Browsing: History

This “remarkable book” (Forbes) tells the true story of the Krauses — an American couple who risked their lives to bring 50 Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Austria to safety in the United States. “A rich and rewarding read” (The Wall Street Journal).

This New York Times bestseller depicts Confederate general Robert E. Lee’s personal and military life in vivid detail. “Superbly engaging” (Publishers Weekly starred review).

The acclaimed author of The Great Railway Bazaar takes a revealing journey through the Southern US in a ”vivid contemporary…

“Wonderful” (Kirkus Reviews): During World War II, the residents of a tiny French village rescued thousands of innocent lives from Hitler’s secret police. A New York Times bestselling author recounts their astonishing tale of courage in this “unblinking exposé of resistance during the war” (The Wall Street Journal).

A New York Times bestseller with over 2,300 five-star ratings on Goodreads: Join a PEN New England Award–winning author on his 2,000-mile journey along the Oregon Trail. An “incredible true story… Weaving a tale somewhere between a travelogue and a history lesson” (Entertainment Weekly).

“Spellbinding and informative” (Booklist): Television personality and New York Times bestselling author Al Roker details the deadliest natural disaster in US history, a hurricane that struck Texas in 1900. “Compelling” (Kirkus Reviews).

This “engrossing” (The Wall Street Journal) national bestseller and true “heartbreaking tale of tragedy and redemption” (Hampton Sides, bestselling author…

Laid up with a broken leg, Scotland Yard inspector Alan Grant turns his razor-sharp mind to a historical puzzle: Did Richard III really murder his nephews? This “ingenious” page-turner (The Sunday Times) is “one of the best mysteries of all time” (The New York Times).

Deliciously dramatic… The Beautiful Fall crackles with excitement.-New York Times Book Review In the 1970s, Paris fashion exploded like a…

An “engaging group biography” that tells “a story as dramatic as any fictional saga” (Publishers Weekly): Explore the lives of Queen Victoria’s five daughters — princesses with complex, tragic trajectories that influenced the 19th century.