Penguin Speakers Bureau
Biography
Ronald Florence is a historian and novelist, the author of nine books including Lawrence and Aaronsohn: T.E. Lawrence, Aaron Aaronsohn, and the Seeds of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, The Gypsy Man, The Perfect Machine, and Blood Libel. His next book, Emissary of the Doomed: Bargaining for Lives in the ...
Read moreRonald Florence is a historian and novelist, the author of nine books including Lawrence and Aaronsohn: T.E. Lawrence, Aaron Aaronsohn, and the Seeds of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, The Gypsy Man, The Perfect Machine, and Blood Libel. His next book, Emissary of the Doomed: Bargaining for Lives in the Holocaust, is set to be published in January of 2010.
Educated at the University of California at Berkeley and at Harvard University, where he received a PhD in European history, Florence has traveled extensively in Europe and the Middle East to research and explore the locations of his books. Before moving to Providence, Rhode Island, where he lives with his wife, he taught at Harvard, Sarah Lawrence College and the State University of New York at Purchase.
Check out Ronald’s website at http://ron.18james.com.
Speaking Topics
- Emissaries of the Doomed
The moral simplicity and political complexity of the Holocaust as explored through the story of a dramatic effort to ransom as many as one million Jews.
- Lawrence and Aaronsohn
The origins of today’s Arab-Israeli conflict, explored through the lives of T.E. Lawrence and Aaron Aaronsohn, British spies with opposing sympathies and dreams for Palestine.
- The Perfect Machine
Building the largest and most complex science project, the Palomar telescope, in the midst of the Depression; an exploration of the beginnings of big science in America.
Featured Book
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Emissary of the Doomed
"...a riveting and intense work...a fine examination of one of the saddest episodes of the Holocaust." —Booklist 
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