Pegasus Books
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Dark Brilliance: The Age of Reason: From Descartes to Peter the Great
$35.00 Add to cartA sweeping history of The Age of Reason, revealing how–although it was a time of great progress–it was also an era of brutality and intolerance with a very human cost.
During the 1600s–between the- Author: Strathern, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1639367977
- Language: English
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Captive Queen: The Decrypted History of Mary, Queen of Scots
$29.95 Add to cartAn expert historian on Mary, Queen of Scots draws on hundreds of her encrypted letters to paint a vivid portrait of one of history’s most compelling figures.
For almost two decades before her executio- Author: Scott, Jade
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1639368019
- Language: English
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Landlines: The Remarkable Story of a Thousand-Mile Journey Across Britain
$19.95 Add to cartThe powerful story of a 1,000-mile healing walk–from the lochs of Scotland to England’s southwest coast–in a remarkable evocation of modern-day Britain.
Raynor Winn knows that her husband Moth’s hea- Author: Winn, Raynor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 10 2024
- ISBN10: 163936787X
- Language: English
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The Traitor of Arnhem: The Untold Story of Wwii’s Greatest Betrayal and the Moment That Changed History Forever
$35.00 Add to cartRevealing the hidden role of the Cambridge Spies during this Allied defeat, The Traitor of Arnhem relates for the first time the startling betrayal that changed the course of World War II.
The end of- Author: Verkaik, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1639368272
- Language: English
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El Cid: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Mercenary
$29.95 Add to cartExploring the creation of the El Cid legend over the centuries, this masterful and evocative biography peels away the layers of myth to reveal the real-life historical figure.
El Cid was perhaps the m- Author: Berend, Nora
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1639366466
- Language: English
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The Army That Never Was: George S. Patton and the Deception of Operation Fortitude
$29.95 Add to cartThe full, dramatic story behind Operation Fortitude–the biggest subterfuge of World War II–and the plan to mislead the Germans into thinking that the invasion of Europe would come at Pas-de-Calais. … [more below]
- Author: Downing, Taylor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1639367543
- Language: English
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One Life: The True Story of Sir Nicholas Winton and the Prague Kindertransport
$28.95 Add to cartSir Nicholas Winton rescued 669 Jewish children from Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia at the brink of World War II. Most never saw their parents again. This is his story.
*Now a major motion picture starr- Author: Winton, Barbara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1639367403
- Language: English
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Chain Reactions: The Hopeful History of Uranium
$29.95 Add to cartTracing uranium’s past–and how it intersects with our understanding of other radioactive elements–Chain Reactions aims to enlighten readers and refresh our attitudes about the atomic world.
Chain Re- Author: Santos, Lucy Jane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1639367446
- Language: English
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Lightborne
$27.95 Add to cartA thrilling reimagining of the last days of one of the most famed Elizabethan playwrights–Christopher Marlowe–and of a love that flourishes within the margins.
Christopher Marlowe: playwright, poet,- Author: Phillips, Hesse
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1639367381
- Language: English
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Borgata: Clash of Titans: A History of the American Mafia: Volume 2 of the Borgata Trilogy
$29.95 Add to cartThis epic three-volume history of the mafia continues with Borgata: Clash of Titans, covering 1960 to 1985, as the mob comes into conflict with the American political elite–and confronts internal war… [more below]
- Series: Borgata Trilogy
- Author: Ferrante, Louis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1639367489
- Language: English
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Lion City: Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia
$28.95 Read moreA compelling, illuminating and evocative history of Singapore–the world’s most successful city-state.
In 1965, Singapore’s GDP per capita was on a par with Jordan. Now it has outstripped Japan. After- Author: Vasagar, Jeevan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1643139347
- Language: English
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A Window to Heaven: The Daring First Ascent of Denali: America’s Wildest Peak
$27.95 Read moreThe captivating and heroic story of Hudson Stuck–an Episcopal priest–and his team’s history-making summit of Denali.
In 1913, four men made a months-long journey by dog sled to the base of the talle- Author: Dean, Patrick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1643136429
- Language: English
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Royal Witches: Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth-Century England
$17.95 Add to cartThe stories of four royal women, their lives intertwined by family and bound by persecution, unravel the history of witchcraft in fifteenth-century England.
Until the mass hysteria of the seventeenth- Author: Hollman, Gemma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 13 2021
- ISBN10: 1643137700
- Language: English
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Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire
$18.95 Add to cartIn this vivid fifty-year history of Germany from 1871-1918–which inspired events that forever changed the European continent–here is the story of the Second Reich from its violent beginnings and ris… [more below]
- Author: Hoyer, Katja
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1639362975
- Language: English
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The Roads to Rome: A History of Imperial Expansion
$32.00 Add to cartInspired by original research and filled with color and drama, this is an exploration of two thousand years of history as seen through one the greatest imperial networks ever built.
“All roads lead to- Author: Fletcher, Catherine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1639367608
- Language: English
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Yeonnam-Dong’s Smiley Laundromat
$25.95 Add to cartFor readers who loved Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Book Shop, this heartwarming Korean bestseller tells the story of a mysterious diary left in a laundromat brings together patrons from all walks of lif… [more below]
- Author: Jiyun, Kim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1639368035
- Language: English
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Good Nature: Why Seeing, Smelling, Hearing, and Touching Plants Is Good for Our Health
$29.95 Add to cartA ground-breaking investigation into newly discovered evidence showing that remarkable things happen to our bodies and our minds when our senses connect with the natural world.
We all take for grante- Author: Willis, Kathy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1639367640
- Language: English
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Agent Zo: The Untold Story of a Fearless World War II Resistance Fighter
$29.95 Add to cartThe incredible and inspiring story of Elzbieta Zawacka, the World War II female resistance fighter known as Agent Zo.
During World War II, Elzbieta Zawacka–the WWII female resistance fighter known as- Author: Mulley, Clare
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1639367624
- Language: English
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Ocean: A History of the Atlantic Before Columbus
$35.00 Add to cartA magisterial cultural history of the Atlantic Ocean before Columbus, ranging from the early shaping of the continents and the emergence of homo sapiens to the story of shipbuilding, navigation, marit… [more below]
- Author: Haywood, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1639367667
- Language: English
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The Stone Age: Sixty Years of the Rolling Stones
$28.95 Read moreAn acclaimed rock and roll journalist evokes the legacy of The Rolling Stones–iconic, granitic, commercially unstoppable as a collective; and fascinating, contradictory, and occasionally disturbing a… [more below]
- Author: Jones, Lesley-Ann
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 02 2022
- ISBN10: 163936207X
- Language: English
