6 best-selling medieval books like The Habsburgs: To Rule the World by Martyn Rady

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The Habsburgs: To Rule the World

By: Martyn Rady

3.85

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The definitive history of the dynasty that dominated Europe for centuries In The Habsburgs, Mart…

If you liked the medieval plot in The Habsburgs: To Rule the World by Martyn Rady , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain

By: Marc Morris

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

This is the first major biography for a generation of a truly formidable king - a man born to rule … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
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2. Danubia: A Personal History of Habsburg Europe

By: Simon Winder

4.12

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A charmingly personal history of Hapsburg Europe, as lively as it is informative, by the author of … read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • germany
  • nonfiction
  • european history

3. The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy

By: Peter H. Wilson

3.93

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

A deadly continental struggle, the Thirty Years War devastated seventeenth-century Europe, killing … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • germany
  • history
  • european history

4. Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire

By: Peter H. Wilson

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Holy Roman Empire lasted a thousand years, far longer than ancient Rome. Yet this formidable do… read more

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5. Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947

By: Christopher Clark

3.35

Format: None pages,

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6. A Short History of Byzantium

By: John Julius Norwich

4.01

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

"Norwich is always on the lookout for the small but revealing details. . . . All of this he recount… read more

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7. Persians: The Age of the Great Kings

By: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

4.06

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A stunning portrait of the magnificent splendor and enduring legacy of ancient Persia  The Achaemen… read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age

By: Tom Holland

4.22

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that b… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
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9. Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918

By: Katja Hoyer

4.17

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Before 1871, Germany was not a nation but an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable… read more

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  • audiobook
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10. The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History

By: Alexander Mikaberidze

4.34

Format: 936 pages, Hardcover

Austerlitz, Wagram, Borodino, Trafalgar, Leipzig, Waterloo: these are the places most closely assoc… read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
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11. The Habsburgs: To Rule the World

By: Martyn Rady

3.85

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The definitive history of the dynasty that dominated Europe for centuries In The Habsburgs, Mart… read more

Similar categories in Martyn Rady's The Habsburgs: To Rule the World book and Martyn Rady's The Habsburgs: To Rule the World

  • biography
  • history
  • world history
  • historical
  • politics
  • germany
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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12. The Borgias: Power and Fortune (Italian Histories)

By: Paul Strathern

4.07

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The glorious and infamous history of the Borgia family―a world of saints, corrupt popes, and deprav… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • world history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
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13. Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media

By: Darrell Hartman

3.84

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

"Absolutely gripping… a perfectly splendid read—I highly, highly recommend it” -- Douglas Preston, … read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • world history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars and Caliphs

By: Marc David Baer

3.95

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

This major new history of the Ottoman dynasty reveals a diverse empire that straddled East and West… read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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15. Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire

By: Eckart Frahm

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A new history of Assyria, the ancient civilization that set the model for future empires    At its … read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters

By: Nancy Goldstone

4.16

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

The vibrant, sprawling saga of Empress Maria Theresa—one of the most renowned women rulers in histo… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
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17. Emperor: A New Life of Charles V

By: Geoffrey Parker

4.13

Format: 737 pages, Hardcover

Drawing on vital new evidence, a top historian dramatically reinterprets the ruler of the world’s f… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • germany
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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18. Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe

By: Rachel Chrastil

3.84

Format: 485 pages, Hardcover

'Compassionate and thought-provoking history' Daily Telegraph'Superb on the human consequences of w… read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • politics
  • germany
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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19. The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689

By: Jonathan Healey

4.20

Format: 492 pages, Hardcover

A fresh, exciting, “readable and informative ” history ( The New York Times ) of seventeenth-centur… read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
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20. Empires of the Normans: Conquerors of Europe

By: Levi Roach

3.76

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant global history of the Normans, who—beyond the conquest of England—spread their empire t… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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21. Lotharingia: A Personal History of Europe's Lost Country

By: Simon Winder

3.84

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Following Germania and Danubia, the third installment in Simon Winder's personal history of Europe … read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • germany
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • medieval
"John of Bavaria, realizing the game was up and his throwing in the priesthood and marrying had just wasted everyone’s time, made Philip the Good his heir. He was shortly thereafter assassinated in Th…"

-Simon Winder, Lotharingia: A Personal History of Europe's Lost Country

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4.06

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4.22

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Katja Hoyer

4.17

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Alexander Mikaberidze

4.34

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4.15

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4.22

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Christopher Clark

4.18

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4.17

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