Historical

Image of The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World
Author(s):
Edward Dolnick
Genre(s):
Historical, Scientists & Inventors, British

The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World

January 25, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Dr. Lydia Pyne

Europe in the year 1660 was an environment of interesting mixed historical contradictions.

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Image of The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers
Author(s):
Thomas Fleming
Genre(s):
Historical

The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers

October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
J. W. Nicklaus

Providence has its signature upon everything of value, tangible and intangible.

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Image of Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen
Author(s):
Anna Whitelock
Genre(s):
Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Royalty, British, Historical

Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen

October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Garth Von Buchholz

In Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen, Anna Whitelock sets out to offer a picture of English first Queen Regnant as something other than the “weak-willed failure as so often rendered by tradition

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Image of After the War: The Lives and Images of Major Civil War Figures After the Shooting Stopped
Author(s):
David Hardin
Genre(s):
Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Civil War (U.S.), U.S., Military

After the War: The Lives and Images of Major Civil War Figures After the Shooting Stopped

October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Michael J. Deeb

Those of us who grew up in the age of early television sometimes wonder whatever happened to this or that character.

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Image of Lion of Liberty: Patrick Henry and the Call to a New Nation
Author(s):
Harlow Giles Unger
Genre(s):
Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Historical, U.S.

Lion of Liberty: Patrick Henry and the Call to a New Nation

October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
David Rosman

“Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope.

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Image of The Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genius, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris
Author(s):
Alicia Drake
Genre(s):
Designers, Muses & Personalities, Historical, Fashion History

The Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genius, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris

October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Jeffrey Felner

 (Little, Brown and Company, September 2006) The Beautiful Fall has been classified “pop culture” but it is more much a chronicle of the parallel lives of two of the most famous designers of

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Image of Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen
Author(s):
Anna Whitelock
Genre(s):
Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Royalty, British, Historical

Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen

October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Susan Harper PhD

In Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen, Anna Whitelock sets out offer a picture of English first Queen Regnant as something other than the “weak-willed failure as so often rendered by traditional

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