Date
30 Jun 2016 19:00 to 20:30

Location
The British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AH

How can fiction impact real reputations, and real legacies? How can fictional characters influence our understanding of politicians and political institutions?Creator and author of House of Cards, Michael Dobbs, talks to Rana Mitter about his experience of treading the line between fact and fiction.

Speaker:
Lord Michael Dobbs, writer and author 

Chaired by Professor Rana Mitter FBA, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, University of Oxford.

Michael Dobbs - Fact In Fiction Writing Political Leaders

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