The acclaimed social historian provides an in-depth look at eight society women who shaped upper class culture from the Gilded Age to WWII.

A small town is shattered when a beloved young mother murders her two sons. Days of hope turn to horror as the nation watches the unthinkable unfold. Susan Smith's tearful pleas mask a chilling truth, exposing the depths of human depravity. More than a crime story, this is a heart-wrenching exploration of grief, betrayal, and the fragile bonds of motherhood.

The true story of Charles Stuart, who murdered his pregnant wife in Boston—and blamed a fictitious African-American killer.

“A tale of a pathetically flawed man whose veneer of charm hid an emptiness that even his own family could not see and that at last drove him into moral eclipse...Riveting.” —Kirkus Reviews

He fought for Washington, served with Lincoln, witnessed Bunker Hill, and sounded the clarion against slavery on the eve of the Civil War. He negotiated an end to the War of 1812, engineered the annexation of Florida, and won the Supreme Court decision that freed the African captives of The Amistad. This is a magisterial biography and a sweeping panorama of American history from the Washington to Lincoln eras, Unger's John Quincy Adams follows one of America's most important yet least-known figures.