Mary Doria Russell, the bestselling, award-winning author of The Sparrow, returns with Epitaph. An American Iliad, this richly detailed and meticulously researched historical novel continues the story she began in Doc, following Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday to Tombstone, Arizona, and to the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. A deeply divided nation. Vicious politics. A shamelessly partisan media. A president loathed by half the populace. Smuggling and gang...

From New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author Shana Abé comes, an epic novel of historical fiction in, the tradition of, The American Duchess, a sweeping love story between John Jacob Astor, the richest man in America, and teenaged beauty Madeleine Force, set against the backdrop of the drama and tragedy of the sinking of the Titanic. "I won't begin with our ending, which everyone in the world knows anyway. Our beginning,...

Paris in the 1920s shimmers with excitement, dissipation, and freedom. It is a place of intoxicating ambition, passion, art, and discontent, where louche jazz venues like the Chameleon Club draw expats, artists, libertines, and parvenus looking to indulge their true selves. Lou Villars, an extraordinary athlete and scandalous cross-dressing lesbian, finds refuge with rising Hungarian photographer Gabor Tsenyi, socialite and art patron Baroness Lily...

"When the British Empire sets its sights on India in the mid-nineteenth century, it expects a quick and easy conquest ... But when they arrive in the Kingdom of Jhansi, the British army is met with a surprising challenge. Instead of surrendering, Queen Lakshmi raises two armies--one male and one female--and rides into battle, determined to protect her country and her people. Although her soldiers may not appear at first to be formidable against superior...

In this stunning new novel, bestselling author Gill Paul reveals the unknown history of cosmetic titans Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein and their infamous rivalry that spanned not only decades, but also broken marriages, personal tragedies, and a world that was changing dramatically for women—perfect for fans of Fiona Davis, Marie Benedict, and Beatriz Williams.

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A richly imagined novel inspired by the true story of Anne Sharp, a governess who became very close with Jane Austen and her family.

Über Unternehmerinnen im 18. Jahrhundert weiß man so gut wie nichts. Die Unbeirrbare erzählt die Geschichte einer Frau im Frankreich jener Zeit in einer Ära politischer Umstürze, in der Frauen weitgehend rechtlos und im öffentlichen Leben unsichtbar waren. In dieser Atmosphäre wächst Nicole Clicquot-Ponsardin auf. Trotzt allen Schlägen des Schicksals, setzt sie zweimal alles aufs Spiel und errichtet mit ihrer Beharrlichkeit und Kraft ein...

Seit über 40 Jahren ist Brian Johnson Sänger von AC/DC, der erfolgreichsten Hard-Rock-Band aller Zeiten. Erstmals erzählt er jetzt sein Leben – eine der unterhaltsamsten Geschichten der Rock'n'Roll-Geschichte überhaupt. Brian wuchs in bescheidenen Verhältnissen im Norden Englands auf – und schon früh stand für ihn fest: Er will Rocksänger werden. Über ein Jahrzehnt lang versuchte sich Brian Johnson später mit verschiedenen Bands einen...

First published in 1860, 'First Love' is a novella by Ivan Turgenev, a Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator and popularizer of Russian literature in the West. It is one of his most popular works of short fiction. Some criticized its light subject matter that did not touch upon any of the pressing social and political issues of the day. But, it had its many admirers, including the French novelist Gustave Flaubert, who...

On February 22, 1862, two days after his death, Willie Lincoln was laid to rest in a marble crypt in a Georgetown cemetery. That very night, shattered by grief, Abraham Lincoln arrives at the cemetery under cover of darkness and visits the crypt, alone, to spend time with his son's body. Set over the course of that one night and populated by ghosts of the recently passed and the long dead, Lincoln in the Bardo is a thrilling exploration of death,...