Book of the Month: Mistress of My Fate by Hallie Rubenhold

Title:   Mistress of My Fate (The Confessions of Henrietta Lightfoot) Author:    Hallie Rubenhold Publisher:   Grand Central Publishing ...

Emily Warren Roebling - The Woman Behind the Brooklyn Bridge

"Some people's beauty lies not in the features, but in the varied expression that the countenance will assume under the various e...

A Dangerous Woman - The Life of Lady Deborah Moody

I know I have been neglecting this blog shamefully of late.   I apologize profusely.   I’ve been writing and sending out book proposals ov...

Swoon: Great Seducers and Why Women Love Them

Title:    Swoon:   Great Seducers and Why Women Love Them Author:   Betsy Prioleau Publisher:   W.W. Norton and Company Pub Date:   Februa...

Pain, Parties and Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953

Title:   Pain, Parties and Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953 Author:    Elizabeth Winder Publisher:   Harper Collins Pub Date:  ...

Presidential Scandals: The Affairs of Warren G. Harding

“It’s a good thing I’m not a woman. I would always be pregnant. I can’t say no,” President Warren G. Harding speaking to a group of report...

Scandalous Romance: Crazy/Love - The Story of Burt and Linda Pugach

Happy Valentine's Day!  I wrote this blog post way back in 2007, when the documentary Crazy/Love came out. It was one of the most outrag...