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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The celebrated author and scholar Andrew Roberts is |
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visiting the Texas State Capitol on April 10, 2019, providing a |
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fitting opportunity to pay tribute to his many achievements; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in London in 1963, Andrew Roberts earned a |
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first class honors degree in modern history at Gonville & Caius |
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College, Cambridge, where he is also an honorary senior scholar and |
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a doctor of philosophy; at present, he is a visiting professor in |
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the War Studies Department at King's College, London, and the |
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Lehrman Institute lecturer at the New-York Historical Society; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Roberts has authored or edited 19 volumes of |
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political biography and military history, which have been |
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translated into 22 languages; his book Masters and Commanders, |
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about the grand strategy of the Allies during World War II, won the |
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Emery Reves Award of the International Churchill Society, and The |
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Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War reached number |
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two on the Sunday Times bestseller list and won the British Army |
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Military Book Award in 2010; and |
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WHEREAS, A popular and prolific writer, his lively |
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biographies include volumes on Napoleon, British prime minister |
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Lord Salisbury, and Indian viceroy Lord Halifax, as well as joint |
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studies, such as Hitler and Churchill and Napoleon and Wellington, |
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and several books about the British royal family; his recent |
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bestselling biography, Churchill: Walking with Destiny, has been |
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highly praised in the Times of London and the New York Times, which |
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called it "the best single-volume biography of Churchill yet |
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written"; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to his books, Mr. Roberts is the author |
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of dozens of reviews and articles for nearly every major newspaper |
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and magazine in the United States and Britain; a sought-after |
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public speaker, he has delivered lectures at the White House, the |
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U.S. Army War College, and Oxford, Cambridge, Yale, Princeton, and |
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Stanford Universities, and he has been a television commentator for |
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such events as the funeral of Princess Diana and the royal weddings |
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of Prince William and Kate Middleton and Prince Harry and Meghan |
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Markle; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Roberts is married to Susan Gilchrist, and he is |
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the father of two children, Henry and Cassia; and |
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WHEREAS, A gifted writer and an insightful historian, Andrew |
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Roberts may indeed take great pride in his remarkable literary |
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accomplishments, and it is a pleasure to welcome him to the Lone |
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Star State; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend Andrew Roberts on his myriad |
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achievements as an author and scholar and extend to him sincere best |
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wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Roberts as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |