Candice Millard shares how she learned to do deep research and the leap of faith she took to land her dream job. She explains how she knows which topics she can develop into books, including how she came across the idea for her next historical study. Millard also shares some teasers about her next book that will thrill you if you like women's stories and a bit of wartime intrigue. Click play now: this is such a special interview with one of America’s most eloquent popular historians. If you have not read one of Candice Millard's riveting historical accounts, you should run–not walk–to your local bookseller to get a copy. Where to start? No better place than her gripping, revelatory telling of President Garfield’s assassination attempt, in DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC: A TALE OF MADNESS, MEDICINE AND THE MURDER OF A PRESIDENT. Then, treat yourself to the wonderful Netflix adaptation, DEATH BY LIGHTNING. The convention scene is fantastic, and Matthew MacFayden gives a brilliant performance as Garfield's crazed assassin.

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