Nonfiction
The Road to Dawn: Josiah Henson and the Story that Sparked the Civil War
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In 1830, after 41 years in slavery, Josiah Henson fled Kentucky with his wife and four children, walking 600 miles and finding freedom on Canadian soil. ...Read Review
The King’s Assassin: The Secret Plot to Murder King James I
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In 1603, when James VI of Scotland was crowned James I of England, it was customary for kings to have a “favorite” – a trusted ...Read Review
Heroines of the Medieval World
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As slightly more than half of the human population, women have always had an integral role in history. But that role has been ...Read Review
The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World
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Many thousands of words have been written about the Presidency of Harry S. Truman. This remarkable book is an intimate biographical portrait about ...Read Review
The Once and Future Queen: Guinevere in Arthurian Legend
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This is a survey of the treatment of Guinevere, King Arthur’s queen, as she appears in literature from the earliest references in ...Read Review
Burke & Wills: The Triumph and Tragedy of Australia’s Most Famous Explorers
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This is an account of the first successful crossing of Australia, south to north, from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria, in 1860. In ...Read Review
The Ascent of John Tyndall: Victorian Scientist, Mountaineer, and Public Intellectual
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Though lesser-known than his contemporaries – Faraday, Huxley, Kelvin, Carlyle, and Pasteur – John Tyndall is becoming recognized for achievements in science and other areas. ...Read Review
Yorkshire: A Lyrical History of England’s Greatest County
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Yorkshire arguably is not one county. It has three distinct areas, once known as Ridings (Riding derives from thirding) although, due to government ...Read Review
The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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Sir Walter Raleigh is given a charter by Elizabeth I, and in 1587, 115 English colonists land on Roanoke Island on what is now the ...Read Review
The Murderer of Warren Street
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This is the true story of a 19th-century revolutionary, but if you didn’t know that at first glance, you would believe it ...Read Review
