Jennet Conant, Author . Simon & Schuster $27 (393p) ISBN 978-0-7432-9458-4
What could be more intriguing than the young writer Roald Dahl—destined to create such classics as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
—assigned by His Majesty’s Government to Washington, D.C., as a diplomat in the spring of 1942,...
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Jennet Conant, Simon & Schuster, $28 (448p) ISBN 978-1-4391-6352-8
Julia Child's passion for French cuisine began when she and her husband, Paul, moved to Paris in 1948. The couple met in Ceylon in 1944 when both were in the Office of Strategic Services, precursor to the CIA, and they married two years later. To...
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Jennet Conant. Simon & Schuster, $30 (608p) ISBN 978-1-4767-3088-2
James Conant (1893–1978) is not a household name, but this extensive biography by one of his granddaughters, historian Jennet Conant (Tuxedo Park), should convince readers that he was an important figure in his time. A world-class chemist, Conant...
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Jennet Conant. Norton, $27.95 (400p) ISBN 978-1-324-00250-5
Historian Conant (Man of the Hour) reveals the surprising links between chemotherapy and chemical weapons in this well-researched and engrossing account. The American Liberty ship John Harvey was carrying a secret cargo of 2,000 mustard bombs when...
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Jennet Conant. Norton, $32.50 (576p) ISBN 978-0-393-88212-4
Historian Conant (The Great Secret) delivers an engrossing portrait of “nervy and relentless” war correspondent Marguerite Higgins (1920–1966). An only child of “Irish-French-Hong Kong heritage,” Higgins launched her career at UC Berkeley’s Daily...
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Jennet Conant, Author, Simon Prebble, Read by , read by Simon Prebble. HighBridge Audio $34.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-59887-693-2
This carefully researched chronicle of Dahl’s WWII espionage ought to be more interesting than it is—the word “spy ring” suggests thrilling acts of derring-do, yet they never come. While occasionally intriguing, this is too...
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