Shadow King: The Life and Death of Henry VI
By: Lauren Johnson
4.33
Format: 736 pages, Hardcover
First-born son of a warrior father who defeated the French at Agincourt, Henry VI of the House Lanc…
Want to Read $ 22.99"As is often the case in politics, the truth was less important than public perception."-Lauren Johnson, Shadow King: The Life and Death of Henry VI
"As is often the case in politics, the truth was less important than public perception."-Lauren Johnson, Shadow King: The Life and Death of Henry VI
"As is often the case in politics, the truth was less important than public perception."-Lauren Johnson, Shadow King: The Life and Death of Henry VI
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1. The Last White Rose: Dynasty, Rebellion and Treason. The Secret Wars against the Tudors
By: Desmond Seward
3.81
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The Wars of the Roses didn't end at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. Despite the death of Richard II… read more
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2. Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
By: Tom Holland
4.22
Format: 408 pages, Paperback
In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small … read more
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"Achievement was worthy of praise and honor, but excessive achievement was pernicious and a threat to the state. However great a citizen might become, however great he might wish to become, the truest…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"Enthusiasts for empire argued that Rome had a civilizing mission; that because her values and institutions were self-evidently superior to those of barbarians, she had a duty to propagate them; that …"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"Honour, in the Republic, had never been a goal in itself, only a means to an infinite end. And what was true of her citizens, naturally, was also true of Rome herself. For the generation that had liv…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"It was an article of faith to the Romans that they were the most morally upright people in the world. How else was the size of their empire to be explained? Yet they also knew that the Republic's gre…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
3. 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
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4. King John: Treachery and Tyranny in Medieval England: The Road to Magna Carta
By: Marc Morris
5.00
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
A rousing and authoritative new biography of the notorious King John, by Wall Street Journalbestsel… read more
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5. Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
By: Ron Chernow
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
John D. Rockefeller, Sr.--history's first billionaire and the patriarch of America's most famous dy… read more
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6. The Princes in the Tower
By: Alison Weir
3.80
Format: 319 pages, Paperback
Despite five centuries of investigation by historians, the sinister deaths of the boy king Edward V… read more
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7. Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
By: Robert K. Massie
3.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The extraordinary story of an obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and … read more
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8. Edward II: The Unconventional King
By: Kathryn Warner
3.38
Format: None pages, Hardcover
He is one of the most reviled English kings in history. He drove his kingdom to the brink of civil … read more
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9. England Made Me
By: Graham Greene
3.76
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
From master storyteller Graham Greene comes the tale of Anthony Farrant, who has boasted, lied and … read more
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10. The Wars of the Roses
By: Alison Weir
4.20
Format: None pages, Paperback
Lancaster and York. For much of the fifteenth century, these two families were locked in battle for… read more
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11. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
By: Tennessee Williams
4.06
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof first heated up Broadway in 1955 with its gothic American story of brothers v… read more
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"BRICK [to the moon]: I envy you--you cool son of a bitch."-Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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"Maggie, we're through with lies and liars in this house. Lock the door."-Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
"A drinking man's someone who wants to forget he isn't still young and believing"-Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
12. The Beginning of Spring
By: Penelope Fitzgerald
4.67
Format: 87 pages, Paperback
In March 1913, Frank Reid's wife abruptly leaves him and Moscow for her native England. Naturally, … read more
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13. Winter King: Henry VII and the Dawn of Tudor England
By: Thomas Penn
4.00
Format: None pages,
It was 1501. England had been ravaged for decades by conspiracy, violence, murders, coups and count… read more
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14. The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
By: Dan Jones
3.25
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
The first Plantagenet king inherited a blood-soaked kingdom from the Normans and transformed it int… read more
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15. The Angel Makers
By: Jessica Gregson
3.88
Format: None pages,
"Like Tracy Chevalier in Girl with the Pearl Earring, Gregson excels at developing strong, complex … read more
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16. 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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17. Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
By: Tom Holland
4.26
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
A "marvelous" (Economist) account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination. … read more
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- history
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"To hail a religion for its compatibility with a secular society was decidedly not a neutral gesture. Secularism was no less bred of the sweep of Christian history than were Orban's barbed-wire fences…"-Tom Holland, Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
18. Wolves of Winter (Essex Dogs Trilogy)
By: Dan Jones
4.16
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The epic sequel to Essex Dogs, continuing the New York Times bestselling historian's trilogy of nov… read more
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19. The Last White Rose (Tudor Rose #1)
By: Alison Weir
4.09
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Alison Weir explores the life of Henry VIII's mother, Elizabeth, … read more
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20. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
By: Katja Hoyer
4.23
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more
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"Some of the “songs"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
21. A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic (Adenashire, #1)
By: J. Penner
3.93
Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition
A human, a dwarf and an elf walk into a bake-off… In the heart of Adenashire, where elfish encha… read more
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22. Shadow King: The Life and Death of Henry VI
By: Lauren Johnson
4.33
Format: 736 pages, Hardcover
First-born son of a warrior father who defeated the French at Agincourt, Henry VI of the House Lanc… read more
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"As is often the case in politics, the truth was less important than public perception."-Lauren Johnson, Shadow King: The Life and Death of Henry VI
23. 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
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24. A Forest of Vanity and Valour (Levanthria, #1)
By: A.P. Beswick
3.58
Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition
An aggressive debt collector banished from the kingdom. Now his life depends on his ability to help… read more
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25. Didn't See That Coming: Putting Life Back Together When Your World Falls Apart
By: Rachel Hollis
3.63
Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition
Fear. Grief. Loss. Betrayal. Rachel Hollis has felt all those things, and she knows you have too. N… read more
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"When humans go through something hard, they react in one to two ways. They come out on the other side either better or worse. It's impossible to walk through hell and leave it the same way you went i…"-Rachel Hollis, Didn't See That Coming: Putting Life Back Together When Your World Falls Apart
26. Henry VIII: And the Men Who Made Him
By: Tracy Borman
4.18
Format: 498 pages, Hardcover
Henry VIII is best known in history for his tempestuous marriages and the fates of his six wives. H… read more
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27. Brothers York
By: Thomas Penn
4.24
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
In early 1461, a seventeen-year-old boy won a battle on a freezing morning in the Welsh marches, an… read more
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28. The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1)
By: James S.A. Corey
4.24
Format: 422 pages, Hardcover
How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is ab… read more
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29. Edward IV: Glorious Son of York
By: Jeffrey James
3.69
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
Few English monarchs had to fight harder for the right to rule than King Edward IV - Shakespeare's … read more
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30. Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers: A Personal History
By: Anne Somerset
4.27
Format: 631 pages, Kindle Edition
It is generally accepted that Queen Victoria reigned but did not rule. This couldn’t be more wrong.… read more
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