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“phyllis lee levin”

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  • Abigail Adams

    A Biography

    by Phyllis Lee Levin ...
    "[ Abigail Adams] is a pleasure to read, and Levin's rich documentation makes this the most complete biography we have on this remarkable First Lady." —Betty Boyd Caroli, author of First LadiesWife of one president and mother of another, Abigail Adams was an extraordinary woman living at an extraordinary time in American history. A tireless letter writer and diarist, her penetrating and often ... Read more

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  • The Remarkable Education of John Quincy Adams

    by Phyllis Lee Levin ...
    A patriot by birth, John Quincy Adams's destiny was foreordained. He was not only "The Greatest Traveler of His Age," but his country's most gifted linguist and most experienced diplomat. John Quincy's world encompassed the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the early and late Napoleonic Age. As his diplomat father's adolescent clerk and secretary, he met everyone who was anyone in Europe, ... Read more

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  • King John, Henry III and England's Lost Civil War

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  • Prince of Darkness

    The Untold Story of Jeremiah Hamilton, Wall Street's First Black Millionaire

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  • The Story of Greece and Rome

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  • The Quest For Arthur's Britain

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    "A useful compendium of information about the Arthurian problem, the Arthurian legend, and about what archaeology says of western Britain." —Glyn Daniel, The GuardianThe legend of Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table dominates the mythology of Britain, but could this story prove more fact than fiction? Recent archaeological findings have led Geoffrey Ashe to believe there is more truth to ... Read more

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  • A Royal Experiment

    The Private Life of King George III

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    This groundbreaking royal biography offers "a fascinating, story-filled account" of King George III's radical—and doomed—pursuit of familial happiness ( The Guardian, UK).King George III of Great Britain was determined to be different from his Hanoverian predecessors. Neither of the previous Georges was faithful to his wife, and both hated their own sons. Overall, their children were angry, ... Read more

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  • The Transatlantic Marriage Bureau

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    A study of the history, objectives, and motivations of American heiresses and their families in crossing the Atlantic to find husbands in 1895.On 6 November 1895 Consuelo Vanderbilt married Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough. Though the preceding months had included spurned loves, unexpected deaths, scandal and illicit affairs, the wedding was the crowning moment for the unofficial ... Read more

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  • Ecstatic Nation

    Confidence, Crisis, and Compromise, 1848–1877

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  • The Reshaping of Everyday Life, 1790–1840

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  • The Perils of Peace

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    The acclaimed historian presents a "captivating account of a surprisingly little-known period" at the close of the American Revolution ( Kirkus, starred review).On October 19, 1781, Great Britain's best army surrendered to General George Washington at Yorktown. But the future of the thirteen former colonies was far from clear. 13,000 British troops still occupied New York City, and another 13,000 ... Read more

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