History

Clodia of Rome: Champion of the Republic
Paperback
A thrilling new history of the late Roman Republic, told through a woman’s quest for justice

Lightning Beneath the Sea: The Race to Wire the World and the Dawn of the Information Age
Hardback
The thrilling story of the nineteenth century’s moonshot: An Atlantic-spanning telegraph cable that created the global village and changed the world

Unsinkable: The History of the Boston Whaler
Hardback
A definitive history of the popular Boston Whaler motorboat, back in print and updated to include the Whaler’s most transformative decade

The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail
Hardback
An astonishing true story–one of the most gripping maritime sagas of the nineteenth century–told by our era’s “expert literary steersman” (The Washington Post)

Thomas Jefferson Survives: American Independence in His Time and Ours
Hardback
On the 250th anniversary of his greatest achievement, two leading historians take on the question, “Does Thomas Jefferson still matter?”


