Candice Millard’s Hero of the Empire ‘THE BOER WAR, A DARING ESCAPE, AND THE MAKING OF WINSTON CHURCHILL’ Book Reading at Off Square Books
Off Square Books hosts many book signings and events that can be found on their website.
“The store hosts the popular Thacker Mountain radio show and over 150 author events a year,” Square Books website states.
Close-up 01: Off Square Books owners provides wine, cheese, and crackers for every book reading and signing they host.
Signature Photo 01: Candice Millard is the bestselling author of ‘The River of Doubt’ and now ‘Hero of the Empire’ which was published in September of this year focusing on Winston Churchill’s success and leadership.
Left Close-up 02: The New York Times released an article reviewing ‘Hero Of The Empire, The Boer War a Daring Escape and the Making of Winston Churchill’, “a thrilling, more contemporary style for a new generation of readers.” Middle: The audience filled with students, professors, and residents wait for Millard’s reading on her third historic best-selling novel.
Richard Howorth introduces Millard to the podium describing her achievements with the New York Times and thanking her for traveling to the event being her first time in Oxford.
Left: Oxford locals, Tom and Margie Stewart, are regulars at Off Square Books and came to hear Millard due to their completion of her previous book, ‘The River of Doubt’ on Theodore Roosevelt. Right: Locals say that they have been coming to book readings frequently every month as the store hosts multiple historic authors that are drawn to the towns literature background.
Overall Shot: The audience asks Millard questions on why as a female was she drawn to a male lead pertaining to war. She responds with her passion for behind the scenes history and successful leaders who do not get recognized.
First: Candice Millard shows in her previous work many quotes an underrated virtue in writers of history. Her favorite quote can be found on Off Square Books’ Facebook page. Middle: Richard Howorth, employee at Off Square Books, listens intently to the historic storytelling of Winston Churchill’s daring escape during the Boer War. Left Interaction: The Oxford community gathers after Millard closes discussing personal lives and the enjoyment of the wine and cheese provided.
Signature Photo or Interaction 02: Candice Millard interacts with local Oxford fan making comedic connections between Theodore Roosevelt’s life from her first novel and Winston Churchill.
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