Candice Millard Books in Order

Candice Millard follows the young Winston Churchill to the Boer War, where his pursuit of distinction leads to capture and a daring escape. The account explores the dangerous experiences and encounters that helped shape his ambitions and later career.

Candice Millard recounts the nineteenth-century search for the source of the Nile, following Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke and guide Sidi Mubarak Bombay. The expedition's hardships and rivalries expose the human conflicts and imperial ambitions behind a celebrated quest.

During Germany's occupation of Belgium in World War I, Edith Cavell, Louise Thuliez and Marie de Croy help stranded Allied soldiers escape. Their secret rescue network expands despite the threat of execution and the danger of betrayal from within.

Following his election defeat, Theodore Roosevelt joins an expedition down an unmapped Amazon tributary with his son Kermit and explorer Cândido Rondon. Candice Millard chronicles the journey's dangerous terrain, failing supplies, illness, and mounting tensions among the men.