Matthew Reilly has achieved fame as a New York Times bestselling thriller writer. Malcolm Knox is a critically acclaimed author and award winning journalist. Both have now written novels playing with historical figures such as Lavrentiy Beria and Albert Einstein. Stephen Romei will delve into why these authors have chosen to write historical fiction, and discuss the research required to create the world of Stalin's murderous coterie in Knox's The First Friend or the labyrinthine machinations of Hitler's inner circle and New York gangsters in Reilly's Mr Einstein's Secretary.

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