Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Bill Lewis

Sometimes the word "revisionist" can mean something good. In the case of Tim Jeal's magnificent biography of Henry Morton Stanley we have an example of revisionist biography at its absolute best. Drawing on his vast expertise to do with 19th century European affairs in sub-Saharan Africa, and with unprecedented access to new documents, Jeal completely reverses more than 100 years of characterization of Stanley ... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Bruce Anderson

"...all men are created equal..."

And women? With penetrating hindsight Jon Kukla analyzes evidence bearing on Thomas Jefferson's relations with (and attitudes toward) the women of his age, and arraigns thereby the author of the Declaration of Independence on charges of misogyny, sexual predation and miscegenation. Readers favorably disposed toward our third President will here discover a lens stron... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Bill Lewis

John's first extant letter to Abigail is addressed to "Miss Adorable." In her first extant letter to him she refers to herself as "...your Sincere Diana." That the ambitious farmer's son and the independent parson's daughter truly loved reading and writing is readily apparent from the beginning in this most extensive collection of their forty year correspondence ever published. That they loved their country, th... read more>>>