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Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of February 7, 1954

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THE LADY OF ARLINGTON
Harnett T. Kane

THE LADY OF ARLINGTON

by Harnett T. Kane · Doubleday

17 wks on list

A biography of the wife of General Robert E. Lee who lived near Washington, D.C., and was considered one of the best hostesses of her day.

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THE FEMALE
Paul Wellman
Cover of THE FEMALE

THE FEMALE

by Paul Wellman · Doubleday

17 wks on list

Novel of 6th-century Constantinople, with the Empress Theodora as the scheming heroine.

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CRESS DELAHANTY
Jessamyn West
Cover of CRESS DELAHANTY

CRESS DELAHANTY

by Jessamyn West · Harcourt Brace

2 wks on list

Correspondence, notes, and clippings pertaining to the life and works of Jessamyn West, poet, novelist, and short story writer. Copies of many of West's works are included. The materials were collected by Shivers in preparation for writing his critical biography, Jessamyn West (1972).

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DESIREE
Annemarie Selinko

DESIREE

by Annemarie Selinko · William Morrow and Company

Eugénie Désirée Clary records two love affairs in her diary, one with Napoleon, who jilted her for Josephine, and a second with General Bernadotte, who married her.

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.