Cleopatra's palace shimmered with onyx and gold but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Though her life spanned fewer than forty years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world. Famous long before she was notorious,...

A Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling historian explores the Salem witch trials, one of the greatest mysteries of American history. von Schiff, Stacy

The Witches: Salem, 1692 von Schiff, Stacy

In this dazzling work of history, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author follows Benjamin Franklin to France for the crowning achievement of his career"In December of 1776 a small boat delivered an old man to France." So begins an enthralling...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for biography and hailed by critics as both "monumental" (The Boston Globe) and "utterly romantic" (New York magazine), Stacy Schiff's Véra (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov) brings to...

Her palace shimmered with onyx and gold but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Above all else, Cleopatra was a shrewd strategist and an ingenious negotiator. She was married twice, each time to a brother. She waged a...

A revelatory biography from a Pulitzer Prize-winner about the most essential Founding Father- the one who stood behind the change in thinking that produced the American Revolution. von Schiff, Stacy

"Véra: Ein Leben mit Vladimir Nabokov" von Stacy Schiff ist eine faszinierende Biografie, die das Leben von Véra Nabokov beleuchtet, der Ehefrau des berühmten Schriftstellers Vladimir Nabokov. Das Buch bietet einen tiefen Einblick in die...