Two wealthy teenagers defy their parents by marrying political radicals - the first was Benedict Arnold, the second Henry Knox. Benedict Arnold's wife was the blonde Philadelphia belle, Peggy Shippen, who fell in love with the famous military hero who then governed the city. Henry Knox's wife was the stunning black-eyed brunette Lucy Flucker, whose Loyalist family never spoke to her again. This book captures how passion and marriage changed the lives of both young women - one who assisted Arnold in his betrayal of America, the other, who faithfully followed General Knox through the army camps of the Revolution.

Praised by her mentor John Adams, Mercy Otis Warren was America's first female historian of the American Revolution and the first American woman playwright. In this unprecedented biography, Nancy Rubin Stuart reveals how Warren's provocative writing made her an exception among the largely voiceless women of the eighteenth century.

"An artful, sensitive biography... A prerequisite for understanding Isabella is understanding the period and Rubin excels at delineating both." --"Booklist"
"Rubin succeeds admirably in recounting the story of Spain's greatest queen and the impact of her reign on her country and the world... a first rate exposition." --"Kirkus"
"An excellent, well-developed picture of the complex, often contradictory forces of the European scene from which Columbus sailed." --"Washington Times"
"Classic... will make permanent literary history by dispelling many schoolroom myths." --"Tulsa World"

American Empress is a sweeping history of the dramatic life of heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post, daughter of breakfast-cereal magnate C. W. Post. As a young girl growing up in the Midwest, Marjorie Post helped glue cereal boxes in her father's barn, later became a board member of his company, wed a diplomat and by late middle age was widely acknowledged as the unofficial "Queen of Washington, D.C." The glamorous and warm-hearted Mrs. Post was also mother to actress Dina Merrill. Throughout her life, she gave generously to hundreds of civic, artistic and philanthropic causes, among which were the National Symphony Orchestra, the Washington Ballet and the Kennedy Center. By virtue of her brains, beauty and great wealth, Mrs. Post was a woman well ahead of her era, whose natural business acumen created the frozen foods industry and transformed the Postum Cereal Company into the General Foods Corporation.