Earl Charles Spencer
The Legacy of King Henry I of England

Charles Spencer is an author, public speaker, broadcaster, and journalist. He is also the 9th Earl Spencer. His bestseller Blenheim: Battle for Europe (2004) was shortlisted for Historical Book of the Year at the 2005 National Book Awards. His latest book is The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream (2022). Charles has been the keynote speaker at hundreds of events in the UK, India, USA, South Africa, France, Australia, Canada, Spain, Portugal and New Zealand. As a broadcaster, Charles Spencer worked for NBC News as an on-air correspondent from 1986 to 1995, primarily for the TODAY Show. He was educated at Eton and at Oxford University, where he earned his MA in modern history. He served as a Page of Honour to HM the Queen in the 1970s and has been one of her deputy lieutenants for Northampton shire since 2005. He has seven children and two stepchildren and is the brother of the late Diana, Princess of Wales.

Claudia Rubenstein is the director of Jewish Book Week. She is an author of historical nonfiction under the pen name Claudia Gold. Her book, Women Who Ruled (2015), tells the stories of fifty of the world’s most famous—and often notorious—women rulers. The King’s Mistress (2012) is a biography of the extraordinary woman who became England’s first Georgian queen in all but name. Her latest book, King of the North Wind (2018), is a biography of Henry II, King of England and lord of much of modern day France. Claudia also writes for a number of publications, including the Spectator, the Times Literary Supplement, and the Oldie.