History from a Woman's Perspective- A Book Blog

The Only Woman in the Room Author: Marie Benedict Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Release Date: January 8, 2019 Pages: 272 Source: Netgalley/Publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: She possessed a stunning beauty. She also possessed a stunning mind. Could the world handle both?     Her beauty almost certainly saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans while at her husband's side, understanding more than anyone would guess. She devised a plan to flee in disguise from their castle, and the whirlwind escape landed her in Hollywood. She became Hedy Lamarr, screen star.      But she kept a secret more shocking than her heritage or her marriage: she was a scientist. And she knew a few secrets about the enemy. She had an idea that might help the country fight the Nazis...if anyone would listen to her. ...

Enchantress of Numbers: A Novel of Ada Lovelace Author: Jennifer Chiaverini Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Dutton Release Date: 2017 Pages: 446 Source: Netgalley/Publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini illuminates the life of Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace—Lord Byron's daughter and the world's first computer progammer.      The only legitimate child of Lord Byron, the most brilliant, revered, and scandalous of the Romantic poets, Ada was destined for fame long before her birth. But her mathematician mother, estranged from Ada's infamous and destructively passionate father, is determined to save her only child from her perilous Byron heritage. Banishing fairy tales and make-believe from the nursery, Ada’s mother provides her daughter with a rigorous education grounded in mathematics and science. Any troubling spark of imagination—or worse yet, passion or poetry—is promptly extinguishe...