House of ShadowsThe wooded hills of Oxfordshire conceal the remains of the aptly named Ashdown Housea wasted pile of cinders and regret. Once home to the daughter of a king, Ashdown and its secrets will unite three women across four centuries in a tangle of intrigue, deceit and destiny In the winter of 1662, Elizabeth Stuart, the Winter Queen, is on her deathbed. She entrusts an ancient pearl, rumored to have magic power, to her faithful cavalier William Craven for

Women’s Rights in Afghanistan: A courageous woman’s fight for education and freedom

more secure

Recently affluent

founded by his father

From Broke Artist to TV Host: Read the unlikely story of how a poet scribbling on a bus in San Francisco crash-tested her way through odd jobs to land a spot on one of television’s most iconic shows

double crosses

” The answer is to stay fresh

But when old secrets begin to unravel and threaten everything the De Veres have worked for

On the fifth anniversary of her death and written during her long battle with cancer

in the vein of Touching the Void

arguing that the key to success is learning to be well-lopsided

History often appears to consist of