"The Demon of Unrest": Erik Larson on the first shots of the Civil War 06:27. The ferry ride to the middle of Charleston Harbor can be a journey back in time.

James Buchanan hands off the presidency to Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War looms in "The Demon of Unrest," the latest from "The Devil in the White City" author Erik Larson.

One of America's best storytellers does it again: Erik Larson's gripping account of Winston Churchill's leadership through Hitler's bombing campaign against England is nearly impossible to put down.

NEW YORK — Erik Larson, who's made a career out of turning history into best sellers that read as urgently as thrillers, is sitting comfortably in his bright, quiet, luxurious apartment ...

Erik Larson's new book, "The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz," details World War II in Britain.

For more than a decade, Erik Larson tinkered with the story that eventually became “No One Goes Alone.” “Once or twice a year I would pull it out and read portions of it and think, this isn ...

To read an Erik Larson book is to live in the past — the exciting and interesting past — for just a little while. Readers have followed Larson (no relation to this writer) into the turbulent ...

Erik Larson’s “The Demon of Unrest” stands against this dynamic, providing a lively and detailed account of the ideas, people and events that precipitated the start of a national tragedy.

Maybe Erik Larson Should Have Left the Civil War Alone. In “The Demon of Unrest,” present-day political strife inspires a dramatic portrait of the run-up to the deadliest war on American soil.

EXCLUSIVE: Chernin Entertainment has won the rights to Erik Larson ‘s audiobook original, No One Goes Alone, with plans to adapt as a feature film. No One Goes Alone follows pioneering ...