History and Current Events April 2026 |
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| Mafia: A Global History by Ryan GingerasHistorian Ryan Gingeras' sweeping account surveys the origins and exploits of organized crime syndicates throughout the world, including the Mafia, yakuza, triad, and more. |
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Queen: A Biography by Tim HealdIn February 1952 King George VI died and his elder daughter Elizabeth succeeded to the throne. Life for her and for the British people, her subjects, was never the same again. This is the story of the young girl who became queen and has reigned for six decades.
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| The Blood Countess: Murder, Betrayal, and the Making of a Monster by Shelley PuhakWriter and poet Shelley Puhak's (The Dark Queens) nuanced and demythologizing latest examines the life and exploits of 16th-century Hungarian noblewoman Elizabeth Báthory, whose conviction of (and imprisonment for) torturing and murdering 80 girls and women was the result of a smear campaign. It's "a stunning feminist reconsideration of one of history's most reviled villainesses" (Publishers Weekly). |
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Muv: The Story of the Mitford Girls' Mother by Rachel TretheweyEveryone knows about the six flamboyant Mitford girls but in fact there were seven remarkable women in the famous family--the seventh was Muv, Lady Sydney Redesdale, the mother of the notorious sisters. Too often portrayed as different from them and outside the girl gang, she was really the original and much of her daughters' strong will, self-confidence, and extremism came from her. The story of her life at the heart of one of Britain's most famous families is told in full here for the first time and is a missing piece in understanding one of the twentieth century's most complex and fascinating families.
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