Upstream: Selected Essays studies the natural world. On Writing (And Writings) expands on C.S. Lewis’s views on the practice. Read Like a Writer dissects the written word. A reflective letter on faith and father-son relationships is explored in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gilead.
Read MoreA cherished quote from Little Lord Fauntleroy demonstrates how innocence and goodness can transform cynicism and harshness, and it also teaches lessons on genuine nobility, compassion, and the power of love.
Read MoreHeroes or mutineers in The Wager. President and Supreme Court Justice, a history of The William Howard Taft Presidency. A future militant empire akin to the Roman must contend with a brutal regime and another, more sinister evil that wages a spiritual battle in An Ember in the Ashes.
Read MoreRichard I develops into the warrior king known as the Lionheart. “Can you love someone you don’t remember?” is the question in Reset. Sarah Brandt, a widow and midwife, assists detective Frank Malloy in Murder on Astor Place and Murder on St. Mark’s Place, set in late 19th-century New York City. The enduring and energetic life of Theodore Roosevelt comes to a close in Colonel Roosevelt.
Read MoreSelected quotes from Jennifer Worth’s memoirs, The Midwife, Shadows of the Workhouse, and Farewell to the East End, offer a glimpse of London’s East End during the 1950s, highlighting the resilience of poverty-stricken families and hope in humanity.
Read MoreThe battle between the church and the king is recounted in Time and Chance. A midwife in the 1950s speaks honestly about the depravity of humankind while offering a beacon of hope in The Midwife, Shadows of the Workhouse, and Farewell to the East End. A blind French girl and a German soldier try to survive while maintaining a sense of humanity in All the Light We Cannot See.
Read MoreSelected quotes from Lessons in Chemistry, a novel about a talented female chemist in the 1950s and 60s, who encounters discrimination and misogyny. She later becomes famous as a TV cooking show host, leveraging her platform to educate women about science, boost self-esteem, and challenge traditional gender roles.
Read MoreUtred’s struggle between a life with the English or a life with the Danes continues in Lords of the North and Sword Song. A female scientist exposes sexism with humor in Lessons in Chemistry. An epic battle for the throne of England after the death of Henry I leads to civil war When Christ and His Saints Slept.
Read MoreLearning to take writing one step at a time, with advice from Bird By Bird. England is a breath away from non-existence in The Pale Horseman. Maisie Dobbs’ story is beginning to wind down in The Consequences of Fear. The love of children’s stories was reawakened by the brilliantly written novel, The Incredible Journey.
Read MoreA study of debutante balls in The Season. Dunkirk is the setting for To Die But Once. The 9th-century land of the Saxons comes alive in the telling of England's formative history through the eyes of Utred in The Last Kingdom. Mary Anning explores the British coastline for fossils in Remarkable Creatures. A female journalist is killed during the Blitz in The American Agent.
Read MoreThe Signature of All Things explores themes of desire, ambition, and the pursuit of knowledge. Maisie Dobbs finds herself in danger in Gibraltar, A Dangerous Place, in Germany, The Journey to Munich, and back at home during the Blitz, In This Grave Hour. Llewelyn, Prince of Wales, cannot stop the power of Edward I in The Reckoning.
Read MoreFalls The Shadow focuses intently on Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, a French Norman and a member of the English peerage who led the barons against Henry III. Among The Mad delves into the complexity of the mind, the people who have harrowing experiences, and still hold hope of recovery.
Read MoreIn Messenger Of Truth, the night before the opening of his new and much-anticipated exhibition at a famed Mayfair gallery, a painter falls to his death. Lady Audley's Secret is sensational. A villager scared by Zepplin raids has An Incomplete Revenge.
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