In this moment of constitutional crisis, these books provide a clear picture of the highest court in the land.

Miranda was inspired to create the musical after reading Chernow’s 2004 biography, Alexander Hamilton, which won the George Washington Book Prize. In 2011, Chernow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for ...

In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

‘Buckley’ is the richest account yet of an enthralling and maddening conservative icon Sam Tanenhaus’s long-awaited biography captures William F. Buckley Jr. and the political movement that ...

The new biography by Molly Beer explores Schuyler's life and relies heavily on letters written by, to and about her.

William F. Buckley Jr.’s influence has been overstated, writes Bruce Fein in a review of a new biography of the late conservative thinker.

Charles Sumner is best known as the statesman caned within an inch of his life on the Senate floor for speaking against the expansion of slavery.  Sumner counted among his friends Ralph Waldo Emerson, ...

John G. Turner’s new book is a nimble account that showcases the frenzied core of Smith’s soul.

There’s something about these lazy, hazy days of summer that makes us want to get lost in a book. A classic “beach read” ...

The first volume in a trilogy that promises to be the definitive biography of The Beatles. Meticulously researched, it provides an eye-opening portrait of postwar Britain; buttoned-up and grey and ...

These are some of the most insightful history books to add to your reading list. "Hands up all who know when Tsarist Russia ...