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Madame Claude: Her Secret World of Pleasure, Privilege, and Power

WCAG Headingby William Stadiem In post-WWII Paris, Madame Claude ran the most exclusive finishing school in…
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Paris Abandoned: The Realities of Armistice During World War II

by Anne Sebba

WCAG Heading Slowly, the terms of the armistice began to sink in. The French…
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The Importance of “America’s Oldest” Alliance

WCAG Headingby Tom Shachtman In Paris for Bastille Day, President Donald Trump said, “France is America’s…
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Paris Through the Eyes of Henri IV

WCAG Headingby Susan Cahill; Photographs by Marion Ranoux The story of Henri IV in Paris is…
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Varian Fry: The Artist’s Oskar Schindler

WCAG Headingby Kate Lord Brown WCAG HeadingVarian Fry and The House of Dreams The House of…
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Treaty of Tordesillas:1494 Decision Still Influencing Today’s World

WCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingBy Stephen R. Brown The bull Inter Caetera and several other bulls from…
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Featured Excerpt: Tom Paine’s War

Painting of Thomas Paine by Laurent Dabos. National Portrait Gallery (London). Public domain.

by Jack Kelly

In 1776, Tom Paine's words—and the determination of American patriots—allowed our nation to…
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Three New History Books to Read This January

January 2026 Upcoming History Books
With a new year comes a new set of history books publishing this month. Whether you've…
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Featured Excerpt: The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz

Auschwitz gate

by Anne Sebba

An instant USA Today bestseller, The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz …
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Featured Excerpt: JFK: Public, Private, Secret

Jackie Bouvier and John F. Kennedy married in Newport, Rhode Island, on September 12, 1953.

by J. Randy Taraborrelli

J. Randy Taraborrelli shares with The History Reader an excerpt from his…
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Featured Excerpt: The Sea Captain’s Wife

Neptune's Car Clipper Ship.

by Tilar J. Mazzeo

In The Sea Captain's Wife, New York Times bestselling author Tilar J.…
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The Curious Case of Nuremberg’s Hangman

View of the defendants in the dock at the International Military Tribunal trial of war criminals in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. November 1945. Public domain. Courtesy of Wikimedia.

by Tim Queeney

In his book Rope, author Tim Queeney takes readers on a unique and…
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Featured Excerpt: Gemini

stronaut James Lovell is photographed inside his Gemini spacecraft during the Gemini-12 mission

by Jeffrey Kluger

Named by Time Magazine as one of the most anticipated books of fall…
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Featured Excerpt: Progress

Ancient civilization

by Samuel Miller McDonald

In Progress: How One Idea Built Civilization and Now Threatens to Destroy…
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