Historical Association: Literary Interview with A.N. Wilson, The Wise and Their Works

A. N. Wilson discusses his book The Wise and Their Works: The Legacy of the Great Exhibition of 1851 in a Historical Association webinar.

The session explores the people behind the Great Exhibition, the ambitious ideas that shaped the period, and how those ideas helped to define the century. The event will consider both the historical narratives and the selection of individual stories that illustrate the broader legacy of the Exhibition.

The webinar also covers Wilson's research process and his choices in presenting the lives and works of key figures from the era. A. N.

Wilson is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an award-winning biographer and novelist, with published biographies of Tolstoy, C. S. Lewis, Milton, Hilaire Belloc and Goethe, and numerous works of fiction and history.