A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America
Véra (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov): Portrait of a Marriage
Saint Exupéry: A Biography
Essays and Columns
- "'Voltaire in Love': An Ardent, Intellectual Affair", NPR's "You Must Read This" (January 2011)
- "Indelible Portraits of Women's Lives", The Wall Street Journal (December 2010)
- "Cleopatra's Guide to Good Governance,", New York Times (December 2010)
- Goddess, Queen, Celebrity: 11 Iconic Images Of Cleopatra And Why They're Wrong, Huffington Post (November 2010)
- "Will the Real Cleopatra Please Stand Up?", W (October 2010)
- "Still Under Cleopatra's Spell", The Wall Street Journal (October 2010)
- Faber Finds: Harold Nicolson's Some People (July 2010)
- "Cleopatra's Comeback", The Daily Beast (June 2010)
- Book review of Yours Ever—People and their Letters, by Thomas Mallon, The New York Times (November 2009)
- "Who's Buried in Cleopatra's Tomb?", The New York Times (April 2009)
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