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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorCleopatra: A Life
Stacy Schiff · 441 pages
From back cover: Famous long before she was notorious, Cleopatra has gone down in history for all the wrong reasons; her supple personality and the drama of her circumstances have been lost. In a masterly return to the classical sources, Stacy Schiff boldly separates fact from fiction to rescue the magnetic queen whose death ushered in a new world order.
Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation
Cokie Roberts · 359 pages
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Cokie Roberts comes New York Times bestseller Founding Mothers, an intimate and illuminating look at the fervently patriotic and passionate women whose tireless pursuits on behalf of their families–and their country–proved just as crucial to the forging of a new nation as the rebellion that established it. While much has been written about the men who sign
The Tigress of Forlì: Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de Medici
Elizabeth Lev · 352 pages
A strategist to match Machiavelli; a warrior who stood toe to toe with the Borgias; a wife whose three marriages would end in bloodshed and heartbreak; and a mother determined to maintain her family’s honor, Caterina Riario Sforza de’ Medici was a true Renaissance celebrity, beloved and vilified in equal measure. In this dazzling biography, Elizabeth Lev illuminates her extraordinary life and acco
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Robert K. Massie · 791 pages
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and rose to become one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in history. Born into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself
I Dare
Kiran Bedi · 355 pages
On the life and achievements of Kiran Bedi, b. 1949, first woman officer of the Indian Police Service.
Gandhi the Man: How One Man Changed Himself to Change the World
Eknath Easwaran · 213 pages
Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World
Linda Hirshman · 390 pages
An account of the intertwined lives of the first two women to be appointed to the Supreme Court examines their respective religious and political beliefs while sharing insights into how they have influenced interpretations of the Constitution to promote equal rights for women.
Gandhi: His Life and Message for the World
Louis Fischer · 192 pages
Notorious RBG Young Readers' Edition
Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik · 208 pages
Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi And His Struggle With India
Joseph Lelyveld · 452 pages
Pulitzer Prize winner Joseph Lelyveld, the former executive editor of The New York Times, will visit us to discuss his acclaimed new book, Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India. This stirring book deepens our sense of Gandhi’s accomplishments and disappointments while examining the man as one of history’s most remarkable self-creations who oversaw a profound social and political t
Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson
Tourmaline · 306 pages
Indira: The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi
Katherine Frank · 567 pages
Chronicles the life of Indira Nehru Gandhi, providing information on her relationship with her father, her role as India's third prime minister, her assassination by her own bodyguards, and other related topics.
Gandhi Before India
Ramachandra Guha · 672 pages
A first volume of a series detailing the life and work of the influential political advocate draws on private papers and other untapped sources to cover his birth in 1869 through his upbringing in Gujarat, discussing his London education and decades as a lawyer in South Africa. "In 1893, when Gandhi set sail for South Africa, he was a twenty-three-year-old lawyer who had failed to establish him
First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies
Kate Andersen Brower · 398 pages
Brower draws on a wide array of untapped, candid sources to tell the stories of the ten remarkable women who have defined the role of First Lady of the United States since 1960. From Jackie Kennedy to Michelle Obama, she offers new insights into this privileged group, and shares stories exploring everything from the first ladies political crusades to their rivalries with Washington figures; from t
1991: How P. V. Narasimha Rao Made History
Sanjaya Baru · 216 pages
Political biography of P.V. Narasimha Rao, 1921-2004, former prime minister of India.
Half Lion: How P.V. Narasimha Rao Transformed India
Vinay Sitapati
Jinnah: India-Partition-Independence
Jaswant Singh · 669 pages
Biography of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, 1876-1948, statesman and founder of Pakistan.
Narendra Modi: A Political Biography
Andy Marino · 351 pages
Gandhi and Churchill: The Epic Rivalry that Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age
Arthur Herman · 736 pages
In this fascinating and meticulously researched book, bestselling historian Arthur Herman sheds new light on two of the most universally recognizable icons of the twentieth century, and reveals how their forty-year rivalry sealed the fate of India and the British Empire.They were born worlds apart: Winston Churchill to Britain's most glamorous aristocratic family, Mohandas Gandhi to a pious middle
Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England
Alison Weir · 499 pages
Eleanor Roosevelt: Vol 2, The Defining Years, 1933-38
Blanche Wiesen Cook · 704 pages
The captivating second volume of this Eleanor Roosevelt biography covers tumultuous era of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the gathering storms of World War II, the years of the Roosevelts' greatest challenges and finest achievements. In her remarkably engaging narrative, Cook gives us the complete Eleanor Roosevelt—an adventurous, romantic woman, a devoted wife and mother, and a visionary
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery
Russell Freedman · 203 pages
A photobiography of the first wife of a president to have a public life and career of her own.