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Queen Victoria: Twenty-Four Days That Changed Her Life
by Lucy Worsley
Drawing from the vast collection of Victoria’s correspondence and the rich documentation of…
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The Napoleonic Wars’ Impact on Jane Austen
by Lucy Worsley ‘What calm lives they had . . . No worries about the French…
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Lucy Worsley
‘Gunplay’ in the Wild West
by Tom Clavin
This week sees the publication of my new book, Bandit Heaven: The Hole-in-the-Wall Gangs and the…
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Schley: The Navy Man Who Saved Greely
by Buddy Levy
Commander Winfield Scott Schley (4th from left) and men who rescued Greely…
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The Pinkertons in Myth and History
by Tore C. Olsson
William A. Pinkerton with railroad special agents Pat Connell (left) and Sam…
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I Am a Respectable Person
by Jack Kelly
Elizabeth Jennings Graham. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons. “We…
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President Carter
by Stuart E. Eizenstat
Grounding the B-1 Bomber Exclusive picture of President…
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Wednesday, Bloody Wednesday
by Tom Clavin
Depiction of the fighting near Dunker Church by Thure…
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The Finest Rough-and-Tumble Fighter
by Jack Kelly
Florence Kelley’s father, William, taught his daughter to read in 1866 using books…
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A Place to Hide
by Ronald H. Balson
A Place to Hide is my ninth novel and the seventh set…
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