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Old Houses of the West

Where

by Sandra Dallas

dd Novelist Sandra Dallas joins us to discuss the inspiration behind her latest…
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The Lost Love Letters of Teddy Roosevelt

State

by Mary Calvi

WCAG Heading “Love at first sight,” a Harvard College student writes in his private…
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Not the Mother: The Relationship Between the Lindberghs and Betty Gow

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by Mariah Fredericks

Wcag Heading The kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh Jr. shocked the world in 1932.…
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The Aftereffects of War

ruined

by Bill Glose

WCAG Heading To fully understand a specific war, one must not only study…
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Tutankhamun: A Tomb Like No Other

Outer Coffin

by Tasha Alexander

dd Few stories in the history of stories are better than that of…
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The Hedgehog in WWII

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by P. T. Deutermann

WCAG Heading My latest novel, The Last Paladin, out this month, is…
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The Anniversary of Hadrian’s Wall

Section of Hadrians

by Ann Cleeves

WCAG Heading This year marks the 1900th anniversary of Hadrian’s Wall. According to a history…
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Faulkner the Pilot

William Faulkner

by Taylor Brown

WCAG Heading “This was 1915 and ‘16. I had seen an aeroplane and…
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The Echoes of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive

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by Jess Montgomery

WCAG Heading Throughout my Kinship Historical Mystery Series, I’ve woven events of the…
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Three Sisters: How One Family Survived Auschwitz

by Heather Morris

Inspired by a true story, Three Sisters follows the journey of Livia, Magda, and Cibi as…
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Historical Fiction

The Landmarks of Mary Ann Patten’s Maine

by Tilar J. Mazzeo

New York Times bestselling author Tilar J. Mazzeo gives a behind-the-scenes look…
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Dolly Parton Knows Who She Is

Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner, 1969.

by Martha Ackmann

Lifelong fan Martha Ackmann shares with The History Reader why she felt drawn…
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Featured Excerpt: Tom Paine’s War

Painting of Thomas Paine by Laurent Dabos. National Portrait Gallery (London). Public domain.

by Jack Kelly

In 1776, Tom Paine's words—and the determination of American patriots—allowed our nation to…
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Three New History Books to Read This January

January 2026 Upcoming History Books
With a new year comes a new set of history books publishing this month. Whether you've…
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Featured Excerpt: The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz

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by Anne Sebba

An instant USA Today bestseller, The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz …
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Featured Excerpt: JFK: Public, Private, Secret

Jackie Bouvier and John F. Kennedy married in Newport, Rhode Island, on September 12, 1953.

by J. Randy Taraborrelli

J. Randy Taraborrelli shares with The History Reader an excerpt from his…
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Featured Excerpt: The Sea Captain’s Wife

Neptune's Car Clipper Ship.

by Tilar J. Mazzeo

In The Sea Captain's Wife, New York Times bestselling author Tilar J.…
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The Curious Case of Nuremberg’s Hangman

View of the defendants in the dock at the International Military Tribunal trial of war criminals in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. November 1945. Public domain. Courtesy of Wikimedia.

by Tim Queeney

In his book Rope, author Tim Queeney takes readers on a unique and…
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