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Agatha Christie: A Mysterious life
Laura Thompson · Pegasus Books
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover
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The author of the New York Times bestselling The Six now turns her formidable biographical skills to the greatest crime writer in the world, Agatha Christie. It has been one hundred years since Agatha Christie wrote her first novel and created the formidable Hercule Poirot. A brilliant... |
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Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life
Diarmaid MacCulloch · Viking
Pages: 640
Format: Hardcover
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The long-awaited biography of the genius who masterminded Henry VIII's bloody revolution in government, based on a decade of original archival research, which reveals at last Cromwell's role in the downfall of Anne Boleyn"This a book that - and it's not often you can say this... |
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Little Dancer Aged Fourteen: The True Story Behind Degas's Masterpiece
Camille Laurens · Other Press
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
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This absorbing, heartfelt work tells the story of the real dancer behind Degas's now-iconic sculpture, and the struggles of late nineteenth-century bohemian life of Paris.She is famous throughout the world, but how many know her name? You can admire her figure in Washington, Paris,... |
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Unbeaten: Rocky Marciano's Fight for Perfection in a Crooked World
Mike Stanton · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of The Prince of Providence, a revelatory biography of Rocky Marciano, the greatest heavyweight champion of all time.The son of poor Italian immigrants, with short arms and stubby legs, Rocky Marciano accomplished a feat that eluded legendary heavyweight champions... |
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Queen of the World: Elizabeth II: Sovereign and Stateswoman
Robert Hardman · Pegasus Books
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover
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Written by renowned royal biographer, Robert Hardman, and with privileged access to the Royal Family and the Royal Household, this is a brilliant new portrait of the most famous woman in the world and her place in it.On today's world stage, there is one leader who stands apart from... |
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The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
Brad Meltzer · Flatiron Books
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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Taking place during the most critical period of our nation's birth, The First Conspiracy tells a remarkable and previously untold piece of American history that not only reveals George Washington's character, but also illuminates the origins of America's counterintelligence... |
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All That Heaven Allows: A Biography of Rock Hudson
Mark Griffin · Harper
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive biography of the deeply complex and widely misunderstood matinee idol of Hollywood's Golden Age.Devastatingly handsome, broad-shouldered and clean-cut, Rock Hudson was the ultimate movie star. The embodiment of romantic masculinity in American film throughout the '50s... |
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There Will Be No Miracles Here: A Memoir
Casey Gerald · Riverhead Books
Pages: 400
Format: eBook
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NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2018 BY NPR, THE NEW YORK TIMES AND POP SUGARA PBS NEWSHOUR-NEW YORK TIMES BOOK CLUB PICK"Somehow Casey Gerald has pulled off the most urgently political, most deeply personal, and most engagingly spiritual statement of our time by just looking outside his window... |
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Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood
Karina Longworth · Custom House
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover
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In this riveting popular history, the creator of You Must Remember This probes the inner workings of Hollywood's glamorous golden age through the stories of some of the dozens of actresses pursued by Howard Hughes, to reveal how the millionaire mogul's obsessions with sex, power... |
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