biography, Hero of the Empire. Millard’s brilliant new biography pinpoints a little-known yet specific event that shapes her subject, and, to a large effect, 20th-century history. Hero of the Empire recounts young Winston Churchill’s bold escape from a South African prison camp during the Boer War - a thrilling narrative of bravery, savagery, and chance encounters with a cast of historical characters, including Rudyard Kipling and Mohandas Gandhi.

Enjoy a pre-event tour of Churchill's watercolors and belongings in the Wendy and Emery Reves Collection. Tour sign-up will begin 30 minutes prior to the start time. Tour space is limited and is first-come, first-served.

Millard will sign books shortly after her talk.

Candice Millard will discuss her new biography, Hero of the Empire. Millard’s brilliant new biography pinpoints a little-known yet specific event that shapes her subject, and, to a large effect, 20th-century history. Hero of the Empire recounts young Winston Churchill’s bold escape from a South African prison camp during the Boer War - a thrilling narrative of bravery, savagery, and chance encounters with a cast of historical characters, including Rudyard Kipling and Mohandas Gandhi.

Enjoy a pre-event tour of Churchill's watercolors and belongings in the Wendy and Emery Reves Collection. Tour sign-up will begin 30 minutes prior to the start time. Tour space is limited and is first-come, first-served.

Millard will sign books shortly after her talk.

Candice Millard will discuss her new biography, Hero of the Empire. Millard’s brilliant new biography pinpoints a little-known yet specific event that shapes her subject, and, to a large effect, 20th-century history. Hero of the Empire recounts young Winston Churchill’s bold escape from a South African prison camp during the Boer War - a thrilling narrative of bravery, savagery, and chance encounters with a cast of historical characters, including Rudyard Kipling and Mohandas Gandhi.

Enjoy a pre-event tour of Churchill's watercolors and belongings in the Wendy and Emery Reves Collection. Tour sign-up will begin 30 minutes prior to the start time. Tour space is limited and is first-come, first-served.

Millard will sign books shortly after her talk.

WHEN

WHERE

Dallas Museum of Art
1717 N. Harwood St.
Dallas, TX 75201
https://dma.ticketleap.com/candice-millard-winston-churchill/dates/Sep-28-2016_at_0730PM

TICKET INFO

$20-$40
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