Jennie Jerome was a controversial American society girl and mother of Britain's most revered statesman, Winston Churchill. A single-minded and dynamic woman she was an early feminist, advocate of Irish independence, and, above all, was notorious for her promiscuity.Charles Higham draws from previously overlooked sources to provide much that is startlingly new about the remarkable and tempestuous life of Jennie Jerome. The book charts her luxurious New York upbringing, her eyebrow-r...

In this startling and original work, best-selling author Charles Higham ( Howard Hughes: The Secret Life) addresses one of the greatest historical mysteries: Did John Wilkes Booth act alone on the night of Good Friday, 1865, or was he part of a wide conspiracy? Drawing from letters, diaries, previously unstudied records of official hearings, railway timetables, and obscure shipping manifests, Higham weaves a spellbinding account of intrigue. He proves that Lincoln unwittingly seal...

Loveday Brooke é a primeira protagonista feminina detetive escrita por uma autora mulher. Ela é uma detetive com cultura ampla, sagaz, inteligente e intuitiva, que descobre seus talentos e decide monetizá-los. Sob a ótica de uma mulher, Loveday resolve os mistérios sempre contrariando a seus superiores ou ao julgamento dos personagens homens da história, que incorrem no erro de considerarem apenas a lógica masculina como a correta, mostrando que suas contravenções vêm da necessidade de se ...