ARCHIVED: Vogue profiles author and historian Amanda Foreman '91

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

In its June issue, Vogue profiles historian and author Amanda Foreman '91 and reviews her highly anticipated second book, A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War, which is currently in pre-production as a BBC/HBO miniseries. Gabrielle Tana '85 produced The Duchess, a movie based on Foreman's first book Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, and is currently developing a four-year series for BBC Worldwide based on unused material from the book. In the article, Tana says of Foreman: "She makes her subjects vibrant and alive, and there's an enthusiasm and excitement in the ways she looks at things."