14 best-selling medieval books like Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior by Catherine Hanley

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Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior

By: Catherine Hanley

4.20

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Matilda was a daughter, wife, and mother. But she was also empress, heir to the English crown—the f…

If you liked the medieval plot in Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior by Catherine Hanley , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Great Ladies: The Forgotten Witnesses to the Lives of Tudor Queens

By: Sylvia Barbara Soberton

3.82

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

There has been a great deal written about Tudor queens, but less so about those women who surrounde… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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2. Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England's Self-made King

By: Ian Mortimer

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An author with a strong track record now tackles the turbulent reign of Henry IV, the first Lancast… read more

Similar categories in Ian Mortimer's Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England's Self-made King book and Catherine Hanley's Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior

  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
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3. The Bad Popes

By: E.R. Chamberlin

4.18

Format: 306 pages,

Let yourself be swept up by this colorful, panoramic story of seven men who ruled the Church of Rom… read more

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  • medieval
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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4. 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
  • british literature
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
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5. The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation

By: Ian Mortimer

3.50

Format: 185 pages, Paperback

He ordered his uncle to be beheaded; he usurped his father's throne; he taxed his people more than … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval

6. Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart

By: John Guy

3.34

Format: None pages,

A long-overdue and dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots by one of the lead… read more

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7. Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe

By: John Guy

4.16

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

“A fierce, scholarly tour-de-force. . . .  Hunting the Falcon  brilliantly shows how time, circumst… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Queens of the Crusades (England's Medieval Queens, #2)

By: Alison Weir

3.97

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

Packed with incredible true stories and legendary medieval intrigue, this epic narrative history ch… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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9. The Anglo-Saxons A History of the Beginnings of England: 400–1066

By: Marc Morris

4.34

Format: 508 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping and original history of the Anglo-Saxons by national bestselling author Marc Morris. … read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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10. The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream

By: Charles Spencer

4.06

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The sinking of the White Ship is one of the greatest disasters in English history. Here, Sunday Tim… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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11. The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of British History at Hampton Court

By: Gareth Russell

4.21

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The popular and “scrupulous historian” (Daily Mail , London) Gareth Russell presents five hundred y… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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12. 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

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  • audiobook
  • historical
  • medieval
  • british literature
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13. A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire

By: Emma Southon

4.23

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum comes a wildly entertai… read more

Similar categories in Emma Southon's A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire book and Catherine Hanley's Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior

  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior

By: Catherine Hanley

4.20

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Matilda was a daughter, wife, and mother. But she was also empress, heir to the English crown—the f… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Hanley's Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior book and Catherine Hanley's Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior

  • biography
  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • feminism
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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15. Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power

By: Leah Redmond Chang

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The boldly original, dramatic intertwined story of Catherine de’ Medici, Elisabeth de Valois, and M… read more

Similar categories in Leah Redmond Chang's Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power book and Catherine Hanley's Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior

  • biography
  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Children of Edward I

By: Kelcey Wilson-Lee

4.13

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Virginal, chaste, humble, patiently waiting for rescue by brave knights and handsome princes: this … read more

Similar categories in Kelcey Wilson-Lee's Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Children of Edward I book and Catherine Hanley's Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior

  • biography
  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • medieval
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17. The Red Prince: The Life of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster

By: Helen Carr

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Gaunt was son of Edward III, brother to the Black Prince, father to Henry IV and the sire of all th… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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18. 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
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
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19. A Hidden History of the Tower of London: England's Most Notorious Prisoners

By: John Paul Davis

3.76

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

“With these incredible and often heartbreaking stories, John Paul Davis clearly demonstrates how th… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • british literature
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20. The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society

By: Eleanor Janega

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

What makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love, and be? In this vibrant, high-spirited h… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • feminism
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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21. House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France

By: Justine Firnhaber-Baker

4.30

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The definitive history of the Capetians, the crusading dynasty that made the French crown the wealt… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval

14 Top audiobook books like Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior by Catherine Hanley

Transform Your Habits

Great Ladies: The Forgotten Witnesses to the Lives of Tudor Queens

Sylvia Barbara Soberton

3.82

Transform Your Habits

Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe

John Guy

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Queens of the Crusades (England's Medieval Queens, #2)

Alison Weir

3.97

Transform Your Habits

The Anglo-Saxons A History of the Beginnings of England: 400–1066

Marc Morris

4.34

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18 Best history books like Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Children of Edward I by Kelcey Wilson-Lee

Transform Your Habits

Four Queens: The Provençal Sisters Who Ruled Europe

Nancy Goldstone

4.00

Transform Your Habits

House of Beaufort: The Bastard Line that Captured the Crown

Nathen Amin

4.11

Transform Your Habits

The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation

Ian Mortimer

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe

John Guy

4.16

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