Historical Novels: A Reading

Set during the years following the Civil War, Robert Hicks‘s The Orphan Mother, tells the story of a former slave’s quest for justice following her son’s murder. Bestselling authors Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie present America’s First Daughter, which draws from thousands of letters and original sources to tell the fascinating story of Thomas Jefferson’s eldest daughter, Martha “Patsy” Jefferson Randolph—a woman who kept the secrets of our most enigmatic founding father and shaped an American legacy. In Irina Reyn’s The Imperial Wife, two women’s lives collide when a priceless Russian artifact comes to light.