Coolidge, Olivia E

Stating in her preface that the life of Churchill is the history of the first half of the twentieth century, the author views the great British statesman in relation to his times.

Traces the progress of the Crusades over 300 years as experienced by participants from all stratas of medieval society.

The life of the political philosopher whose pamphlets Common Sense and The American Crisis greatly influenced colonial opinion during the Revolution.

A biography of the novelist, a contemporary of Henry James, who wrote about New York society life in such noted works as The House of Mirth and The Age of Innocence.