Lucinda Holdforth Collection

Lucinda Holdforth is the author of four books examining what makes good societies flourish. While working as a speech writer and adviser to senior leaders across government and business, she has written with wit and insight about the women who shaped the culture of Paris, the enduring value of manners, the language of democratic leadership and, most recently, the downside of modern virtues in?21st-Century Virtues: How They Are Failing Our Democracy (2023). Her books are lively provocations G wake-up calls G to think more clearly about the forces and conditions that make for a civilized world.