Skip to content
Historical Figures
U. S. History
World History
Military History
Cultural History
Historical Fiction
X
Marquis de Lafayette
The Large Hearts of Heroes
by Jack Kelly
On the Fourth of July 1825, Gilbert du Motier, known universally as Lafayette,…
Read the article
Revolutionary Brothers: “Your Name Here Is Held In Veneration”
by Tom Chaffin
In our fourth excerpt from Revolutionary Brothers, the Marquis de Lafayette returns to…
Read the article
Revolutionary Brothers: “No One Better Situated”
by Tom Chaffin
In our third featured excerpt from Revolutionary Brothers, the Continental Army celebrates the…
Read the article
Revolutionary Brothers: “To Learn, and Not to Teach”
by Tom Chaffin
In Tom Chaffin's second excerpt from Revolutionary Brothers, the Marquis de Lafayette inspects…
Read the article
Revolutionary Brothers: “Flattered by the Command”
by Tom Chaffin
In the first of five excerpts from Revolutionary Brothers, Tom Chaffin chronicles Thomas…
Read the article
Marquis de Lafayette
Daniel Boone’s Last Days
by Tom Clavin
On September 26, 1820, legendary frontiersman Daniel Boone died at the extraordinary age…
Read the article
I Hope You Are of Our Party: Fidelity and Betrayal
by Jack Kelly
Shakespeare, of course, wrote acclaimed plays about history. But sometimes history takes the…
Read the article
An American Hero Lost to History
Flee North by Scott Shane is a riveting account of the extraordinary abolitionist, liberator, and writer…
Read the article
The Incredible Adventures of Two Sister Ships
by Nev March
The Spanish Diplomat’s Secret, the third book in my Captain Jim and Lady…
Read the article
Hold the Hill
by Tom Clavin
The Last Hill by Bob Drury and yours truly covers the dramatic campaigns…
Read the article
Revolutionary Bad Boy: Benedict Arnold, Treason, and Trust
by Jack Kelly
It was said about Benedict Arnold that he never did anything by halves.…
Read the article
The Tide of War
by Uri Kaufman
Some years, like 1776 and 1939, need no introduction; their reputations travel before…
Read the article
Capturing the Cross
by Tom Clavin
This year is the 150th anniversary of the taking of one of the…
Read the article
Search
Search
Connect with The History Reader
opens in a new window
Facebook-f
opens in a new window
Twitter
Other Historical Fiction Titles