Henry Holt
Iago
Iago, Shakespeare’s famous villain, has escaped from Cyprus, leaving a trail of corpses behind him. He falls into the hands…
Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War
With his raid and subsequent hanging in 1859, John Brown was despised as a madman in the South and revered…
A Death in Summer
This latest offering in the Quirke series opens with the shotgun killing of newspaper proprietor Richard Jewell, aka Diamond Dick.…
An American Betrayal: Cherokee Patriots and the Trail of Tears
Many readers interested in Native American history may already know much about the infamous Trail of Tears suffered by the…
Velazquez and the Surrender of Breda: The Making of a Masterpiece
Diego Velazquez is perhaps best known for his rendering of one of the few Spanish victories during the long war…
Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
Bill O’Reilly is one of the more well-known conservative media personalities of the contemporary American scene. As such, a large…
Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America
One of the negative side effects of the decline in newspaper readership is that fewer people are exposed to the…
Breaking Stalin’s Nose
Editors' choice
Ten-year-old Sasha wants nothing more than to become a member of the Young Pioneers – the corps of Soviet school…
Tides of War: A Novel of the Peninsular War
Set in Regency London and Spain 1812-1815, this novel recounts in short scenes, or vignettes, the key points in the…
Mothers & Daughters
This intergenerational novel focuses on three women: Violet, an eleven-year-old girl struggling to survive in turn-of-the-century New York; Iris, Violet’s…
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