finalist out of lightman, goes a prize-winning samantha powers and your times best-selling novelist alice hoffman. for more details information on these and are many other upcoming events please visit our events calendar at harvard.com/ harvard.com/events. we are pleased to c-span's booktv here with us today. when asking questions please know you will be recorded and please wait a month for the microphone to come over to you before asking your question. after two nights clinic will have a book signing here at this table. the line will form towards my left and be careful of the camera. we have copies for sale at the registers in the next room. i'd like to take a moment to say thanks for buying books are at harvard bookstore. your purchases this authors series. tonight is the first that you can get a copy of this book, so congratulations. and finally -- [applause] just a quick reminder to silence your cell phone for the talk. now i'm very pleased to introduce tonight speakers. duncan white is history literature professor and the assistant director of studies for the modern world at harvard universi

finalist alan lightman, pulitzer prize winner samantha power and new york times best-selling novelist alice hoffman for more details and information on these and many upcoming events please visit the events calendar@harvard.com /events and sign up for weekly email newsletter. after tonight's q&a will have a book signing at this table. the client will form toward the left and book around the corner because there's a lot of you. we have a couple copies of his previous book for sale to register and a lot of copies of his new book which she will have to fight for the register as well. i like to take a moment to say thanks for buying books here at the harvard bookstore. you purchase of the series and ensure the future of independent bookstore, thank you. finally, a quick reminder to silence your cell phones before the talk. now i'm very pleased to introduce tonight speaker, ronald roz bob, professor in arts and humanities and professor of french, european and architectural studies in amherst college. his previous book, when paris went dark, the city of light under german occupation 1940 to 1944 was long