History Book Reviews

Read History Book Reviews' newest review to learn about a First Lady of the United States that history has forgotten. Varina Davis had a tragic, yet amazing life, and the greatest hardship of all her long years was not the Civil War--it was her husband, Jefferson Davis.

History Book Reviews | First Lady of the Confederacy: Varina Davis's Civil War - Joan Cashin It always makes me sad to read a biography of a person who seems to have experienced far more misery and heartbreak in their lives than they did joy and love. I really hope I'm wrong in this case, that Varina Davis actually felt inner peace and happiness, but after reading First Lady of the Confeder...

Read History Book Reviews' newest review to come face to face with the Georgian dynasty of England. You will encounter drunkenness, madness, adultery, and opulence as you have never seen it before. And also vampires.

History Book Reviews | A Royal Experiment: Love and Duty, Madness and Betrayal - The Private Lives of King George III and Queen Charlotte - Janice Hadlow A Royal Experiment is a thrilling first historical work by Janice Hadlow which delves into the minds and ideas of King George III and his wife, Queen Charlotte. Hadlow explores George's madness, his family tree, and his novel ideas about kingship to fully reveal the Georgians as we have never seen t...

Read History Book Reviews' newest review on Stacy Schiff's biography of Cleopatra. This book has everything: Romance, war, power, murder, and the falling of dynasties...not to mention some fairly shocking and unflattering portrayals of famous Roman men!

History Book Reviews | Cleopatra: A Life - Stacy Schiff Read Schiff's alluring and appealing history of the real Cleopatra, and find out why nearly everything we think we know about her is wrong.