History
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
Country of Lords: Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, and the Long Fight against Equality in America
Hardback
A Pulitzer-finalist historian charts a 250-year-old intellectual and political tradition—the conviction that all Americans are NOT created equal.
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)
Tyrants and Rogues: Understanding the Declaration of Independence
Hardback
An acclaimed historian presents a sweeping new look at the Declaration of Independence, focusing not on the lofty principles of the preamble but on the list of grievances levelled against King George III
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?”