When Cane River was published in 2001, Lalita Tademy established herself as the chronicler of her own family's life, since their arrival here as slaves in the 1800s. Mixing family history, fiction, and fact made the story rich and un...

A novel based on the real-life incident of the Mier Expedition, one of the most tragic events in Texas history, follows two young men on an expedition to the Mexican border, during which they are captured in a raid on the Mexcian vill...

In the year 1527, the great portraitist Hans Holbein, fleeing the Protestant Reformation, comes to England under commission to Sir Thomas More. Over the course of the next six years, Holbein paints two nearly identical portraits of t...

A gritty, gripping tale of brotherhood, greed, and murder, this "engrossing" (Entertainment Weekly) novel is now a major motion picture starring Jessica Chastain, Tom Hardy, Shia Labeouf, Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce, and Mia Was...

Royal protector. Loyal servant. Forgotten hero. A penniless young knight with few prospects, William Marshal is plucked from obscurity when he saves the life of Henry II's formidable queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine. In gratitude, she app...

The weddings are over.The guests (including millions of readers and viewers) wish the two happy couples health and happiness. As the music swells and the credits roll, only two things are certain: Elizabeth and Darcy are to be the hap...

Nothing could keep Christopher and Rebecca apart: not her abusive parents, or even the fiance she brought home after running away to England. But when World War II finally strikes the island of Jersey, the Nazi invaders ship Rebecca t...

Amid the intrigue and danger of 18th-century Italy, a young woman becomes embroiled in romance and treachery with a rider in the Palio, the breathtaking horse race set in Siena....It's 1729, and the Palio, a white-knuckle horse race, ...

"There is nothing better than Dorothy Garlock at her best" --Sandra Brown, New York Times bestselling authorMiller's Creek, Wisconsin, 1945. As a war rages on, a new era of hope takes root . . . and one young woman faces a d...

The latest New York Times bestseller from the author of the beloved book club favorite The Kitchen House is a heart racing story about a man’s treacherous journey through the twists and turns of the Underground Railroad on a mission...

On May Day, 1464, six-year-old Katherine Woodville, daughter of a duchess who has married a knight of modest means, awakes to find her gorgeous older sister, Elizabeth, in the midst of a secret marriage to King Edward IV. It changes e...

Katherine Sedley lived by her own rules and loved who she pleased- until she became the infamous mistress of King James II... London, 1675: Born to wealth and privilege, Katherine is introduced to the decadent court of King Charles II...

Confidante of Nostradamus, scheming mother-in-law to Mary, Queen of Scots, and architect of the bloody St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, Catherine de Medici is brought to life by Jeanne Kalogridis, the bestselling author of I, Mona Lisa...

A mother's tragedy, a daughter's desire and the 7000 mile journey that changed their lives.   In 1896 Norwegian American Helga Estby accepted a wager from the fashion industry to walk from Spokane, Washington to New York City within...

With her renowned storytelling gifts in full force, Colleen McCullough delivers a breathtaking novel that proves once again that she is the top historical novelist of our time.Grand in scope and vivid in detail, McCullough's gripping ...

Now in paperback—"An emotionally bracing, refreshingly intelligent, and ultimately heartbreaking story" (Kirkus Reviews) of two women linked by a tragic, decades-old secret.When Maddie McGlade, a former nanny, receives a l...

Mark Miller, a staff member of the American Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, must go find Ellen Jaspar, wife of an Afghan engineer and native of Dorset, Pennsylvania (and Bryn Mawr alum), who has disappeared 13 months before. In his sea...

Now a major motion picture“Utterly charming . . . a big-hearted, flawless coming-of-age tale, as scary and funny as your yearbook picture.”–People (****/Critic’s Choice)The year is 1985. Brian Jackson, a workin...

A dazzling historical novel set during England's War of the Roses- the story of the courageous Anne Neville, future wife of Richard III, who comes of age in a time of chaos... Anne Neville, daughter of the powerful Earl of Warwick, g...

From Last Call to On Stranger Tides to Declare to Three Days to Never, any book by the inimitable Tim Powers is a wonder. With Hide Me Among the Graves, it's possible that the uniquely ingenious Powers has surpassed even himself. A b...

An exciting debut: a vivid, richly imagined saga of ancient Rome from a masterful new voice in historical fiction Thea is a slave girl from Judaea, passionate, musical, and guarded. Purchased as a toy for the spiteful heiress Lepida...

Set against the lush, exotic European colonial outposts of the 1920s, New York Times bestselling author Deanna Raybourn delivers the captivating tale of one woman who embarks upon a journey to see the world—and ends up finding intri...

Garden Tradd's fairy tale wedding to Sky Harris and her travels around the world during the roaring twenties cannot free her from her family's scandalous Charleston past

Grace Winter, 22, is both a newlywed and a widow. She is also on trial for her life.In the summer of 1914, the elegant ocean liner carrying Grace and her husband Henry across the Atlantic suffers a mysterious explosion. Setting aside ...

In this beautifully written novel of historical fiction, bestselling author Susan Holloway Scott tells the story of Alexander Hamilton's wife, Eliza—a fascinating, strong-willed heroine in her own right and a key figure in one of...

The critically acclaimed, best-selling sequel to the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Killer Angels, written by the author's father, brings to life the final two years of the Civil War as seen through the eyes of generals Lee and Grant. Rep...

A sweeping novel, set against the backdrops of Renaissance Rome, Florence, and Genoa, vibrantly recreates the life of Artemisia Gentileschi, an influential female artist, whose search for love, forgiveness, and wholeness through her a...

Bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir takes on what no fiction writer has done before: creating a dramatic six-book series in which each novel covers one of King Henry VIII's wives. In this captivating opening volume,...

From New York Times bestselling author Lauren Willig comes The English Wife, a scandalous novel set in the Gilded Age full of family secrets, affairs, and even murder. "Brings to life old world New York City and London with all t...

The Little House books, which chronicled the pioneer adventures of Laura Ingalls Wilder, are among the most beloved books in the American literary canon. Lesser known is the secret, concealed for decades, of how they came to be. Now, ...