Nelson Lankford is the author of several books about the Civil War, including Richmond Burning and Cry Havoc!: The Crooked Road to Civil War, 1861. A Virginia native who received his Ph.D. at Indiana, he was the editor of the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography at the Virginia Historical Society for 30 years. He is retired now, but he still lives in Richmond. He talks with Colin about doing Civil War history, the publishing industry, the writing process, and the recent exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union. It’s a long talk, but a good one. Check it out!