These are some of the most insightful history books to add to your reading list. Baltic: The Future of Europe by Oliver Moody "Hands up all who know when Tsarist Russia took Finland from Sweden (1809) ...

When George Washington, from Virginia, arrived in Cambridge 250 years ago, one of the first things he did was talk to his ...

He concluded, he later wrote, that the troops were “ exceeding dirty & nasty people ” led by indifferent officers with an “ ...

John Hancock was once one of the wealthiest merchants in New England and among the most popular and well-respected figures of ...

The Architecture of Presidential Commemoration” surveys the history of presidential memorialization, a complicated tale.

George Washington gained a reputation for bravery during the French and Indian War. He returned to farming to his Mount Vernon family plantation in 1759 after the war. He joined Virginia House of ...

In her 58 years of existence, Angelica Schuyler had one of her childhood homes in present-day Schuylerville incinerated by ...

In the Hulu drama, Brown and Ernest Kingsley Jr. shed new light on the slave narrative by way of a gifted young boy's ...

In this moment of constitutional crisis, these books provide a clear picture of the highest court in the land.

Miranda was inspired to create the musical after reading Chernow’s 2004 biography, Alexander Hamilton, which won the George Washington Book Prize. In 2011, Chernow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for ...

Is Not in Everyone’s Reach,” by António Lobo Antunes, a woman grapples with a long-ago tragedy over the course of a summer ...