7 must-read historical books like A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution by Jeremy D. Popkin

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A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution

By: Jeremy D. Popkin

4.21

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

From an award-winning historian, a magisterial account of the revolution that created the modern wo…

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1. Napoleon: A Life

By: Andrew Roberts

4.23

Format: 976 pages, Paperback

The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • france
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
"I am very happy to see the enemy wish to avoid our coming to him. – Napoleon"

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

"I have beaten the Russian and Austrian army commanded by the two emperors. I am a little tired."

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

"His constant references to the ancient world have the effect of giving ordinary soldiers a sense of their lives."

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

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2. River of Darkness: Francisco Orellana's Legendary Voyage of Death and Discovery Down the Amazon

By: Buddy Levy

3.88

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Conquistadorcomes this thrilling account of one of history's greatest … read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
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3. The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914

By: Christopher Clark

3.79

Format: None pages,

On the morning of 6/28/1914, when Archduke Franz Ferdinand & his wife, Sophie Chotek, arrived at Sa… read more

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  • european history
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction

4. 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
  • history
  • european history

5. Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution

By: Laurent Dubois

4.23

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

The first and only successful slave revolution in the Americas began in 1791 when thousands of brut… read more

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6. The Old Regime and the French Revolution

By: Stuart Gilbert , Alexis de Tocqueville , None , None

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The book analyzes French society before the French Revolution -- the so-called "Ancien Regime" -- a… read more

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7. Battle Cry of Freedom

By: James M. McPherson

3.91

Format: None pages, Paperback

Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, B… read more

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8. Twelve Who Ruled: The Year of the Terror in the French Revolution

By: Isser Woloch , R.R. Palmer

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Reign of Terror continues to fascinate scholars as one of the bloodiest periods in French histo… read more

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9. Conquistador: Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs

By: Buddy Levy

4.29

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

In an astonishing work of scholarship that reads like an adventure thriller, historian Buddy Levy r… read more

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10. The Russian Revolution: A New History

By: Sean McMeekin

3.85

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In The Russian Revolution, historian Sean McMeekin traces the origins and events of the Russian Rev… read more

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11. Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution

By: Simon Schama

3.80

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Instead of a dying Old Regime, Schama presents an ebullient country, vital & inventive, infatuated … read more

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12. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

By: Hampton Sides

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849

By: Christopher Clark

4.18

Format: 1152 pages, Hardcover

An epic history of the 1848 revolutions that swept Europe and the charismatic figures who propelled… read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • politics
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  • european history
  • audiobook
"In situations of polarization and heightened anxiety, people tend to regard their own fears as authentic and those of their opponents as manipulated."

-Christopher Clark, Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849

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14. 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
  • france
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
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15. The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

By: Steve Coll

4.44

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations

By: Eric H. Cline

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened a… read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution

By: Jeremy D. Popkin

4.21

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

From an award-winning historian, a magisterial account of the revolution that created the modern wo… read more

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  • history
  • world history
  • historical
  • politics
  • french revolution
  • nonfiction
  • france
  • european history
  • 18th century
  • audiobook
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18. Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants

By: H.W. Brands

4.13

Format: None pages, Audio CD

From New York Times bestselling historian H. W. Brands comes the riveting story of how, in nineteen… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689 by Jonathan Healey

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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  • world history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
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20. The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness 1680-1790

By: Ritchie Robertson

4.27

Format: 985 pages, Hardcover

This magisterial history—sure to become the definitive work on the subject—recasts the Enlightenmen… read more

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  • world history
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  • european history
  • audiobook
"When different religion managed to coexist peacefully for a long period, the visibility of other religion tended to weaken one's conviction of the unique excellence of one's own."

-Ritchie Robertson, The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness 1680-1790

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21. The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748-1789

By: Robert Darnton

4.14

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking account of the coming of the French Revolution from a historian of worldwide accla… read more

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  • world history
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  • france
  • european history

10 must-read audiobook books like A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution by Jeremy D. Popkin

Transform Your Habits

Napoleon: A Life

Andrew Roberts

4.23

Transform Your Habits

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

4.51

Transform Your Habits

Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849

Christopher Clark

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History

Alexander Mikaberidze

4.34

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14 Top history books like The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 by Christopher Clark

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Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War

Max Hastings

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March

Adam Zamoyski

4.35

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The Great War and Modern Memory

Paul Fussell

4.13

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July 1914: Countdown to War

Sean McMeekin

3.68

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