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Forthcoming · 2027 · Harper (US) · HarperNorth (UK)
The Lost Continent
The Quest for Earth’s Greatest Secret at the Bottom of the World
The story of an idea that began in ancient Greece and took sail in the Renaissance and Enlightenment.
The shelf
Narrative nonfiction, biography and translation — from the riots of nineteenth-century New York to the far edge of the known world.
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2016 · Harper
Moscow Nights
The Van Cliburn Story — How One Man and His Piano Transformed the Cold War
The pianist who, for a moment, bridged two dangerously hostile powers.
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award
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2015 · Penguin Classics
Marco PoloThe Travels
A new translation and critical edition
The first completely new English translation in over fifty years.
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2011 · Harper (US, 2011) · Atlantic (UK, 2012)
The Last Crusade
The Epic Voyages of Vasco da Gama
A running sea battle that would change the fate of three continents.
A New York Times Notable Book of 2011
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2007 · Random House
The Shakespeare Riots
Revenge, Drama, and Death in Nineteenth-Century America
One of the bloodiest incidents in New York’s history, ignited by two Shakespearean actors.
Finalist for the 2008 National Award for Arts Writing