<div>“Splendidly readable and hugely informative. . . . Episode after episode from the cultural life of the twentieth century springs to vivid life.” —Boston Globe From Freud to Babbitt, from Animal Farm to Sartre to the Great Society, from the Theory of Relativity to counterculture to Kosovo, The Modern Mind is encyclopedic, covering the major writers, artists, scientists, and philosophers who produced the ideas by which we live. Peter Watson has produced a fluent and engaging narrative of the intellectual tradition of the twentieth century, and the men and women who created it. “Watson’s rich narrative covers every corner of intellectual life in the twentieth century.” —Publishers Weekly “Packed with a multitude of events, ideas, and influential people, Watson’s infectious writing carries the reader swiftly along. . . . This book will be read and consulted for many years.” —Library Journal “Enthralling, illuminating, and intellectually titillating.” —Booklist</div>

The Modern Mind

<div>Peter Watson's hugely ambitious and stimulating history of ideas from deep antiquity to the present day&#8212from the invention of writing, mathematics, science, and philosophy to the rise of such concepts as the law, sacrifice, democracy, and the soul&#8212offers an illuminated path to a greater understanding of our world and ourselves.</div>

Ideas

<div>In The Great Divide, acclaimed author and historian Peter Watson explores the development of humankind between the Old World and the New, and offers a groundbreaking new understanding of human history. By 15,000 BC, humans had migrated from northeastern Asia across the frozen Bering land bridge to the Americas. When the last Ice Agecame to an end, the Bering Strait refilled with water, dividing America from Eurasia. This division continued until Christopher Columbus voyaged to the New World in the fifteenth century. The Great Divide compares the development of humankind in the Old World and the New between 15,000 BC and AD 1,500. Combining the most up-to-date knowledge in archaeology, anthropology, geology, meteorology, cosmology, and mythology, Peter Watson&#8217;s masterful study offers uniquely revealing insight into what it means to be human.</div>

The Great Divide

<div>The German Genius is a virtuoso cultural history of German ideas and influence, from 1750 to the present day, by acclaimed historian Peter Watson (Making of the Modern Mind, Ideas). From Bach, Goethe, and Schopenhauer to Nietzsche, Freud, and Einstein, from the arts and humanities to science and philosophy, The German Genius is a lively and accessible review of over 250 years of German intellectual history. In the process, it explains the devastating effects of World War II, which transformed a vibrant and brilliantly artistic culture into a vehicle of warfare and destruction, and it shows how the German culture advanced in the war&#8217;s aftermath.</div>

The German Genius

<div>Stolen gold and forbidden love intertwine in this riveting novel set during the last days of the Third Reich by &ldquo;a superb writer and a masterful storyteller&rdquo; (Houston Chronicle). Walter Wolff, an officer in the US Army&rsquo;s art recovery unit, has been assigned to track down a priceless collection of gold coins stolen from a monastery in Austria. General Eisenhower believes the treasure could be melted down and used to finance the escape plans of high-ranking Nazi officials, including Adolf Hitler&rsquo;s private secretary, Martin Bormann. So Wolff sets out in pursuit of Bormann&rsquo;s right-hand man, Rudolf von Zell, the last person known to possess the coins. His only lead is von Zell&rsquo;s beautiful, enigmatic wife, Konstanze. But as Wolff works to win Konstanze&rsquo;s trust, he finds himself falling in love with her. As their relationship intensifies, so too does the pressure to fulfill his mission&mdash;only at what cost? Inspired by real events involving one of the Monuments Men, The Nazi&rsquo;s Wife is an &ldquo;outstanding story&rdquo; featuring &ldquo;exceptionally good writing&rdquo; (The Daily Telegraph).</div>

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The Nazi's Wife

<div>A young Sicilian immigrant rises through the ranks of the Mafia in this &ldquo;mesmerizing&rdquo; novel that &ldquo;gives Puzo a run for his money&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly). Sicily, 1879: After successfully smuggling a severed human ear past the police, Silvio Randazzo completes his dangerous first rite of passage&mdash;from peasant boy to Mafia soldier. The ear is a chilling ransom demand from Antonino Greco, Italy&rsquo;s most famous and feared Mafioso. But it&rsquo;s not until Randazzo commits his first vendetta killing that he truly &ldquo;makes his bones&rdquo; as a worthy member of the society that values honor above all . . . and rewards betrayal with death. New Orleans, 1880: By exterminating the rivals of Angelo Priola&mdash;the most powerful gangster in America&rsquo;s most decadent city&mdash;the newly arrived Randazzo makes his mark in the fledgling underworld of his new homeland. As the law closes in on the notorious Greco, and dangerous new players vie for Priola&rsquo;s territory, the cunning, ruthless, and ever more ambitious Randazzo watches the path clear for his own ascension to the throne of capo&mdash;boss of bosses. In the tradition of The Godfather, this &ldquo;absorbing, historically authentic tale,&rdquo; inspired by real events, brings to vivid life the bloody and brutal world of the Mafia (The Observer).</div>

Capo

<div>A mysterious painting holds the clues to a cache of priceless relics in this treasure hunt of &ldquo;deepening suspense&rdquo; &agrave; la The Da Vinci Code (Library Journal). In financial trouble, Isobel Sadler considers selling a painting that&rsquo;s been in her family for generations. She can&rsquo;t imagine it&rsquo;s worth much . . . until someone tries to steal it. Mystified, Isobel turns to art dealer Michael Whiting for advice. He identifies the painting as a sixteenth-century treasure map pointing the way to a series of lost religious artifacts hidden by monks when Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries. If he and Isobel can decipher the clues in the painting, Michael reasons, her money troubles will disappear. But if they can&rsquo;t decode the painting quickly, Michael and Isobel could be history themselves. As they struggle to translate the arcane instructions&mdash;laced with references to everything from the Bible to Botticelli&mdash;they are stalked by a rival who will stop at nothing to get his hands on the treasure. Peter Watson&rsquo;s stylish art-world thriller seamlessly mixes action with &ldquo;sustained literariness, refinement, and polish&rdquo; (Library Journal).</div>

Landscape of Lies

<div>An ambitious American pope makes powerful enemies&mdash;from the Italian Mafia to the US President&mdash;in this fascinating thriller that &ldquo;could be next week&rsquo;s news&rdquo; (Daily Mail). What if the unused riches of the Catholic Church were called upon to combat global poverty? Following a tragic earthquake in Italy, Pope Thomas&mdash;the first American pontiff and a transformative leader&mdash;auctions off one of the Vatican&rsquo;s Renaissance masterpieces to aid in the recovery. The sale is such a success that he decides to go even further: organizing the greatest art auction ever held, with the proceeds going to help the poor. But as the pope&rsquo;s charitable designs acquire political overtones, he encounters resistance from world leaders, including the president of the United States. And closer to the Vatican, the Mafia have as much interest in the poor as do popes and presidents . . . &ldquo;Master of the art-world thriller&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly), Peter Watson turns his attention to a different kind of political thriller, as Vatican Vendetta&mdash;previously published as Crusade&mdash;delivers &ldquo;nonstop action&rdquo; (The Guardian). </div>

Vatican Vendetta

<div>An art historian gets caught up in a deadly international standoff in this &ldquo;inventive&rdquo; political thriller (The Guardian). What would happen if Greek extremists blackmailed Britain into returning ancient sculptures? And what if that blackmail involved not only Queen Elizabeth II, but also dark secrets about her uncle, the Duke of Windsor? When Edward Andover, Surveyor of the Queen&rsquo;s Pictures, receives a painting by Raphael from an anonymous collective known only as the &ldquo;Apollo Brigade,&rdquo; he&rsquo;s nonplussed. But the ominous delivery is soon followed by two more. All three paintings, it turns out, were looted by the Nazis during World War II. Soon, Andover finds himself racing to prevent the public exposure of secrets from the royal family&rsquo;s past, should they not meet the group&rsquo;s demand to return of the Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon, on display at the British Museum. What&rsquo;s more, his very life may be at stake as the Apollo Brigade makes its violent intentions known. Set over the course of five explosive weeks, Stones of Treason features &ldquo;intelligent action in a realistic thriller&rdquo; in the tradition of Dan Brown&rsquo;s blockbuster Robert Langdon novels (TheMail on Sunday).</div>

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Books By Peter Watson (9 Books)

The Modern Mind

Ideas

The Great Divide

The German Genius

The Nazi's Wife

Capo

Landscape of Lies

Vatican Vendetta

Stones of Treason

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