Historical Figures

by Kostya Kennedy

True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson is a probing,…

by Paul Craddock

Thanks to dazzling advances in xenotransplantation and stem cell research, transplant surgery appears…

by Tom Clavin

151 years ago, a journey to Africa began that would garner international fame.…

by Siân Evans

As a new war erupts in Europe, Siân Evans recounts the tale of…

by Laura Thompson

I came to Heiresses by accident, during the course of researching another book.…

by Rachel Trethewey

As complex in their own way as their Mitford cousins, Winston and Clementine…

by Giles Milton

We teamed up with the Unknown History podcast on Quick and Dirty Tips to bring you…

by Jonathan M. Katz

I first came across the name Smedley Butler in Haiti, shortly after…

by Tim Tate

Sixty years ago the best Cold War spy the West ever had defected…

by The History Reader

While the holidays are primarily a time to reconnect with family and…

Historical Figures

The Centennial Fire

by Chris Wimmer

The first World’s Fair on American soil ran from May 10 to November…

War and Reconciliation

by Tom Clavin

Douglas “Pete” Peterson was born in Omaha and raised in Nebraska and Iowa.…

The Rise of the Weimar Republic

by Susan Ronald

In the following excerpt from Hitler's Aristocrats, author Susan Ronald discusses the Weimar…

Crary of the North…and South

by Tom Clavin

 It was on May 3, 1952, that a plane landed on the North…

Meet the White House Plumbers

by Egil "Bud" Krogh and Matthew Krogh

by Laura Dail and Matthew Krogh HBO's new miniseries White House Plumbers imagines the story of…

A Long Journey Home

by Tom Clavin

During my recent book tour promoting the release of Follow Me to Hell,…

The Windsors at War

by Alexander Larman

When I finished writing The Crown in Crisis, the book that has become…

Old Houses of the West

by Sandra Dallas

Novelist Sandra Dallas joins us to discuss the inspiration behind her latest book,…

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