Literary talk - The Last Titans: Churchill and De Gaulle by prize-winning author Richard Vinen 

On Tuesday 3rd February, the Franco-British Society held a literary event with prize-winning author Richard Vinen about his book “The Last Titans: Churchill and De Gaulle”, a compelling new joint biography of Churchill and de Gaulle that shines new light on two of the greatest figures of the twentieth century.

We would like to thank Richard Vinen for a fascinating lecture and for hosting us at Kings College London.

Richard Vinen is a Professor of History at Kings College London. He was previously a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge and, more recently, an archive by-fellow at Churchill College, Cambridge.
 
He has written for the New York Times, TLS, Guardian, Independent, Financial Times and Literary Review, among others. He has appeared frequently on radio and television.
 
He has published widely on British, French and European history and, in 2015, won the Wolfson Prize for history.