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We expect our books to be no less relevant twenty-five years from now as they are today. Based in downtown Manhattan, Pegasus strives to reach readers nationwide who share our conviction that good literature is essential to the health of our cultural life. We welcome your support in our mission to deliver books that effect a vital dialogue between our authors and their audience. For press and medi
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"It all began with my grandmother Channa’s famous bedtime stories. Unable to entertain an 8-year-old insomniac, she was only able hold my attention with stories drawn from her own youth," writes #LisaBrahin, author of TEARS OVER RUSSIA, in The Times of Israel.
From the blog of Lisa Brahin at The Times of Israel
"This is space writing at its finest, laying out extraterrestrial mysteries and convincing us to care," writes the Scientific American of THE RED PLANET by #SimonMorden (July 5th). 🔴
Recommendations from the editors of Scientific American
On the Ancient Mysteries of Linen
For a few weeks when I was twelve my class had a magical Latin teacher, Mr. Thomas. In our first ever Latin class he started by telling us three things: He’d been present at one of the discoveries …
Wow! ✨ On his visit to Kyiv, Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a signed copy of #RobertHardman's QUEEN OF OUR TIMES! 👑
The Prime Minister gave the Ukrainian president a signed copy of Queen Of Our Times during his visit to Kyiv.
"Shelley Sackier, director of distillery education at Virginia’s Reservoir Distillery, details her 'unquenchable thirst' for all things whisky in this spirited and witty blend of memoir and booze history," writes Publishers Weekly in its glowing review of MAKE IT A DOUBLE.
"The result yields an exhilarating taste of the world of whisky." 🥃
Sackier (The Antidote), director of distillery education at Virginia’s Reservoir Distillery, details her “unquenchable thirst” f...
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that suspense novels set on trains can’t help be anything other than terrific," writes the Washington Post. "Needless to say, any fan of #JamesGrady’s CONDOR adventures will be eager to climb onboard THIS TRAIN." 🚂
I’ll revisit "Ulysses" on its 100th anniversary and delve into "Cheri" as well as works by wonderful modern writers like Guy Gavriel Kay.
A radical vision for protecting users –– but can it save us from our own worst impulses? The Guardian reviews THE DIGITAL REPUBLIC by #JamieSusskind. 💻
A radical vision for protecting users – but can it save us from our own worst impulses?
"In the spring of 1920, 1,500 to 2,000 Jews were burned alive in the synagogue in the nearby city of Tetiev by the followers of Ataman A. Kurovsky." ✡️
You can read this excerpt from TEARS OVER RUSSIA by #LisaBrahin on History News Network.
Lisa Brahin is a genealogical researcher and the author of Tears Over Russia: A Search for Family and the Legacy of Ukraine's Pogroms, from which this excerpt is published by permission of Simon and Schuster.
Thrilled to see TRAITOR KING by Andrew Lownie Literary Agency (July 5th) featured on Town & Country's list of the "33 Must-Read Books of Summer 2022"! 👑
Buzzy novels, compulsively readable non-fiction, and a few deliciously guilty pleasures.
Father’s Day is just around the corner, so here are a few books we recommend for all the dads out there! 🎣
🚨 Calling all history buffs! 🚨 You don't want to miss MARY CHURCHILL'S WAR, a new collection of the private diaries of Winston Churchill's youngest daughter, edited by his granddaughter, Emma Soames.
Check out Emma's interview with WGN TV ➡️
New book based on the private diaries of Winston Churchill's youngest daughter, Mary...most of which have never been published until now.The book was edited ...
Join MAKE IT A DOUBLE author Shelley Sackier, in conversation with #ChelseaGregoire, for an event this Saturday at 7 pm at Greedy Reads in Baltimore! Whisky samples will be available for attendees. 🥃
MAKE IT A DOUBLE with Shelley Sackier and Chelsea Gregoire
Take a sneak peek at the goodness that is FIVE-PART INVENTION by Andi Buchanan, forthcoming from Pegasus Books next month! More snaps at Andrea's Twitter ⤵️
https://twitter.com/andibuchanan/status/1532395227432079362
Congratulations to @johncope74 — THE SAVAGE KIND is the winner of the 2022 @lambdaliterary award for LGBTQ Mystery! 🏳️🌈🔎
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"As a child, I was drawn to an old sepia-toned photograph taken in Russia that stood proudly on my great-grandmother’s shelf," writes #LisaBrahin in this excerpt from TEARS OVER RUSSIA published by Literary Hub. ✡️
As a child, I was drawn to an old sepia-toned photograph taken in Russia that stood proudly on my great-grandmother’s shelf. The Cabinet Portrait showed her as a stunning young brunette propping up…
Thrilled to see ILLUMINATED BY WATER on this list from Kirkus Reviews! 🎣
A history of Fire Island, a collection of true-crime tales, and a memoir from Ice-T will entertain nonfiction readers.
Congratulations, John Copenhaver! 🥳 Lambda Literary
"Eyam is ‘the plague village’, burdened and burnished by a story of remarkable sacrifice that has endured the centuries." 🌿
Check out #JoanneBurn's CrimeReads piece, where she discusses the history behind the apothecaries in her new novel, THE HEMLOCK CURE.
Hidden in the Derbyshire Dales, in a hollow where the crags of the Dark Peak meet the hills of the White Peak, is the village of Eyam. It is an ancient place, settled in Anglo-Saxon times, with a r…
Join Gioia Diliberto, author of COCO AT THE RITZ, for a book talk with Alliance Française de Chicago on June 15th at 6:30 pm! ✍
Gioia Diliberto in conversation with Chicago author Rita Dragonette Book sale and signing session with author to follow program. By the time the Vichy government descends upon France, Coco is no longer the youthful 20-something she once was.
THE HEMLOCK CURE by #JoanneBurn "is beautifully written and memorable. To escape into this book is to escape into a different time," writes Beth’s Book Blog. 🌿
My friends at Pegasus Books sent me a galley of The Hemlock Cure and it was definitely a unique read. Oddly reminiscent of Hamnet, it tells the story of the village of Eyam during the 1600’s …
"Helen Rappaport skillfully delineates the racial and gendered dynamics of the period, making clear just how extraordinary Seacole’s achievements were. The result is a fitting tribute to woman long denied her due," writes Publishers Weekly in its review of IN SEARCH OF MARY SEACOLE (September). ✍️
Historian Rappaport (After the Romanovs) delivers a doggedly researched biography of Mary Seacole, née Grant (c. 1805–1881), the...
Listen now: YOU ARE WHAT YOU RISK author Michele Wucker joins Alex Honnold (of Free Solo fame) on the Climbing Gold podcast this week. They talk about evaluating risk, creating safety nets, and more. 🦏
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"I cannot find words to describe my feelings about it. I only know I am moved to a greater & wider realisation of the suffering war brings." ✍️
In today's Literary Hub, check out this excerpt from MARY CHURCHILL'S WAR, a new collection of her diaries edited by Emma Soames!
When you think of Winston Churchill, you tend to think of 1940. This year will change everything for him and his family; their darkest but also finest hour. Yet for Mary it begins relatively inauspi…
ICYMI: Watch Emma Soames, Winston Churchill's granddaughter, discuss MARY CHURCHILL'S WAR, a new collection of her mother's wartime diaries, with bestselling author Erik Larson at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum! ➡️
"MARY CHURCHILL'S WAR: A Conversation with Emma Soames and Erik Larson"Wednesday, June 8, 20222:00 p.m. EDTLINK: https://youtu.be/35_9iOYVWmUThe FDR Library ...
It’s publication week for MARY CHURCHILL’S WAR, a new collection of Mary Churchill’s previously unpublished wartime diaries, edited by her daughter (and Winston Churchill’s granddaughter) Emma Soames. ✍️
Yesterday, Emma joined bestselling author Erik Larson (who also wrote the foreword) for an amazing event at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum! 🇬🇧
“There is a place I have traveled to that has left a deep impression upon my soul…” 🥃
Check out this fun excerpt from Shelley Sackier's new memoir, MAKE IT A DOUBLE, in The Daily Beast!
Royalty has dined there, presidents have golfed there, and anyone footing the bill has experienced cardiac arrest there.
"For Julia completists, this well-researched work, which involves a careful sifting of primary sources, will be a must-read," writes Winnipeg Free Press in its review of WARMING UP JULIA CHILD by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz. 🥘
Julia Child is having a moment right now. Celebrating her ebullient personality and her influential body of work, which helped change attitudes to cooking and eating in postwar North America, we have a recent documentary (2021’s Julia), as well as a new dramatized series (also called Julia and sho...
"I found WONDERDOG (November) by #JulesHoward to be an excellent, careful, and critical summary of research bearing on a wide variety of questions including, "What do dogs really think of us? What do dogs know and understand?" writes Psychology Today. 🐶
Science writer Jules Howard's new book shows what we really know about dogs.
"Finlay's writing is at once technical, historical and deeply personal. Like a skilled weaver, she takes many disparate threads and constructs a compelling narrative as informative as it is emotionally engaging," writes The New York Times Books in its rave review of FABRIC. 🧵
Victoria Finlay’s “Fabric” examines the tangled stories of the textiles we wear and what they say about their times.
Happy #PubDay to MAKE IT A DOUBLE by @shelleysackier! 🥃
Join Shelley on her lifelong journey in the male-dominated world of whisky by picking up a copy or by attending a tour event in Richmond, Baltimore, DC, and more!
“Although I had written THE HEMLOCK CURE before the pandemic, I’ve been fascinated at the parallels between our experiences of coronavirus and the 17th-century response to a plague outbreak." 🌿
Check out #JoanneBurn's interview with the Historical Novel Society!
BY DENISE MORAN People today face a better chance of not succumbing to the recent coronavirus (COVID-19) disease by becoming vaccinated. People who struggled during pandemics of the past, such as the Great Plague of London in 1665, were not as fortunate. A new novel, The Hemlock Cure by Joanne Burn....
MAKE IT A DOUBLE "walks readers through the science and history of whiskey making –– alongside Shelley Sackier's own shot-sized, laugh-out-loud, personal stories." 🥃
Take a listen to Shelley's interview with NPR's WVTF Music and RADIO IQ!
Reservoir Distillery in Richmond makes award-winning whiskeys. And part of the small team behind the bar is Shelley Sackier, whose newest book details her decades-long love affair with the brown spirit.
Happy #PubDay to #JoanneBurn and THE HEMLOCK CURE! ✨ Check out her interview with Flex and Herds of 2ser 107.3 Radio's Death of the Reader!
We discuss chapters 8-12 of Absolution by Murder, the first novel in the dark-ages mystery extravaganza that is the Sister Fidelma series by Peter Tremayne. Now neck deep in the interrogation section, the bodies are mounting, and Sister Fidelma finds herself increasingly pitted against the norms of....
Congratulations to SJ Rozan –– FAMILY BUSINESS has been nominated for a Shamus Award for Best Hardcover by the Private Eye Writers of America! 🔎
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"An outstanding addition to the groaning bookshelves on one of the world’s most recognizable leaders. Broers continues his run of satisfying books on Napoleon," writes Kirkus Reviews in its starred review of NAPOLEON by Michael Broers (August 30th). 🇫🇷
Broers continues his run of satisfying books on Napoleon.
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