caller: i read gore vidal's novel about lincoln years ago.t the end he said he -- there was a speaker before lincoln who spoke for one hour and then lincoln's speech came off as a dud and it was only years later that it came into the popularity that it is. is that the truth? or was it really accepted at the time as a great speech? guest: it is true that the speaker was edward everett, one of the most renowned orders of his day. he spoke for two hours before lincoln -- one of the most o of the day. rators -- he spoke for two hours before lincoln. one of the most renowned orators of the day. there's a comment that talks about, lincoln said to him that speech will not scour. lamon, was the one responsible for people later on thinking that the speech was a newspapers, i said, people like henry long wordsworth longfellow, really prominent people soon after the speech were writing glowing things about it saying what a great speech at was. host: one of the things we know that lincoln thought about back then was he was worried about the future of the

>> i am just calling to recommend like gore vidal the first revenues imperial amica i like the author and his writing style with aristocratic political with the old world sicism and tells us the truth about unpleasa things without stoicism in the humor and it's a nice way to get information. >> nework city you are on tv. >> good morning. the book that is very wl written and churchill by andrew roberts and my favorite nonfiction book the wisemen by evan thomas and walter isaacson both of these gentlemen have written the inrstate books the wisemen a talk all the time with people because of those six subjects of the book. >> how do you know walter isaacson? professionally or personally? >> personally should my sister is an author and what about queen elizabeth. evan thomas has been here even sally. >> writing several books on the english monarchy and other topics and is well known to the booktv community dience. thank you for calling in. the prosecutor in the 1969 manson murder case in his very famous crime book was helter-skelter. he appeared on our program in 2007 a here is a little bi

. >> i was just going to recommend for our fellow citizens a couple of books from gore vidal and the first one is imperial america i like the author and his writing style he comes from the aristocratic family with this old world stoicism and with those unpleasant things with the stoicism and it's a nice way to get information. >> new york city you are on booktv. >>caller: good morning. i will start from the top one book completely well-written andrew roberts biography of churchill. my favorite nonfiction book is the wise men by evan thomas. now to the two authors. i each of them a little bit the wise men i talk about all the time to have a huge influence on american and foreign policy. host: how do you know walter isaacson professionally or personally? >> personally because my sister is an author as well. >> he has written about queen elizabeth. >> and at the athletic club i do nonfiction book events sally is there as well as evan thomas teeseventeen that's right written several books on the monarchy and other topics and is well known to the booktv audience as well. thank you for cal

i was just calling to recommend for our fellow citizens a couple book biz gore vidal who you had on several times. the first one is imperial america, and the second one is dreaming war. >> what is -- go ahead. sorry. >> i like the author and his writing style because it is sort of a -- he comes from sort of aristocratic political family and has this old world stowickism and tells the truth about' unpleasant thinks with that humor and it's a nice way to relate that information. >> rb, new york city, you are on booktv. hi. >> good morning. i'll start from the top with a book on completing now is very well written and that is the biography of churchill by andrew roberts. >> all right. >> my favorite nonfiction book and this will lead into the two authors, is the wise men by evan thomas and walter isaacson. now the two authors. both these gentlemen -- i know each of them a little bit -- have written eclectic and interesting books over the years since the wrote the wise men the wise men i talk about all the time with people because the six subjects of the book had a huge influence on american fo

i was calling to rem for fellow citizens a coup of book biz gore vidal who you had on a couple of timesd the first one, they're both short books to two for one. the first one is imperial america and the second one is dreaming war. now -- >> what is -- go ahead. sorry. >> caller: i like the awe here and his writing style. it's -- he comes from sort of aristocratic political family so has this old stowickism, and he telephones things and it's a nice way relay that information. >> rb from new york city. >> caller: churchill aandruw roberts and my favorite nonfiction book and this leads into two author us the wise men by evan thomas and walter isaacson. the two authors. both -- i know each of them a little bit. has written a eclectic and interesting books over the years since they wrote the wise men. the wise men i talk about all the time with people because the six subjects of the back had a huge influence on american foreign policy and only one of them was ever elected to office, that was averill hairman. >> host: how do you know walter ice sang 6:and evan thomas, professionally, personal

i was just calling to recommend for our fellow citizens a couple books by gore vidal you had on a couple of times in various formats. the first one is imperial america, and the second one is dreaming war. i like the author and his writing style because it's sort of a humvee comes from a sort of aristocratic political family so he has this bold world stoicism with his humor any kind of tells us the truth about a lot of unpleasant things without stoicism and the human and it's a nice way to really get information. >> host: rb, new york city, you are on booktv. >> caller: good morning. i will start from the top with a book on a book that is well-written that is the biography of churchill by andrew roberts. and my favorite nonfiction book, invisibly into the two authors, is the wise men by evan thomas and walter isaacson. now we'll get to the two authors. both these gentlemen and i know each of them a little bit have written a eclectic and interesting books over the years since they wrote the wise men. the wise men i talk about all the time with people because the six subjects of the book ha

caller: i read gore vidal's novel about lincoln years ago.d he said he -- there was a speaker before lincoln who spoke for one hour and then lincoln's speech came off as a dud and it was only years later that it came into the popularity that it is. is that the truth? or was it really accepted at the time as a great speech? guest: it is true that the speaker was edward everett, one of the most renowned orders of his day. he spoke for two hours before lincoln -- one of the most o of the day. rators -- he spoke for two hours before lincoln. one of the most renowned orators of the day. there's a comment that talks about, lincoln said to him that speech will not scour. lamon, was the one responsible for people later on thinking that the speech was a newspapers, i said, people like henry long wordsworth longfellow, really prominent people soon after the speech were writing glowing things about it saying what a great speech at was. host: one of the things we know that lincoln thought about back then was he was worried about the future of the governm