This week on The Reading Life: Journalist turned bestselling historian Cokie Roberts, whose new book is Capital Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington, 1848-1868.
New York Times bestselling novelist David Baldacci talks about Memory Man, his 30th novel for adults, and UNO's Rick Barton talks about In the Wake of the Flagship, the sequel to his first novel, The El Cholo Feeling Passes.
**Lagniappe Audio**
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Cokie Roberts talks about some of the women of Capital Dames.
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Rick Barton talks about the influence of his peers.