Miriam Greenblatt

Presents the life of John Quincy Adams, including his childhood, education, employment, and political career.

A biography of our eleventh President, who previously served as a U.S. Congressman and a Governor of Tennessee.

Provides an overview of the lives of Charlemagne and his subjects in the Frankish empire of the late eighth and early ninth centuries, and includes excerpts from poems, letters, laws, and diaries of the time.

Explains the role of Peter the Great in taking Russia into the modern world; describes the everyday life of the people; and includes poems, plays, and letters written by Russians about themselves.

Describes the tumultuous reign of Hatshepsut, daughter of Thothmes I, and life in ancient Egypt during her reign.

A revised account of the events surrounding the War of 1812 between the newly established United States and Great Britain.