Susan Higginbotham, Author Sourcebooks Landmark $14.99 (400p) ISBN 978-1-4022-3766-9
Higginbotham's latest historical novel is set during England's turbulent War of the Roses. The title refers to King Edward IV's secret marriage to Elizabeth Woodville, which serves as catalyst to the exploits of the main characters,...
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Susan Higginbotham. Sourcebooks, $14.99 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-1-4022-6558-7
Through women’s eyes, Higginbotham (The Queen of Last Hopes) attempts to bring to life England’s interregnal period between the death of Henry VIII and the ascension of Elizabeth I in this dull Tudor historical. Edward succeeds his late father, but...
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Susan Higginbotham. Onslow, $15.99 trade paper (402p) ISBN 978-1-73747-490-6
Higginbotham (The First Lady and the Rebel) portrays John Brown’s path toward violent abolitionism in this meticulous epic. In 1833 Pennsylvania, 16-year-old Mary Day learns about the horrors of slavery while working at Brown’s house and declares, “T
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Susan Higginbotham. Onslow, $4.99 e-book (270p) ASIN B0CJMS7MRB
Higginbotham (The Traitor’s Wife) offers a stirring tale of suffragette and abolitionist Ernestine Rose (1810–1892), a contemporary of Susan B. Anthony. In 1822 Poland, Ernestine refuses the marriage arranged by her rabbi father, to take place when...
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Susan Higginbotham. Sourcebooks Landmark, $15.99 trade paper (400p) ISBN 978-1-4926-4708-9
Higginbotham (Hanging Mary) memorably depicts the relationship between Mary Todd Lincoln and her sister, Emily Todd Helm, wife of a Confederate general, against the backdrop of the Civil War. As a young unmarried woman in 1839, Mary Todd travels...
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