History

The Great Pretenders: The True Stories Behind Famous Historical Mysteries
Paperback
"A guilty pleasure....The Victorian-era courtroom antics alone are worth the price of admission."—Publishers Weekly

Black Earth: A Journey Through Russia After the Fall
Paperback
"That Black Earth is an extraordinary work is, for anyone who has known Russia, beyond question."—George Kennan

The Battle That Stopped Rome: Emperor Augustus, Arminius, and the Slaughter of the Legions in the Teutoburg Forest
Paperback
The previously untold story of the watershed battle that changed the course of Western history.

Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History
Updated and Expanded
Hardback
The definitive compendium of classic and modern oratory expanded—with a new preface on what makes a speech "great."

Nixon's Shadow: The History of an Image
Paperback
How an image-obsessed president transformed the way we think about politics and politicians.


