Richard René Silvin is a historian and lecturer, who has created a library of over 20 lectures. These include the subjects of his books on the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Addison Mizner, and the SS Normandie. In addition, he has created the series All That Glitters Is Not Gold, made up of 11 lectures about famous wealthy women who had tragic lives.
By popular demand some of the earlier subjects have expanded into additional lectures: the History of the Concorde, Famous disasters at sea, and the History of transatlantic ocean liner travel. Most recently René has added the lives of several iconic women, Marlene Dietrich, Audrey Hepburn, and Jackie Kennedy-Onassis. Most subjects are available to be presented as 30, 60 or 90-minute versions.
As René says: “I view my role of author and lecturer to be that of a raconteur of well-researched, intriguing and authentic stories, based on major historic events or people. My goal and passion is to inform and entertain a sophisticated audience, by using hundreds of pictures and numerous audio-visual documents in each presentation.”

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