Tilar J. Mazzeo Books in Order

Tilar J. Mazzeo examines accusations of plagiarism among British Romantic writers in their historical context. Exploring borrowing, literary property, class, and originality, she challenges modern assumptions about authorship and reassesses controversies surrounding Coleridge, Byron, Wordsworth, and their contemporaries.

Tilar J. Mazzeo traces the creation and enduring success of Chanel No. 5. The history connects Coco Chanel’s life, the perfume’s development, commercial partnerships, and cultural influence to explore how a fragrance became an international symbol.

Tilar J. Mazzeo explores Paris’s Hotel Ritz during the Nazi occupation. Through the lives of guests and staff, she follows espionage, romance, resistance, and betrayal inside a luxurious landmark where celebrity and privilege intersected with the dangers of war.

This biography follows Eliza Hamilton from her childhood in the Schuyler family through marriage, scandal, loss, and decades of philanthropy. Mazzeo examines her efforts to preserve Alexander Hamilton’s legacy while building an enduring public contribution of her own.

Three women risk their lives to preserve the secret diaries of Italian foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano during World War II. Mazzeo follows their shifting alliances, escapes, and intelligence work as Nazi leaders try to suppress evidence of their crimes.

When her husband becomes gravely ill during an 1856 voyage, nineteen-year-old Mary Ann Patten takes command of their merchant ship. Facing mutiny and deadly seas near Antarctica, she must protect the crew and the future she hoped to build.

Tilar J. Mazzeo recounts Irena Sendler's efforts to rescue Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto during World War II. The narrative follows her underground network, dangerous smuggling operations, and secret records preserving the children's identities.