who he called that eaters. at a meeting, well-done lament, if you'd finished away and with your beat group, look upon to more important matters. all the food that is the governor died early after a long period of senile decay. another churchill's favorite food was irish stew with plenty of onion and surprisingly sometimes pineapple. the meal is served to eisenhower when they planned the nation of europe and of course caviar. he was thrilled with john denton county are are brought it back as a gift for the soviet union. churchill that small portions. when traveling he had his meal

served on his tummy time, not on the clock. churchill that connects. whatever they please with the weather of wartime. there's another photo showing him in a three-piece suit, sitting on a rock by the side of the road. he picnicked with roosevelt at height dark on the banks of the right with his generals and in the north african desert with friends. he established his own picnicked rituals, and do theatrically sick and old joe's controversies that could only be recited as picked acts. much has been said about churchill alcohol, some of it true, most not, some exaggerated. i go into detail about his drinking habit. roosevelt had been told churchill was a chart, a charge

one or two of his critics repeated. churchill did consume more alcohol than we are used today, but not a great deal of the standards of his contemporary and did not affect him or his work.

>> and now, logan beirne

examines george washington thoughts on politics and government during wartime. this is a little over an hour. >> good evening. i am the director of the yale law library and i'm here to welcome you to the booktalk series. i also want to thank the federalist society are cosponsoring tonight's talk. tonight's program features logan beirne, the author of a new book entitled "blood of tyrants: george washington and the forging of the presidency." very much a yellow school boat. it began as a paper while logan was a law student at the under the supervision of eskridge. after graduation from law school in 2008, working at the law

firm, he returned to yellow school in 2010 and begin turning the paper into the book we feature tonight. appropriately we have professor eskridge to comment on the boat. he's a highly distinguished member of the outlawed school faculty. the author of numerous casebook, monographs and articles covering a wide range of topics in several books have been featured by air they breathe. according to a recently published study of kali, fred shapiro, professor asters one of the most cited in a note universe. i think that was probably a mistake. william eskridge is a dynamic

teacher at wonderful mentor to young scholars like logan. without further ado, i will turn it over. >> thank you very much. i think too that the professor bill eskridge is fitting for this talk he could think of to that of george eskridge, the godfather of our nation. george washington mother was orphaned at 13, george eskridge took her in any of her firstborn son after him. the thank you for coming today. [laughter] >> he's quite right, but logan beirne is also descended to distinguish forbearers who have relationship to george washington. as most of you know, george washington purchase a page in the french and indian war. those probably his first real military experience.

one of the officers serving under him was officer dandridge, who said lineal ancestor of trent i believe on his mother's side and date after you import battle, one of the few 101. he turned over his sash of general braddock to his trusted and decorated officer and we have that here today, which we will award to logan burn. [applause] which makes logan burn an appropriate author. >> it's funny because our families go back a long way to

colonial virginia. in fact, has started a revolution. so are we sure this is safe? said ancestry and heritage comes in this book quite a bit, might be the revolutionary heritage, but i'm also fascinated that each and everyone of us has a rich family heritage and it's important to remember that ambler from it. the book itself is on our national heritage and what we might learn from the founders with the american commander-in-chief during the. so this book started way, way back when i was fairly young. my father would take us to

reenact and at the battle of lexington every year without fail and do it via freezing cold morning in april and we be watching reenactors have a battle. my favorite part was the breakfast afterwards. we would go to this restaurant. the leaders and features his says would dress up in costumes and not the rule a different teacher is. my father had been a dry sense of humor would try and make him break your gear. a guy every year without eventually. so fast forward and sitting in this constitutional law class and describing the commander-in-chief clause.