Nonfiction
Digging up the Dead
This is a life of Sir Astley Cooper, whose accomplishments straddled the 18th and 19th centuries. He was Britain’s…
The Sparrowhawk Companion
This companion to Edward Cline’s six-volume Sparrowhawk series contains seven essays, by the author and others, which nicely round out…
Lucia : A Venetian Life in the Age of Napoleon
Lucia, daughter of a Venetian diplomat, is married off at sixteen to nobleman Alvise Mocenigo. Lucia loves her husband,…
The Queen’s Knight
Sir Howard Elphinstone distinguished himself as a hero of the Crimean War at the early age of 29 for…
How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries : The Art and Adventure of Sleuthing Through the Past
This book presents an overview of the entire process of writing historical mysteries. It covers subjects from research, plotting,…
This Republic of Suffering : Death and the American Civil War
Drew Gilpin Faust, the first female president of Harvard University, provides us with an extraordinarily well-researched and superbly written…
The First Samurai : The Life and Legend of the Warrior Rebel, Taira Masakado
Taira Masakado, a fifth-generation descendant of Emperor Kashiwabara, is a cultured aristocrat whose response to attack prompts an appropriate…
The Grail Enigma : The Hidden Heirs of Jesus and Mary Magdalene
The theory that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and founded a dynasty inextricably entwined with the search for the Holy…
Was Napoleon Poisoned? And Other Unsolved Mysteries of Royal History
If King Tut was murdered, why? Did King Arthur really exist? Compelling evidence suggests a Roman general may have…
A Voyage Long and Strange : Rediscovering the New World
Tony Horwitz is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist with a penchant for history. He also likes to re-examine all…
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