An Evening with Liaquat Ahamed

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Join us for a fascinating conversation between Beatrice Fox Auerbach Chief Curator Daryn Reyman-Lock and Pulitzer Prize winning author Liaquat Ahamed on his new book, 1873. In the year 1873, Mark Twain is publishing his new novel, The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, co-written with Charles Dudley Warner. He is building a new house on Farmington Avenue in Hartford, CT, and starting a new family as the world slips into global financial crisis. 1873 is a bird’s-eye reckoning with the full dimension of the crisis, from its buildup to its long aftermath. The Rothschilds and a cast of other witnesses give us the human perspective, and we have a brilliant financial historian’s grasp of the larger forces at play, resulting in a global narrative with thrilling explanatory power. Tickets are pay-what-you-wish and a book bundle (book + ticket) is $32. For more information and to register, click HERE. About the Author: Liaquat Ahamed graduated with degrees in economics from Cambridge and Harvard, worked at the World Bank in Washington, D.C., and had a twenty-five career as a professional investment manager based in London and New York before turning to writing. His first book, Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World, about the lead up to the 1929 Great Depression, won the Pulitzer Prize for History, the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Gold Medal, and the Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year Award. He is a trustee of the Putnam Funds, an adviser to the Rock Creek Group, and the Chair of the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference. He lives in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. with his wife Meena.