Summary: Marton has published five books since 1980, including New York Times bestselling Hidden Power: Presidential Marriages That Shaped History (2001). Her most recent book, The Great Escape (2006), tells the story of the breathtaking journey of nine extraordinary Jewish men from Nazi-controlled Budapest to the New World—what they experienced along their dangerous route, and how they changed America and the world. Marton provides a rich narrative, telling the tale of their youth in Budapest’s Golden Age of the twentieth century, their flight from fascism and anti-Semitism, and their lives of extraordinary accomplishment, danger, glamour and poignancy. Program recorded on 10/18/2006. Questions or comments? Write programs@constitutioncenter.org
