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  • Bibliography:
    8 Books
  • First Book:
    July 1979
  • Latest Book:
    February 2022
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Book List in Order: 8 titles



  • One of the greatest love stories in American history is also one of the most controversial. Thomas Jefferson had a mistress for 38 years whom he loved and lived with until he died-the beautiful and elusive Sally Hemings. But it was not simply that Je...






  • From the author who brought Sally Hemings to vibrant life for millions of readers comes another controversial and fascinating historical figure -- Joseph Cinque. Here is the story of a black man desperate to return to his country, and a white man try...



  • "Barbara Chase-Riboud writes with a quill of eloquence that is indeed a sword, sounding with the spirituality of Toni Morrison and the passion of Charles Dickens."
    --Elaine Brown
    Author of A Taste of Power
    Barbara Chase-Riboud made literary...



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  • It is Paris, 1815. An extraordinarily shaped South African girl known as the Hottentot Venus, dressed only in feathers and beads, swings from a crystal chandelier in the duchess of Berry’s ballroom. Below her, the audience shouts insults and porn...



  • The author of the award-winning Sally Hemings now brings to life Hannah Elias, one of the richest black women in America in the early 1900s, in this mesmerizing novel swirling with atmosphere and steeped in history. A murder and a case of mistaken...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Barbara Chase-Riboud has published 8 books.

Barbara Chase-Riboud does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Great Mrs. Elias, was published in February 2022.

The first book by Barbara Chase-Riboud, Sally Hemings, was published in July 1979.

No. Barbara Chase-Riboud does not write books in series.