Abraham Lincoln inspired feelings unlike those instilled by any previous commander-in-chief in America. Lincoln's Men draws on thousands of unpublished letters and diaries to tell the story of how a new and untested president could become Father Abraham. It is the story of the second American revolution ... more »

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Published when Theodore Roosevelt was only twenty-three years old, The Naval War of 1812 was immediately hailed as a literary and scholarly triumph, and it is still considered the definitive book on the subject. It caused considerable controversy for its bold refutation of earlier accounts of the war ... more »

E-book exclusive: The author's tribute to her grandparents, survivors of Russia's twentieth century. An unforgettable epic of passion, betrayal, and survival set against the shimmering beauty and brutal terror of 1941 war-torn Leningrad. From the author of the international bestseller Tully comes an ... more »

In this stirring book, Martin Gilbert tells the intensely human story of Winston Churchill's profound connection to America, a relationship that resulted in an Anglo-American alliance that has stood at the center of international relations for more than a century. Winston Churchill, whose mother, Jennie ... more »

In Homer and the Epic, ten or twelve years ago, I examined the literary objections to Homeric unity. These objections are chiefly based on alleged discrepancies in the narrative, of which no one poet, it is supposed, could have been guilty. The critics repose, I venture to think, mainly on a fallacy ... more »

In 1562 the French Huguenot party, headed by Coligny, made another attempt[2] to secure themselves a refuge in the New World. Two ships set sail under the command of Jean Ribault, a brave and experienced seaman, destined to play a memorable and tragic part in the history of America. Ribault does not ... more »

In late February and early March of 1836, the Mexican Army under the command of General Antonio López de Santa Anna besieged a small force of Anglo and Tejano rebels at a mission known as the Alamo. For a new generation of Americans searching for the meaning of America, here is the story of that brief ... more »

Les écrivains qui ont composé des histoires générales de la France ont presque toujours encouru le reproche de ne pas avoir su rendre assez attachans les récits que nous ont conservés les documens originaux et contemporains. En même temps, on trouve avec raison beaucoup de charme dans ces documens eux ... more »

Men who do great things are men we all like to read about. This is the story of Christopher Columbus, the man who discovered America. He lived four hundred years ago. When he was a little boy he lived in Genoa. It was a beautiful city in the northwestern part of the country called Italy. The mountains ... more »

An elegantly designed, beautifully composed volume of personal letters from famous American men and women that celebrates the American Experience and illuminates the rich history of some of America's most storied families. Posterity is at once an epistolary chronicle of America and a fascinating glimpse ... more »

For centuries the sea has been regarded as a male domain. Fisherman, navy officers, pirates, and explorers roamed the high seas while their wives and daughters stayed on shore. Oceangoing adventurers and the crews of their ships were part of an all-male world -- or were they? In this illuminating historical ... more »