Benjamin Franklin in London by George Goodwin For the great majority of his long life, Benjamin Franklin was a loyal British royalist. In 1757, having made his... Read More
The River of Doubt by Candice Millard As a keen observer who has ridden history’s coat tails, this assignment to write about Candice Millard’s “The River of... Read More
Clara Barton: Professional Angel by Elizabeth Brown Pryor Sometimes Clara Barton defied men of military might to pass through Civil War battle lines and nurse “her” boys. She had... Read More
Washington: A History of Our National City by Tom Lewis In Tom Lewis’ immaculately researched history, “Washington: A History of Our National City,” we get a chronology of the people,... Read More
The Quartet by Joseph J. Ellis The holy grail for any writer of history must surely be to create a work that advances scholarship and captivates... Read More
The Wright Brothers by David McCullough Twelve decades ago, Wilbur and Orville Wright operated a bicycle repair shop in Dayton, Ohio. It was the perfect occupation... Read More
Hissing Cousins by Marc Peyser and Timothy Dwyer A century ago, long before ubiquitous media saturation, the 24/7 media cycle, Facebook and Twitter, larger-than-life personalities strode across the national... Read More
Capital Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington by Cokie Roberts Americans have always had an understandable fascination with the Civil War, the aftershocks of which still rattle the nation. Fiction... Read More
When the United States Spoke French By François Furstenberg In 1789, as the French Revolution shook Europe to the core, the new United States was struggling for survival in the face... Read More
A Tale of Two Plantations By Richard S. Dunn Forty years ago, after publication of his pathbreaking book “Sugar and Slaves,” Richard Dunn began an intensive investigation of two... Read More
The Royalist Revolution by Eric Nelson Generations of students have been taught that the American Revolution was a revolt against royal tyranny. In this revisionist account,... Read More
An Empire on the Edge by Nick Bunker — 2015 George Washington Prize Winner! Written from a strikingly fresh perspective, author Nick Bunker brings us a new account of the Boston Tea Party and the origins... Read More
