Secrets of Embassy Row: Mysteries Behind the Mansions!Secrets of Embassy Row: Mysteries Behind the Mansions!--DC, Friday, April 24, 5:30 pm
Founded as D.C.’s neighborhood for the wealthy, and long the sites of foreign embassies and espionage, Embassy Row and Dupont Circle are a center of architecture, statesmanship—and intrigue. Take a walk into the exciting past and alluring present of this world-renowned locale!
We'll explore the sites featured in our Embassy Row-based spy thriller, Femme Fatalité, and tell many other astonishing tales:
[https://www.amazon.com/Femme-Fatalité-Lizzy-Thorne-Novel-ebook/dp/B0F4945MR5/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0](https://www.amazon.com/Femme-Fatalit%C3%A9-Lizzy-Thorne-Novel-ebook/dp/B0F4945MR5/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExc3VRSmRVM3QxbHVZSzZsbgEemjNuhGEciLMi7f7uOHXsj3Ncsd15ldSDt61f_uXmEvTBkmkQkqsnQHp89YQ_aem_TARtU1K3sAdVb3iGsqpMPQ)
MEET at the Dupont Circle fountain, 21 Dupont Cir NW Washington, DC 20036.
When: Friday, April 24, 5:30 pm!
Length: c. 2 hours.
Fee: Starts at $22.
Pre-Register and Pre-Pay at—
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Or PayPal, sending $23 to: paypal.me/EMoser460
Or pay $22 in cash at the start of the tour.
Nearest metro stop: Dupont Circle.
We’ll draw from this action-packed itinerary!:
· How American agents stole intel from an enemy embassy
· Vanished, and preserved, mansions of the Gilded Age
· The site of the worst terrorist attack in D.C. history
· The first steamboat voyage—in Rock Creek Park!
· The home of a cursed diamond
· The architect of Dupont Circle, and the Lincoln Memorial
· A new spy novel set along Embassy Row and Georgetown
· Dueling statues of a great imperialist and a great anti-imperialist
· The first airplane pilot
· The murderer who impersonated an Iraqi general
· The inventor who revolutionized farming
· Where the Attorney General, and a future President, were nearly bombed to death
· The site of the murder of a ranking foreign diplomat
· The astonishing influence of the DuPont family on American history
· Cavalry duel--General Sheridan vs General Stuart
· The traitorous spy of a valued ally
· The secret espionage tunnel
· George Washington’s private club
· And Washington, D.C.’s even more exclusive club
· Dupont Circle’s craziest house
· The lady mogul of the media
· The Confederacy’s retirement home
· Statues of famed leaders from Turkey, Czech Republic, India….
· America’s greatest hero—and villain
· The suicide that spun off from a great tragedy
· A President’s ghost
· Museum of a brewer who outlasted Prohibition
· The most qualified man to be President--who was never elected
· And more!
Your guide is a former writer for the “Tonight Show”, and ex-White House speechwriter, and author of the new historical novel, based on actual World War II espionage in Embassy Row and Georgetown, Femme Fatalité:
[https://www.amazon.com/Femme-Fatalité-Lizzy-Thorne-Novel/dp/B0F5NPSKDS/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0](https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FFemme-Fatalit%C3%A9-Lizzy-Thorne-Novel%2Fdp%2FB0F5NPSKDS%2Fref%3Dtmm_pap_swatch_0%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExc3VRSmRVM3QxbHVZSzZsbgEemjNuhGEciLMi7f7uOHXsj3Ncsd15ldSDt61f_uXmEvTBkmkQkqsnQHp89YQ_aem_TARtU1K3sAdVb3iGsqpMPQ&h=AT2L7wAmbpyO2oYeR7L25R66iqrMEoNcjbe1HB4NmqpZxLDETLwlvKC-QDSPHnGzkr2hP_CEgrAZaNEOMRQ_9yIHmOcXQT8Alka4mnS5bNj4Ix5odYjSC-_XPmHj6MFEXa7YwABcxFtMZYymNQ&__tn__=-UK-R&c%5b0%5d=AT1W3otwwvr3TLuWfMCqkXwwAxzbs2I9hmM15ZMK529m4JwnLSFGikFNVBYpOrbQPLhTZnERyTuIKlKseh5L3i0k9Qy7QhVx3Y4TA5lQxojL565xUXKXUfeioYniYqXXxCJUzG71w8brEYFWjyFj1eH7cgReZhrI5nrbdSxC6CuWGBO3K5_sLqCp-jpKIpotAYKyV7lLMIX8mBG2AtKf3cWJV7InEzMf)
He is also author of the book The White House’s Unruly Neighborhood:
[https://www.amazon.com/White-Houses-Unruly-Neighborhood-Lafayette-ebook/dp/B082ZVDCD7/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0](https://www.amazon.com/White-Houses-Unruly-Neighborhood-Lafayette-ebook/dp/B082ZVDCD7/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0)
And a forthcoming book on the history of Georgetown.
MEET at the Dupont Circle fountain, 21 Dupont Cir NW Washington, DC 20036.
The Dupont Circle metro is nearby.
Think history is boring? Not on this tour!
Join us on the tour of a neighborhood steeped in history, beautiful buildings, and foreign intrigue!