The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism
By: Bill Shaffer
3.63
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An Alexander Hamilton heir, a beautiful female con artist, an abandoned baby, and the shocking cour…
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1. Stealing Lincoln's Body
By: Thomas J. Craughwell
3.45
Format: 94 pages, Hardcover
On the night of the presidential election in 1876, a gang of counterfeiters out of Chicago attempte… read more
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- american history
- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
2. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
By: Timothy Egan
4.38
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the rivetin… read more
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- true crime
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"When hate was on the ballot, especially in the guise of virtue, a majority of voters knew exactly what to do."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"Stephenson had succeeded with an unusual formula for a mass movement: men were the muscle, women spread the poison, and ministers sanctified it all."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"The governor of Georgia, Clifford Walker, told a Klan rally in 1924 that the United States should 'build a wall of steel, a wall as high as heaven' against immigrants."-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
"There are millions who have never joined, but who think and feel and, when called on, will fight with us," Evans wrote. "This is our real strength, and no one who ignores it can hope to understand Am…"-Timothy Egan, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
3. The Unfit Heiress: The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt
By: Audrey Clare Farley
3.65
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
At the turn of the twentieth century, American women began to reject Victorian propriety in favor o… read more
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- biography
- history
- true crime
- historical
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
4. Murder in the Family: Inside story of the Jersey murders
By: Jeremy Josephs
3.93
Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition
As this true crime tale of murder shows, even the most successful families can hide terrible secret… read more
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- nonfiction
- true crime
5. The Orphans of Davenport: Eugenics, the Great Depression, and the War over Children's Intelligence
By: Marilyn Brookwood
3.89
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The fascinating―and eerily timely―tale of the forgotten Depression-era psychologists who launched t… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
6. Blood & Ink: An Heiress, a Tabloid War, and the Unsolved Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime
By: Joe Pompeo
3.58
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
Vanity Fair's Joe Pompeo investigates the notorious 1922 double murder of a high-society minister a… read more
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- american history
- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
7. The Grit in the Pearl: The Scandalous Life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (The shocking true story behind A Very British Scandal, starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany)
By: Lyndsy Spence
3.55
Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition
MARGARET, DUCHESS OF ARGYLL was an international celebrity in her youth, adored and observed by mil… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
8. Frank Sinatra and the Mafia Murders
By: Mike Rothmiller
4.09
Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition
It was said of the young Frank Sinatra that he came across as "St Francis of Assisi with a shoulder… read more
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- crime
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9. Hitler and the Habsburgs: The Fuhrer's Vendetta Against the Austrian Royals
By: James McMurtry Longo
4.43
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Five youthful years in Vienna. It was then and there that Adolf Hitler's obsession with the Habsbur… read more
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- biography
- history
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- audiobook
10. Such Good Friends: A Novel of Truman Capote & Lee Radziwill
By: Stephen Greco
3.71
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
“Fans of Capote and the era of Camelot should be delighted.” —Shana Abé, New York Times bestsellin… read more
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- historical
- audiobook
11. Women of Means: The Fascinating Biographies of Royals, Heiresses, Eccentrics and Other Poor Little Rich Girls
By: Marlene Wagman-Geller
3.44
Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition
People are riveted by royals, captivated by celebrities, mesmerized by the monied and enthralled by… read more
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- biography
- history
- memoir
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
12. The Scandalous Life of Nancy Randolph
By: Kate Braithwaite
4.30
Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition
A compelling historical retelling of the first great scandal to shake America. Victim? Temptress… read more
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- historical
13. The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism
By: Bill Shaffer
3.63
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An Alexander Hamilton heir, a beautiful female con artist, an abandoned baby, and the shocking cour… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- memoir
- true crime
- historical
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
14. The Astors (Dynasties Book 1)
By: Virginia Cowles
3.77
Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition
'Recounted at great speed, and with splendid life, vigour and readability' Antonia Fraser The Asto… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- american history
15. Buried Secrets: Looking for Frank and Ida
By: Anne Hanson
4.36
Format: 372 pages, Paperback
WHEN ANNE HANSON’S DAD FIRST ASKED her to investigate the secret past of his parents, little did sh… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
16. Diamonds and Deadlines: A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded Age
By: Betsy Prioleau
3.55
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Betsy Prioleau’s biography of Gilded Age female tycoon Miriam Leslie is “an appropriately twisty ta… read more
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- american history
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17. The Red Widow: The Scandal that Shook Paris and the Woman Behind it All
By: Sarah Horowitz
3.43
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
"An unforgettable portrait of a woman who became one of the most notorious figures of her day and w… read more
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- biography
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- true crime
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18. Blood of My Ancestor
By: Carolyn Ann Howard
4.33
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
One wealthy farmer with two daughters -- each from different previous marriages. Both wives died, l… read more
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19. The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
By: Michael Wolraich
3.77
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The riveting story of how the murder of femme fatale Vivian Gordon in 1931 brought about the downfa… read more
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- true crime
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20. A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue
By: Dean Jobb
4.02
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
“A master of narrative nonfiction … in this mesmerizing tale about a Jazz Age gentlemanly thief, Jo… read more
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21. Greed in the Gilded Age: The Brilliant Con of Cassie Chadwick
By: William Elliott Hazelgrove
3.46
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
Greed in the Gilded Age is a Gatsby-esque tale of mystery, money, sex, and scandal. 'Millionaire… read more
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