Flora Fraser is professional writer and author of numerous historical biographies As a young woman she was employed as a researcher by her grandmother and mother She cofounded the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography and served as a trustee of the London National Portrait Gallery for ten years In this episode she discusses her latest book The Washingtons George and Martha Joind by Friendship Crownd by Love Flora spoke at the Gay Hart Gaines Lecture Series on November 4th 2015