Thursday, November 19
Real People, Real Stories
Thursday, November 19 · 2-3 p.m. · Room 127
- When
- Thursday, November 19 · 2-3 p.m.
- Where
- Room 127Stryker Center (412 North Boundary Street) · Williamsburg, VA
About this event
Real People/Real Stories explores the best in nonfiction history, biography, science, nature, and the arts.
This month's read: Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare by Giles Milton
In the spring of 1939, a top-secret organization was founded in London. The goal: to plot the destruction of Hitler's war machine through spectacular acts of sabotage. The guerrilla campaign that followed was as extraordinary as the six men who directed it, a group that included a maverick engineer and expert bomb builder, a pensioner skilled at killing, and a dapper Scotsman. This secret inner circle single-handedly changed the course of the Second World War.
"Milton is a meticulous researcher and masterful storyteller. Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, with its ghastly details and dollops of droll British humor, will reward readers who appreciate military history and good writing."-USA Today
"A magnificent story, brilliantly told. Read it!"-Anthony Horowitz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Alex Rider Adventure series
"A rousing account-and celebration-of World War II's most insidious and devious heroes."-The Wall Street Journal
Listed by CitySpark: Williamsburg, VA, gathered by the Newport News events calendar.