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:  ...