Nonfiction
Until Our Last Breath
At his father’s funeral, Michael Bart is approached by a mourner who informs him that his parents belonged to a…
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause: A Biography of J.E.B. Stuart
“Jeb” Stuart was one of the most brilliant and colorful personalities in U.S. military history. Jeffrey Wert is one of…
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective
In 1860 in England, a middle-class family’s three-year-old son disappears. After a brief search, he is found dead in an…
Full-Court Quest
In the late 1800s, the United States government established boarding schools for Native American children with the intent of assimilating…
Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs
In 1519, when the ambitious Hernán Cortés landed on Mexican soil in the name of the Spanish monarch, he had…
Ike: An American Hero
This ambitious work chronicles the life of Dwight D Eisenhower, from his roots in the rural poverty of Abilene, Kansas,…
Sovereigns of the Sea: The Quest to Build the Perfect Renaissance Battleship
The large and heavily armed “ship of the line” or “battleship” played a central role in naval history from early…
Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes
Seemingly innocent, nonsensical children’s rhymes that we may think were merely intended to amuse were, in reality, anything but. Many…
Franklin and Lucy
In Franklin and Lucy, historian Joseph Persico follows up his revealing work, Roosevelt’s Secret War, with a more personal look…
The Dragon’s Trail: The Biography of Raphael’s Masterpiece
St. George and the Dragon was painted by the young, talented Raphael for the Duke of Urbino in 1504; the…
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