Tonight is our last visit to the charming English Village of author
Louis de Berniere's
memories. It is the "month of romance" and the English air is rife with romance and comings together.
Louis H. P. de Bernières-Smart was born near Woolwich in London in 1954 and grew up in Surrey, the first part of his surname being inherited from a French Huguenot forefather. He was educated at Bradfield College and joined the army when he was 18, but left after four months of service at Sandhurst. He attended the Victoria University of Manchester and the Institute of Education, University of London. Before he began to write full-time he held a wide variety of jobs, including being a mechanic, a motorcycle messenger and an English teacher in Colombia. He now lives near Bungay in Suffolk in a large house.
De Bernières is an avid musician. He plays the flute, mandolin, clarinet and guitar,
though considers himself an “enthusiastic but badly-educated and erratic” amateur.
His literary work often references music and composers he admires, such as the guitar works of Villa-Lobos and Antonio Lauro in the Latin American trilogy, and the mandolin works of Vivaldi and Hummel in
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin.
This week:
The Devil and Bessie Mauderfield, Talking to George and possibly more!
Caledonia Skytower, Live in Voice.
Not all great leaders are great speakers. Luckily, over the years the few that have been have made a remarkable impact on lives, societies, and the causes they championed. Tonight Shandon, Kayden, and Caledonia share a few of those great moments of words that changed minds, hearts, and nations. 
