Southbank Centre's London Literature Festival presents Hillary Rodham Clinton, the first woman nominated for US president by a major party.

In this candid interview with James Naughtie, she discusses her most personal memoir to date, What Happened, which depicts a tumultuous election that had the world on tenterhooks, filled with breathtaking highs and lows, stranger-than-fiction twists and allegations of sexism and Russian interference.

"It was an assault against fact.There is no such thing as an alternative fact..."

HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

In her only London appearance, she talks about the rituals, relationships and reading that got her back on her feet, and what the experience has taught her about life.

This podcast is part of London Literature Festival 2017 at Southbank Centre southbankcentre.co.uk/londonlitfest

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