23 Top nonfiction books like The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940 by Susan Ronald

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The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

By: Susan Ronald

3.85

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed biographer Susan Ronald reveals the truth about Joseph P. Kennedy's deeply controversial …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940 by Susan Ronald , here is a list of 23 books like this:

Cover of The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century by Steven Watts

1. The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century

By: Steven Watts

3.51

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

How a Michigan farm boy became the richest man in America is a classic, almost mythic tale, but nev… read more

Similar categories in Steven Watts's The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century book and Susan Ronald's The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
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2. Casino

By: Nicholas Pileggi

4.09

Format: 148 pages, Mass Market Paperback

From the author of the best-selling Mafia expose, Wiseguy, comes this inside story of the billion-d… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Pileggi's Casino book and Susan Ronald's The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi by Mitchell Zuckoff

3. 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi

By: Mitchell Zuckoff

3.44

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

The harrowing, true account from the brave men on the ground who fought back during the Battle of B… read more

Similar categories in Mitchell Zuckoff's 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi book and Susan Ronald's The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

4. What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848

By: Daniel Walker Howe

4.42

Format: 288 pages,

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5. The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home

By: George Howe Colt

4.27

Format: 127 pages,

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6. Los Angeles Noir 2: The Classics

By: Naomi Hirahara , Raymond Chandler , Walter Mosley , Ross Macdonald , James Ellroy , Margaret Millar , Leigh Brackett , Paul Cain , Chester Himes , James M. Cain , Joseph Hansen , Kate Braverman , Jervey Tervalon , Denise Hamilton , Yxta Maya Murray , William Campbell Gault

4.00

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

From Hollywood starlets to downtown taxi dancers, and from Central Avenue speakeasies to clapboard … read more

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7. Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat

By: Giles Milton

3.44

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

Six gentlemen, one goal: the destruction of Hitler's war machine In the spring of 1939, a top-secre… read more

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8. Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of Our Times

By: George Crile

4.36

Format: 544 pages,

s/t: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress & a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the His… read more

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9. Brothers: On His Brothers and Brothers in History

By: George Howe Colt

3.23

Format: 218 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling National Book Award finalist, a masterful blend of history and memoir featurin… read more

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Cover of The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson

10. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

By: Erik Larson

4.30

Format: 546 pages, ebook

"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a f… read more

Similar categories in Erik Larson's The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz book and Susan Ronald's The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • politics
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland

By: Troy Senik

4.16

Format: 384 pages, ebook

“A thoroughly engaging and enjoyable” (National Review) biography of Grover Cleveland—the honest, p… read more

Similar categories in Troy Senik's A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland book and Susan Ronald's The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill by Brad Meltzer

12. The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill

By: Brad Meltzer

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the authors of The First Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes the little-known true sto… read more

Similar categories in Brad Meltzer's The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill book and Susan Ronald's The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy by Clint Hill

13. My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy

By: Clint Hill

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Mrs. Kennedy and Me reveal … read more

Similar categories in Clint Hill's My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy book and Susan Ronald's The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America by Heather Cox Richardson

14. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

By: Heather Cox Richardson

4.42

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

“Engaging and highly accessible.” —Boston Globe “A vibrant, and essential history of America's u… read more

Similar categories in Heather Cox Richardson's Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America book and Susan Ronald's The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience, and Family Secrets by Burkhard Bilger

15. Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience, and Family Secrets

By: Burkhard Bilger

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

As a boy growing up in Oklahoma, Burkhard Bilger often heard his parents tell stories about the Ger… read more

Similar categories in Burkhard Bilger's Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience, and Family Secrets book and Susan Ronald's The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. The Passionate Tudor: A Novel of Queen Mary I

By: Alison Weir

4.02

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the dramatic and poig… read more

Similar categories in Alison Weir's The Passionate Tudor: A Novel of Queen Mary I book and Susan Ronald's The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

  • audiobook
  • british literature
Cover of On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain by Ronald C. White Jr.

17. On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

By: Ronald C. White Jr.

4.45

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic an… read more

Similar categories in Ronald C. White Jr.'s On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain book and Susan Ronald's The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • war
  • nonfiction
Cover of Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism by Jeffrey Toobin

18. Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism

By: Jeffrey Toobin

4.16

Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition

The definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of Timothy McVeigh… read more

Similar categories in Jeffrey Toobin's Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism book and Susan Ronald's The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. The Queen: Her Life

By: Andrew Morton

4.03

Format: 427 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling biographer Andrew Morton provides the definitive, most comprehensive … read more

Similar categories in Andrew Morton's The Queen: Her Life book and Susan Ronald's The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940 by Susan Ronald

20. The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

By: Susan Ronald

3.85

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed biographer Susan Ronald reveals the truth about Joseph P. Kennedy's deeply controversial … read more

Similar categories in Susan Ronald's The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940 book and Susan Ronald's The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • british literature
  • politics
  • presidents
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.60

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

Cover of Eight Days in May: The Final Collapse of the Third Reich by Volker Ullrich

22. Eight Days in May: The Final Collapse of the Third Reich

By: Volker Ullrich

4.21

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

In a bunker deep below Berlin's Old Reich Chancellery, Adolf Hitler and his new bride, Eva Braun, t… read more

Similar categories in Volker Ullrich's Eight Days in May: The Final Collapse of the Third Reich book and Susan Ronald's The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

  • history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor by Andrew Lownie

23. Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor

By: Andrew Lownie

3.82

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Traitor King, by Sunday Times bestselling author Andrew Lownie, looks at the years following the ab… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Lownie's Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor book and Susan Ronald's The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • politics
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The problem was that the Duke wanted status not a job, to be recognised rather than to contribute."

-Andrew Lownie, Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor

Cover of An Ordinary Man:  The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford by Richard Norton Smith

24. An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford

By: Richard Norton Smith

4.46

Format: 992 pages, Hardcover

From the preeminent presidential scholar and acclaimed biographer of historical figures including G… read more

Similar categories in Richard Norton Smith's An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford book and Susan Ronald's The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • presidents
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Romanov Brides by Clare McHugh

25. The Romanov Brides

By: Clare McHugh

3.91

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From the author of A Most English Princess comes a rich novel about young Princess Alix of Hesse—th… read more

Similar categories in Clare McHugh's The Romanov Brides book and Susan Ronald's The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

  • audiobook
Cover of Hitler's American Friends: The Third Reich’s Supporters in the United States by Bradley W. Hart

26. Hitler's American Friends: The Third Reich’s Supporters in the United States

By: Bradley W. Hart

3.96

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Winner - German Studies Association Sybil Halpern Milton Book Prize, 2019 A book examining the str… read more

Similar categories in Bradley W. Hart's Hitler's American Friends: The Third Reich’s Supporters in the United States book and Susan Ronald's The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay by Craig L. Symonds

27. Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay

By: Craig L. Symonds

4.65

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From one of our most distinguished naval historians, the first wartime biography in a half-century … read more

Similar categories in Craig L. Symonds's Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay book and Susan Ronald's The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of V Is For Victory: Franklin Roosevelt's American Revolution and the Triumph of World War II by Craig  Nelson

28. V Is For Victory: Franklin Roosevelt's American Revolution and the Triumph of World War II

By: Craig Nelson

4.30

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

“Belongs in the library alongside the histories and biographies of Martin Gilbert, Arthur Schlesing… read more

Similar categories in Craig Nelson's V Is For Victory: Franklin Roosevelt's American Revolution and the Triumph of World War II book and Susan Ronald's The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

  • world war ii
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The First Lady of World War II: Eleanor Roosevelt's Daring Journey to the Frontlines and Back by Shannon McKenna Schmidt

29. The First Lady of World War II: Eleanor Roosevelt's Daring Journey to the Frontlines and Back

By: Shannon McKenna Schmidt

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The first book to tell the full story of Eleanor Roosevelt's unprecedented and courageous trip to t… read more

Similar categories in Shannon McKenna Schmidt's The First Lady of World War II: Eleanor Roosevelt's Daring Journey to the Frontlines and Back book and Susan Ronald's The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • presidents
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Happy at Any Cost: The Revolutionary Vision and Fatal Quest of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh by Kirsten Grind

30. Happy at Any Cost: The Revolutionary Vision and Fatal Quest of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh

By: Kirsten Grind

3.77

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters, an in-depth look at Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh’s short… read more

Similar categories in Kirsten Grind's Happy at Any Cost: The Revolutionary Vision and Fatal Quest of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh book and Susan Ronald's The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family by Jesselyn Cook

31. The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family

By: Jesselyn Cook

4.45

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of five families shattered by pernicious, pervasive conspiracy theories, and how… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

20 Best audiobook books like The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at the Court of St. James's 1938-1940 by Susan Ronald

Transform Your Habits

13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi

Mitchell Zuckoff

3.44

Transform Your Habits

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

Erik Larson

4.30

Transform Your Habits

A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland

Troy Senik

4.16

Transform Your Habits

The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill

Brad Meltzer

4.16

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Transform Your Habits

Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

Henry Winkler

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

Tina Brown

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Diana, William, and Harry: The Heartbreaking Story of a Princess and Mother

James Patterson

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Jackie: Public, Private, Secret

J. Randy Taraborrelli

4.17

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