TheBestseller
Observatory

Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of November 22, 1953

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DESIREE
Annemarie Selinko

DESIREE

by Annemarie Selinko · William Morrow and Company

43 wks on list

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.

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THE LADY OF ARLINGTON
Harnett T. Kane

THE LADY OF ARLINGTON

by Harnett T. Kane · Doubleday

6 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

6 wks on list

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

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