Lynne Olson

12 books

Citizens of London: The Americans who Stood with Britain in its Darkest, Finest Hour by Lynne Olson

Citizens of London: The Americans who Stood with Britain in its Darkest, Finest Hour

Lynne Olson

496 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction by Lynne Olson

Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction

Lynne Olson

448 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging emotional informative slow-paced
Freedom's Daughters: The Unsung Heroines of the Civil Rights Movement from 1830 to 1970 by Lynne Olson

Freedom's Daughters: The Unsung Heroines of the Civil Rights Movement from 1830 to 1970

Lynne Olson

464 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history race informative inspiring slow-paced
Last Hope Island: Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood That Helped Turn the Tide of War by Lynne Olson

Last Hope Island: Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood That Helped Turn the Tide of War

Lynne Olson

576 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler by Lynne Olson

Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler

Lynne Olson

464 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative inspiring fast-paced
The Murrow Boys: Pioneers on the Front Lines of Broadcast Journalism by Stanley Cloud, Lynne Olson

The Murrow Boys: Pioneers on the Front Lines of Broadcast Journalism

Stanley Cloud, Lynne Olson

480 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
A Question of Honor: The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heroes of World War II by Stanley Cloud, Lynne Olson

A Question of Honor: The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heroes of World War II

Stanley Cloud, Lynne Olson

512 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history informative fast-paced
Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941 by Lynne Olson

Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941

Lynne Olson

576 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England by Lynne Olson

Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England

Lynne Olson

448 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative tense fast-paced
For Your Freedom and Ours: The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heroes of World War II by Lynne Olson

For Your Freedom and Ours: The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heroes of World War II

Lynne Olson

512 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional medium-paced