Series: Women in History

Ground-breaking ... One of the greatest international bestsellers of the post-war period Andrew Roberts, Daily Telegraph Reads like an engrossing novel Sunday Times An infant queen. A teenage widow. Beautiful, flamboyant Mary Queen of Scots had a formidable intellect but her political sense — formed at the absolute court of France — plunged her country into a maelstrom of intrigue,...

Personal History by Katharine Graham offers an intimate glimpse into the life of a remarkable woman. Katharine's father, a multi-millionaire, left private business and government service to buy and revive the struggling Washington Post. The book movingly and charitably recounts her husband Phil Graham's battle with manic depression and his eventual suicide. Katharine Graham shares her own story in extraordinary...