prize-winning historical novelist geraldine brooks. the last time we saw each other was in 2018 when you did our in-depth program. >> i remember it well. it was a marathon and very enjoyable. i loved talking to the readers all over the country. >> we had talked about your books, but you have a new novel out called force. is it historical fiction? >> it is historical fiction, and the historical spine of the model concerns trouble be the greatest racehorse in american racing history. he is a 19th century racehorse called lexington. >> why is he the greatest horse? ms. brooks: he was the fastest horse of his time and possibly would be the fastest worse today in the 19th century. his races were four miles long, which is like two kentucky derby's. he may still be the fastest horse who ever lived. he had the stamina, he had the heart and courage, and he had a lovely disposition. and then when he retired from the track he produced more champion horses than any other race horses -- racehorse has ever produced. >> and this is antebellum period?

madam at rusty's bar in geraldine. >> he was so handsome, i was like what is this guy doing in geraldineising to me. >> they talked all night, she said. and in the morning. >> how did you feel? >> i was excited. i felt giddy just excited that somebody would be interested in me >> but complications and a live in boyfriend. tom. her high school sweetheart. they had been together four and a half years and though the relationship had its issues, who knows? she may have married him and then she had that hard to heart with doctor ryan. >> he said, you are too young to be settling down and somebody telling you what to do. >> and how did that strike it when he said that? >> i agreed with him. >> like why if i've been with that guy all these years? >> yeah. he made me see that i would be better without it. it hadn't been a good relationship for a while. i had a reason to move on and let go and that. >> and she was going to tell tom. as soon as she got up the nerve but then, oh boy, dr. ryan left a message on her answering machine at the apartment she shared with tom. who, of course, heard the mes

host: geraldine brooks appeared on in depth in 2018. spent three hours with us talking about her entire body of work. since that point, though, you have had quite an eventful life. ms. brooks: it was a attached fee. my husband, who some of your viewers may know from his works like "confederates in the attic," he was on book to her -- book tour and he had a wonderful session with c-span in atlanta, and he had come to washington, d.c., which is his hometown, collapsed in the street, died suddenly without any indication that he had a heart problem. and me and my two boys, as you can imagine, were devastated by that. it knocked us all right out of our orbits. host: i don't mean to be insensitive, but how does that change how you do your work? ms. brooks: it took me a long time to get back to work, actually. it was about a year where i could not get the level of focus you need to engage with all of the strands of a novel that you are trying to bring together. but, you know, it was something ruth ginsburg had said to a journalist colleague of

some of the authors you will be able to interact with today include novelist geraldine brooks, clint smith, elizabeth williamson, jack davis talking about the bold people, will bunch on the higher education system and cochair of the national book festival and cochair of the carlyle group, david rubenstein. these are some authors we will have here on set that you will be able to talk with. just a few minutes david maraniss will kick off talking about his book about jim ford. -- jim thorpe. both carla hayden and laura bush mentioned david mccullough who passed away. he was a guest on c-span many times in was a guest of ours at the national book festival on several occasions. here is a quick montage of some of his visits. >> mr. mccullough is here for his sixth national book festival appearance and we hope you will continue to make this a habit. >> david mccullough came into my office two days after the first national festival to say how important it was to continue to do this kind of event nationally and offered to help in any way. >> it was here in this great library of congress while

david: pulitzer prize-winning historical novelist geraldine brooks. the last time we saw each other was in 2018 when you did our in-depth program. >> i remember it well. it was a marathon and very enjoyable. i loved talking to the readers all over the country. >> we had talked about your books, but you have a new novel out called force. is it historical fiction? >> it is historical fiction, and the historical spine of the model concerns trouble be the greatest racehorse iam

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