Alexandria Festival of the Book
St. Paul’s is proud to host the Alexandria Festival of the Book on Saturday, March 14. This one day book festival, held in collaboration with Virginia Humanities, will feature a morning session, from 10-12:30 PM, on the Revolutionary Era and an afternoon session, from 1-4 PM, focusing on the Gilded Age to the Jazz Age.
At 1 PM, author Victoria Christopher Murray, co-author of The Personal Librarian and The First Ladies, and author of Harlem Rhapsody will be in attendance for a conversation with the Rev. Oran Warder on “Belle’s America”.
In addition to Victoria Christopher Murray, featured authors and speakers include: Tim Rose, George Washington and Alexandria: A Founding Friendship; Cassandra A. Good, First Family: George Washington’s Heirs and the Making of America; Henry Wiencek, Stan and Gus: Art, Ardor and the Friendship That Built the Gilded Age; Donna Lucey: Sargent’s Women: Four Lives Behind the Canvas; Ricardo A. Herrera: Feeding Washington’s Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778.