William Martin has written seven novels, an award-winning PBS documentary, and a horror movie now considered a cult classic. He is best known, however, for his historical fiction, which has chronicled the history of Boston, New England, and the nation. His first novel, "Back Bay, "spent fourteen weeks on the "New York Times" bestseller list. His subsequent novels, including "Harvard Yard, Citizen Washington, Annapolis," and "Cape" "Cod," have established him, in the words of "Publishers Weekly," as a “ storyteller whose smoothness matches his ambition.” The
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Boston, 1916. Irish immigrant Tom Tracy has nearly everything he’s ever wanted―a promising political career as an aide to the city’s mayor and the love of a beautiful woman, Rachel Levka. When his lusty cousin, Padraic Starr, arrives ... SEE MORE