Marie Benedict

"The remarkable, little-known story of Belle da Costa Greene, J. P. Morgan's personal librarian-who became one of the most powerful women in New York despite the dangerous secret she kept in order to make her dreams come true, from New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict and acclaimed author Victoria Christopher Murray. In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. Pierpont Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books,...

Hedy Kiesler is lucky. Her beauty leads to a starring role in a controversial film and marriage to a powerful Austrian arms dealer, allowing her to evade Nazi persecution despite her Jewish heritage. But Hedy is also intelligent. At lavish Vienna dinner parties, she overhears the Third Reich's plans. One night in 1937, desperate to escape her controlling husband and the rise of the Nazis, she disguises herself and flees her husband's castle. She lands...

"A novel about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune--an unlikely friendship that changed the world, from the New York Times bestselling authors of the Good Morning America Book Club pick The Personal Librarian. The daughter of formerly enslaved parents, Mary McLeod Bethune refuses to back down as white supremacists attempt to thwart her work. She marches on as an activist...

"Between the World Wars, the six Mitford sisters-each more beautiful, brilliant, and eccentric than the next-dominate the English scenes. Though they've weathered scandals before, the family falls into disarray when Diana divorces her wealthy husband to marry a fascist leader and Unity follows her sister's lead all the way to Munich, inciting rumors that she's become Hitler's mistress. As the Nazis rise in power, novelist Nancy Mitford grows suspicious...

In 1909, Clementine steps off a train with her new husband, Winston. An angry woman emerges from the crowd to attack, shoving him in the direction of an oncoming train. Just before he stumbles, Clementine grabs him by his suit jacket. This will not be the last time Clementine Churchill will save her husband. Lady Clementine is the ferocious story of the ambitious woman beside Winston Churchill, the story of a partner who did not flinch through the...

The tide is turning against the colonists in the Revolutionary War, and 18-year-old Elizabeth Morris cannot sit by idly. Quietly disdainful of her Tory parents, who drag her along to society events and welcome a British soldier into their home during their occupation of New York City, Elizabeth decides to take matters into her own hands. She realizes that, as a young woman, no one around her believes that she can comprehend the profound implications...

Londres, 1909. La joven y recién casada Clementine Hoizer desciende los escalones de un tren del brazo de su marido, Winston Churchill. En medio de la muchedumbre que lo aclama, surge una mujer furiosa que empuja a Winston hacia las vías en el preciso momento en que un tren está por pasar, pero justo antes de que caiga, Clementine logra tomarlo del saco... Esta, sin embargo, no será la última vez que le salve la vida a su esposo. La dama de la...

Jest rok 1909. Clementine wysiada z pociągu wraz ze świeżo poślubionym mężem. Z tłumu wypada rozwścieczona kobieta i wpycha Winstona pod nadjeżdżający pociąg. Clementine w ostatniej chwili chwyta go za marynarkę. Ratuje mężowi życie po raz pierwszy. I nie po raz ostatni. Oczekiwano od niej, że będzie uległą, poświęcającą się rodzinie panią domu. Choć oficjalnie stała w cieniu Churchilla, tak naprawdę pełniła funkcję...

"W grudniu 1926 roku zaginęła Agatha Christie. Śledczy znajdują jej pusty samochód na skraju głębokiego, ponurego stawu, jedyne ślady w pobliżu, to ślady opon i futro pozostawione w samochodzie. Jej mąż i córka nie wiedzą o jej miejscu pobytu. Jedenaście dni później Agatha zjawia się, tak samo tajemniczo, jak zniknęła, twierdzi, że ma amnezję i nie udziela żadnych wyjaśnień na temat jej nieobecności. Zagadka jedenastu dni...