AUTHORS | Historical scribe

Visiting the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum July 11 is world-renowned author Amanda Foreman. Award-winning historian and New York Times best-selling author of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire and World on Fire: An Epic History of Two Nations Divided, Foreman signs copies of her book World on Fire about the American Civil War at 6:30 p.m. in the museum plaza. Copies can be purchased in the gift store. At 7 p.m. she will give a free talk about her book World on Fire in Union Theater. Following the lecture, a light dinner is planned with the author. Dinner tickets must be purchased by July 10. Reservations are required for the free signing and lecture and for dinner. For tickets and to make a reservation, visit www.presidentlincoln.org or call the number above.