History

On the latest episode of “This Is Audible,” the nation’s semiquincentennial inspires a syllabus of recs.

What the 200-year-old murder case at the center of “Kingdom of Devils” says about American violence today.

To mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar urges us to step away from our screens and explore America’s past out on the open road.

“She teaches us to keep using the one thing we all have: our voice,” the author says of her novel focused on the infamous Egyptian queen, narrated by Adjoa Andoh.

In “The Crown’s Silence,” scholar and historian Brooke Newman traces the royal role in colonial slavery.

In “The Typewriter and the Guillotine,” Mark Braude recounts the groundbreaking work of journalist Janet Flanner and the serial killer who embodied the savagery of her era.

Armchair historians of all stripes are sure to find something captivating in this collection.

The award-winning author’s latest, The Devil Reached Toward the Sky, marks the 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the end of WWII.

These wild-but-true tales loom large in the annals of maritime history and survival stories.

Bundles’ great-grandmother, daughter of Madame C.J. Walker, was the “Joy Goddess” of the Harlem Renaissance.

She believes when authors narrate, they reveal their own secrets.

The belief that one is better, or better looking due to the lightness of their skin, has roots in slavery. Will it ever go away?