I think it was the Reader Harder 2018 Challenge that called for reading a book by a female historian. It may also have been a twitter discussion about female historians but in either event I realized that of all the historical books I’ve read, very few have been written by women. I wanted to remedy that. Last year, or earlier this year as they run together, I read The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman. Then someone here, maybe Jen K., recommended Paris 1919 by […]
The Candice Millard Collection
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard
Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill by Candice Millard
