From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Franklin and Winston" and "American Gospel" comes a magnificent portrait of Andrew Jackson, the man who shaped the modern presidency. Illustrated with black-and-white photos.
The epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the 19th century which was the inspiration for Herman Melville's classic novel "Moby Dick". The author uses a hitherto unknown diary of one of the survivors discovered in an attic in Connecticut in spring 1998 to tell the tale. The sinking of the whaleship Essex by an ...
This epic work tells the story of the Hemings family, whose close blood ties to the third president of America had been systematically expunged from history until very recently. Now, historian and legal scholar Annette Gordon-Reed traces the Hemingses from their origins in Virginia in the 1700s to the family's dispersal after Thomas Jefferson's ...
In "Founding Mothers," Roberts paid homage to the women who helped establish America. Now she continues the story of more remarkable women and their achievements in moving the fledgling nation forward, from the election of John Adams in 1796 to the election of Andrew Jackson in 1828.
Because of her father's irresponsible gambling habits, Sophia MacFarlane has just lost her house and the diamonds she inherited from her deceased mother to Dougal MacLean. Determined to regain ownership, Sophia pulls out all the stops. First, she sends her father away temporarily, so she can disguise her identity and claim that she also won the ...
A temptingly beautiful woman is rescued from the icy waters of the Thames, her memory gone. Told that she is Vivien Rose Duvall, one of London's most scandalous beauties, she finds herself under the protection of the enigmatic and charming Grant Morgan, one of London's most eligible, and unattainable, catches. As his love for this mysterious ...
While searching for a mysterious beauty he met at a masquerade party, Benedict Bridgerton meets Sophie Beckett, a servant in need of his help, and as passion flares between them, he must choose between Sophie and the woman of his dreams.
Dickens's only serious, uncomic novel, A TALE OF TWO CITIES, is set during the French Revolution and tells a story of unselfish devotion. The beautiful Lucy Manette marries Charles Darnay, the descendant of an aristocratic French family denounced by the revolutionaries, among whom are the memorably evil fanatic Mme. Defarge. When Darnay is ...
His first book since Truman, from one of America's most distinguished and popular biographers. Destined for the same kind of sweeping success as his Pulitzer Prize-winning Truman, John Adams is a powerful, deeply moving biography that reads like an epic historical novel. Breathing fresh life into American history, it takes as its subject the ...
In the seventh volume in Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series, Stephen Maturin is hunted through the high seas as his intelligence activities in America become known to the French. Jack Aubrey is also hunted by an amorous woman with whom he had a brief liaison. And the elusive Diana Villiers at last agrees to marry Stephen.
It is Christmas time, and all is not well with the Malorys. As the family gathers for its traditional Christmas, there is tension amongst them. In the midst of the turmoil, a mysterious gift of an old journal arrives that will affect the lives of the whole Malory clan.
Quentin Clark, an ardent admirer of Edgar Allan Poes work, puts his own career and reputation at risk in a passionate crusade to salvage Poes. Following his phenomenal debut, "The Dante Club," Pearl has again created a beautifully detailed, ingeniously plotted tale of suspense.
A biography of Nathaniel Bowditch, who grew up in the late 1700s and dreamed of becoming a sailor. When his small size prevented him for achieving this goal, Bowditch's determination resulted in years of on-land studying of the sea, ships, and astronomy. He eventually wrote the book THE AMERICAN PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR, which taught sailors how to use ...
She had hoped to have the chance to win the heart of Paul, her childhood love, but socialite Whitney Stone is married off by her father to the Duke of Claymore instead.
Now in paperback, the seventh installment in this series is ..." steeped in rich period detail and gentle romance, wonderfully capturing the courage of the Underground Railroad supporters and the runaways who risked everything to find freedom." --"Library Journal."
Simon Basset, the irresistible Duke of Hastings, pretends to be engaged to the lovely Daphne Bridgerton to get the town's marriage-minded society mothers off his back. Meanwhile, both are finding it hard to keep their emotional distance and resist their mutual desire.
This splendid installment in O'Brian's widely acclaimed series of Aubrey-Maturin novels is in equal parts mystery, adventure, and psychological drama. A British whaler has been captured by an ambitious chief in the Friendly Isles (Tonga) at French instigation, and Captain Aubrey of the Royal Navy is dispatched with the Surprise to restore order.
Rich, handsome, darling of the ton, the hope of ambitious mothers and despair of his sisters, the Marquis of Alverstoke at 37 sees no reason to put himself out for anyone. Until a distant connection, ignorant of his selfishness, applies to him for help. Plunged into one drama after another by the large and irrepressible Merriville family, ...
The Duke of Hawthorne is a cynical, blase, sophisticated rake. Alexandra Lawrence is a penniless, practical girl innocent in the ways of the world, but courageous and headstrong. This is the story of their marriage, a battleground of tempers, society, money, intrigue and jealousy.
Rakish Gyles Rawlings, Earl of Chillingworth, decides to settle down and take a wife. He weds docile, rich country girl Francesca Rawlings (a cousin distant enough to ensure that any child born to the couple will have two eyes of the same color), only to discover that his wife is actually a brazen, headstrong creature.
Viscount Kit Ravensberg and refined Lauren Edgeworth both wish to spend their lives without spouses, so they agree to marry for appearance's sake and then go their separate ways. But Kit falls in love with Lauren, and must convince her to stay married.
The religious revival that flourished in the early nineteenth century and changed American life found its most spectacular expression in Rochester, New York. The revival, in Rochester and elsewhere, made the United States the most militantly Protestant nation on earth and had an enormous influence on many Northern antebellum reform movements, ...
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