NIGEL HAMILTON American Caesars: Lives of the Presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush Thursday, February 17th, 6:30 p.m.
One of Britain’s most distinguished biographers, Hamilton uses the template of Suetonius’s Twelve Caesars to examine our twelve postwar American Presidents. In thumbnail sketches, unapologetically opinionated, he treats each man’s background, family life, and Presidency. Taking an international perspective, he treats each man’s reputation around the world and role as leader of the American “Empire.” And with the range of perspectives from recent to more distant past, he considers the evolution of each man’s reputation.
Recipient of the Whitbread Prize for Biography and the Templer Medal for Military History, and author of numerous other books, Hamilton became the first professor of biography in Britain. He currently lives in the United States, where he is senior fellow at the McCormack Graduate School, University of Massachusetts, Boston.
