Brad Meltzer, "The First Conspiracy" (w/ Josh Mensch)
January 15, 2019
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as posted by the channelBrad Meltzer and Josh Mensch discuss their book, "The First Conspiracy", at Politics and Prose on 1/9/19.
Writing history with the same command of pacing, suspense, and vivid action that has made him one of today’s finest thriller writers, Meltzer in his new book tells the startling, and perhaps deliberately repressed, story of a plot to assassinate George Washington. Looking back to 1776, Meltzer shows that the iconic year of American freedom was fraught with uncertainty. The patriots’ bid for independence was anything but sure and, fearing betrayal, Washington picked a group of elite soldiers to serve as his bodyguards, only to become the target of a treasonous plot nonetheless. From this early conspiracy Meltzer, host of the History Channel TV shows Brad Meltzer’s Decoded and Brad Meltzer’s Lost History, traces the roots of the FBI and CIA.
Meltzer is in conversation with his co-author Josh Mensch, award-winning documentary television producer for networks like PBS and Discovery.
BRAD MELTZER is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Escape Artist, The Inner Circle, and many other bestselling thrillers, as well as the "Ordinary People Change the World" series. He is also the host of the History Channel TV shows Brad Meltzer’s Decoded and Brad Meltzer’s Lost History, which he used to help find the missing 9/11 flag that the firefighters raised at Ground Zero.
JOSH MENSCH is the cowriter with Brad Meltzer of The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington. Before writing nonfiction, Josh’s background is as a documentary television producer, with a focus on American history and culture. He has been a showrunner, writer, and director on award-winning series for the History Channel, PBS, National Geographic, Discovery, and other networks. Josh is a graduate of Princeton University and the Columbia Journalism School, and lives in Brooklyn with his family.
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