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From the bestselling author of The Only Woman in the Room comes a mesmerizing tale of historical fiction that asks what kind of woman could have inspired an American dynasty.

Clara Kelley is not who they think she is. She's not the experienced Irish maid who was hired to work in one of Pittsburgh's grandest households. She's a poor farmer's daughter with nowhere to go and nothing in her pockets. But the woman who shares her name has vanished, and assuming her identity just might get Clara some money to send back home.

Clara must rely on resolve as strong as the steel Pittsburgh is becoming famous for and an uncanny understanding of business, attributes that quickly gain her Carnegie's trust. But she still can't let her guard down, not even when Andrew becomes something more than an employer. Revealing her past might ruin her future—and her family's.

With captivating insight and heart, Carnegie's Maid is a book of fascinating 19th century historical fiction. Discover the story of one brilliant woman who may have spurred Andrew Carnegie's transformation from ruthless industrialist to the world's first true philanthropist.

Also by Marie Benedict:
The Other Einstein
The Only Woman in the Room
Lady Clementine

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Bestselling author Marie Benedict reveals the story of a brilliant woman scientist only remembered for her beauty.

Her beauty almost certainly saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans while at her husband's side and understood more than anyone would guess. She devised a plan to flee in disguise from their castle, and the whirlwind escape landed her in Hollywood. She became Hedy Lamarr, screen star.

But she kept a secret more shocking than her heritage or her marriage: she was a scientist. And she had an idea that might help the country fight the Nazis and revolutionize modern communication...if anyone would listen to her.

A powerful book based on the incredible true story of the glamour icon and scientist, The Only Woman in the Room is a masterpiece that celebrates the many women in science that history has overlooked.

Also by Marie Benedict:
The Other Einstein
Carnegie's Maid
Lady Clementine

From Marie Benedict, the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Woman in the Room! An incredible novel that focuses on one of the people with the most influence during World War I and World War II: Clementine Churchill.

In 1909, Clementine steps off a train with her new husband, Winston. An angry woman emerges from the crowd to attack, shoving him in the direction of an oncoming train. Just before he stumbles, Clementine grabs him by his suit jacket. This will not be the last time Clementine Churchill will save her husband.

Lady Clementine is the ferocious story of the ambitious woman beside Winston Churchill, the story of a partner who did not flinch through the sweeping darkness of war, and who would not surrender to expectations or to enemies.

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Also by Marie Benedict:
The Only Woman in the Room
The Other Einstein
Carnegie's Maid

From beloved New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Marie Benedict comes the story of a not-so-famous scientist who not only loved Albert Einstein, but also shaped the theories that brought him lasting renown.

In the tradition of Beatriz Williams and Paula McClain, Marie Benedict's The Other Einstein offers us a window into a brilliant, fascinating woman whose light was lost in Einstein's enormous shadow. This novel resurrects Einstein's wife, a brilliant physicist in her own right, whose contribution to the special theory of relativity is hotly debated. Was she simply Einstein's sounding board, an assistant performing complex mathematical equations? Or did she contribute something more?

Mitza Maric has always been a little different from other girls. Most twenty-year-olds are wives by now, not studying physics at an elite Zurich university with only male students trying to outdo her clever calculations. But Mitza is smart enough to know that, for her, math is an easier path than marriage. Then fellow student Albert Einstein takes an interest in her, and the world turns sideways. Theirs becomes a partnership of the mind and of the heart, but there might not be room for more than one genius in a marriage.

Marie Benedict illuminates one pioneering woman in STEM, returning her to the forefront of history's most famous scientists.

"The Other Einstein takes you into Mileva's heart, mind, and study as she tries to forge a place for herself in a scientific world dominated by men."—Bustle

Recommended by PopSugar, Bustle, Booklist, Library Journal and more!

Also by Marie Benedict:
Carnegie's Maid
The Only Woman in the Room
Lady Clementine

In December 1926, Agatha Christie goes missing. Investigators find her empty car on the edge of a deep, gloomy pond, the only clues some tire tracks nearby and a fur coat left in the car—strange for a frigid night. Her husband and daughter have no knowledge of her whereabouts, and England unleashes an unprecedented manhunt to find the up-and-coming mystery author. Eleven days later, she reappears, just as mysteriously as she disappeared, claiming amnesia and providing no explanations for her time away.

The puzzle of those missing eleven days has persisted. With her trademark exploration into the shadows of history, acclaimed author Marie Benedict brings us into the world of Agatha Christie, imagining why such a brilliant woman would find herself at the center of such a murky story.

What is real, and what is mystery? What role did her unfaithful husband play, and what was he not telling investigators?

A master storyteller whose clever mind may never be matched, Agatha Christie's untold history offers perhaps her greatest mystery of all.

Viena, 1933. Para Hedy Kiesler, joven actriz judía, su belleza ha sido salvación y tormento: la protegió de los nazis pero la condujo a un opresivo matrimonio con el traficante de armas de Hitler y Mussolini. Subestimada por todos a su alrededor, escuchó los planes secretos del Tercer Reich cuando acompañaba a su esposo a fiestas y cenas de negocios.

Dividida entre el glamour y la culpa por ser una privilegiada, decide escapar hacia Hollywood, con un nuevo nombre: Hedy Lamarr. Pronto se convirtió en un ícono del cine estadounidense. Nadie en torno a su nueva vida sospechaba que poseía información confidencial sobre los nazis ni que ella misma guardaba un secreto aún mayor: que era una científica capaz de desarrollar la tecnología necesaria para acabar pronto con la guerra. Siempre y cuando la escucharan.

Una cautivadora novela basada en la historia real de una mujer extraordinaria, estrella de cine e inventora, que revolucionó la comunicación moderna hace más de medio siglo, sentando las bases para el wifi y el Bluetooth.

L'autre génie

Zurich, 1886. Mileva Marić quitte sa Serbie natale et décide de braver la misogynie de l'époque pour vivre sa passion de la science. À l'Institut polytechnique, cette étrangère affublée d'une jambe boiteuse, seule femme de sa promotion, est méprisée par tous ses camarades. Tous, sauf un étudiant juif farfelu, aux cheveux ébouriffés, stigmatisé par sa religion. C'est Albert Einstein. Les deux parias tombent aussitôt amoureux. Et élaborent ensemble leur pensée scientifique. Mais y a-t-il de la place pour deux génies dans un même couple ? De drames domestiques en humiliations conjugales, Mileva apprend la dure réalité du mariage, passé les premières ferveurs de l'amour.

Dans un récit à la première personne aux poignants accents de vérité, Marie Benedict rend hommage à l'une des femmes les plus bafouées de l'histoire du xxe siècle, dont la contribution à la théorie de la relativité a donné lieu à un virulent débat, et brosse un portrait nuancé – mais toujours documenté – de celui qui reçut à lui seul tous les honneurs.