Historical Biography


John Adams
Marie Antoinette: The Journey
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Alexander Hamilton
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
The Life of Elizabeth I
Night
The Diary of a Young Girl
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life (World Leaders Past & Present)
Mary Queen of Scots
Henry VIII: The King and His Court
Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
Cleopatra: A Life
Both through his paternal education and natural make-up, he treated his patients not as ‘cases’ but as friends. He never hesitated to take them for a walk arm in arm, or to invite them for a cup of coffee at his house.
Charlotte Wolff, M.D., Magnus Hirschfeld: A Portrait of a Pioneer in Sexology

Leslie K. Simmons
I sometimes think with Moliere, Mr. Ridge, that ‘there is no folly equal to he who attempts to mend the world.’” A single, unsuppressed laugh escaped him. “Yes,” he reluctantly replied, “but I cannot but help to attempt it, nonetheless.
Leslie K. Simmons, Red Clay, Running Waters

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