Jessica Brockmole
The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914
In an event well known to history, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo on the morning of June 28,…
The Confidant
Editors' choice
A beautiful, intricate book, The Confidant is held together with delicate threads and secrets. I scarcely know how to review…
To Seduce an Earl
Grace Brisbane will do anything to help her dying mother and destitute family, even if it means going to the…
Cursive
In 1933, young Ralph Talbot leaves England for East Africa as a way to prove himself to his prospective father-in-law…
Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures
Elsa Emerson is the youngest of three sisters growing up in the wings of the popular Cherry County Playhouse in…
Five Lieutenants: The Heartbreaking Story of Five Harvard Men Who Led America to Victory in WWI
In the spring of 1917, the United States voted for war and officially entered the maelstrom that was the First…
Shooting Victoria
Shooting Victoria is not just another biography of the illustrious queen or a history about the eponymous era she generated.…
Ford Road
Ford Road stretches across southeastern Michigan, from Detroit almost to Ann Arbor. Growing up at first one end, and then…
The Light Between Oceans
Editors' choice
Tom Sherbourne returns home to Australia after four years on the Western Front, wanting a measure of peace and quiet.…
A Mind of Winter
Oscar Harcourt is an enigmatic English art collector living on an opulent estate on Long Island, six years and thousands…
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