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WHEN LIONS ROAR: THE CHURCHILLS AND THE KENNEDYS – AN INTERTWINED HISTORY OF TWO ICONIC FAMILIES

WHEN LIONS ROAR: THE CHURCHILLS AND THE KENNEDYS – AN INTERTWINED HISTORY OF TWO ICONIC FAMILIES

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Investigative journalist, author, and television producer Thomas Maier, will speak to us about his fascinating book and the findings he made after having done extensive research at the Churchill Archives, other repositories in the United Kingdom, the JFK Library in Boston, the FDR Library in New York, and the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.  What he discovered recasts history by shedding a new light on the little-known personal connections between the Churchill and Kennedy families, dating back to the 1930s when Joseph P. Kennedy orchestrated a secret business deal at Chartwell, Winston’s country estate. From London to America, these two powerful families shared an ever-widening circle of friends, lovers, and political associates. All this was soon shattered by WWII, spying, sexual infidelity, and the tragic deaths of JFK’s sister Kathleen and his older brother Joe Jr.

Join us in person to hear more about how the public and private lives of these two fascinating families were so intricately intertwined as to affect the course of both U.S. and British history.

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About the lecturer(s)

Thomas Maier

Thomas Maier, a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, currently serves as a member of Newsday’s Editorial Board, after having spent his earlier years as an investigative journalist and a writer of numerous award-winning books and articles. Among a few of those works to his credit are: Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love (also the basis of a Showtime drama); Mafia Spies: The Inside Story of the CIA, Gangsters, JFK, and Castro; All That Glitters: Anna Wintour, Tina Brown, and the Rivalry Inside America’s Richest Media Empire. A new publication is due out in 2024, The Invisible Spy, and promises to be just as intriguing as anything that has come before.

Lecture Details

Sessions

1 lecture(s)
Day & Time

Friday, 1:00 - 3:00pm
Date(s)

Oct 27, 2023