21 Best nonfiction books like My Dearest, Dearest Albert: Queen Victoria's Life Through Her Letters and Journals by Karen Dolby

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My Dearest, Dearest Albert: Queen Victoria's Life Through Her Letters and Journals

By: Karen Dolby

4.06

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Photographs of Queen Victoria most often show a plump Empress wearing widow’s serious and regal. I…

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Cover of The Last Princess: The Devoted Life of Queen Victoria's Youngest Daughter by Matthew Dennison

1. The Last Princess: The Devoted Life of Queen Victoria's Youngest Daughter

By: Matthew Dennison

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An engrossing biography of Queen Victoria’s youngest daughter that focuses on her relationship with… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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2. Victoria

By: Daisy Goodwin

3.93

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

“They think I am still a little girl who is not capable of being a Queen.”Lord Melbourne turned to … read more

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  • historical
"To be a queen, you have to be more than a little girl with a crown."

-Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

"Emma shook her head. “There are some things that a woman always keeps to herself."

-Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

"In the end to add to the sum of human knowledge is the only thing a man can be truly proud of."

-Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

"I was so happy … before.’ ‘I find that happiness can always be recollected in tranquillity, Ma’am,’ said Melbourne. Victoria put her hands down and looked up at him, her pale blue eyes searching his …"

-Daisy Goodwin, Victoria

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3. Queen Victoria

By: Elizabeth Longford

3.85

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Queen Victoria was the longest reigning monarch in British history. In this concise biography, Lady… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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4. Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth

By: Warsan Shire

4.25

Format: 37 pages, Paperback

What elevates 'teaching my mother how to give birth', what gives the poems their disturbing brillia… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Her body is one long sigh."

-Warsan Shire, Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth

"[…] but she cannot make him eat, like you."

-Warsan Shire, Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth

"My body is burning with the shame of not belonging, […]"

-Warsan Shire, Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth

"Sometimes it feels like someone else is wearing my body."

-Warsan Shire, Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth

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5. Queen Victoria's Mysterious Daughter: A Biography of Princess Louise

By: Lucinda Hawksley

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The secrets of Queen Victoria's sixth child, Princess Louise, may be destined to remain hidden fore… read more

Similar categories in Lucinda Hawksley's Queen Victoria's Mysterious Daughter: A Biography of Princess Louise book and Karen Dolby's My Dearest, Dearest Albert: Queen Victoria's Life Through Her Letters and Journals

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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6. Daughter of Empire: My Life as a Mountbatten

By: None , Pamela Hicks

4.49

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This magical memoir about a singular childhood in England and India by the daughter of Lord Louis a… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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7. Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire

By: Julia Baird

4.11

Format: 559 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary story of the world's most influential, intriguing and surprising ruler, Queen Vic… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle by Fiona Carnarvon

8. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle

By: Fiona Carnarvon

4.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbeytells the story behind Highclere Castle, the real-life inspir… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home by Denise Kiernan

9. The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home

By: Denise Kiernan

2.00

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

New York TimesBestseller "A soaring and gorgeous American story" (Karen Abbott) from the author of … read more

Similar categories in Denise Kiernan's The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home book and Karen Dolby's My Dearest, Dearest Albert: Queen Victoria's Life Through Her Letters and Journals

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy by Helen Rappaport

10. A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy

By: Helen Rappaport

4.38

Format: None pages,

As she did in her critically acclaimed The Last Days of the Romanovs, Helen Rappaport brings a comp… read more

Similar categories in Helen Rappaport's A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy book and Karen Dolby's My Dearest, Dearest Albert: Queen Victoria's Life Through Her Letters and Journals

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

11. Twilight of Splendor: The Court of Queen Victoria During Her Diamond Jubilee Year

By: Greg King

4.07

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Power, pageantry, and pride Queen Victoria ruled the most powerful empire the world has ever seen, … read more

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12. The Courtiers: Splendor and Intrigue in the Georgian Court at Kensington Palace

By: Lucy Worsley

3.84

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Kensington Palace is now most famous as the former home of Diana, Princess of Wales, but the palace… read more

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13. Queen Victoria's Children

By: John van der Kiste

3.86

Format: None pages, Paperback

Queen Victoria and Albert, the Prince Consort, had nine children who, despite their very different … read more

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14. Me Moir - Volume One

By: Vic Reeves

4.29

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Vic Reeves' vivid, enchanting, and utterly hilarious childhood memoir is a comic masterpiece. Befor… read more

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15. Johnny Tremain

By: Lynd Ward , Esther Forbes

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

Johnny Tremain, a young apprentice silversmith, is caught up in the danger and excitement of 1775 B… read more

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16. More: A Memoir of Open Marriage

By: Molly Roden Winter

3.53

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An unputdownable memoir of love, desire, and personal growth that follows a happily married mother'… read more

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  • biography
  • nonfiction
"There is something pathetic about crying within the first minute of therapy"

-Molly Roden Winter, More: A Memoir of Open Marriage

"I worry that things are going too well, that they're all going to come toppling down."

-Molly Roden Winter, More: A Memoir of Open Marriage

"Why do I keep doing this? Why can't I stop this stupid pleasing everyone bullshit? I'm so fucking sick of myself."

-Molly Roden Winter, More: A Memoir of Open Marriage

Cover of The King's Pleasure (Tudor Rose, #2) by Alison Weir

17. The King's Pleasure (Tudor Rose, #2)

By: Alison Weir

4.03

Format: 593 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the private side of t… read more

Similar categories in Alison Weir's The King's Pleasure (Tudor Rose, #2) book and Karen Dolby's My Dearest, Dearest Albert: Queen Victoria's Life Through Her Letters and Journals

  • historical
Cover of The Secrets of Hartwood Hall by Katie Lumsden

18. The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

By: Katie Lumsden

3.67

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

A gripping and atmospheric debut that is at once a chilling gothic mystery and a love letter to Vic… read more

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  • historical
"But I did not want the future he had planned for me. I did not want a future chosen by anyone but myself."

-Katie Lumsden, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

"I said nothing. Too many reasons, too many sins. But he was right. It did not feel wrong. It felt less wrong than anything had in a long time."

-Katie Lumsden, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

Cover of Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs, #1) by Dan Jones

19. Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs, #1)

By: Dan Jones

3.92

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling historian makes his historical fiction debut with an explosive novel… read more

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  • historical
"What matters is that you did not know the story. And the reason you did not...is that our ancestor William - through his deeds of arms, his force of personality and his vast conquests - had achieved …"

-Dan Jones, Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs, #1)

Cover of Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War between the Windsors by Tom Bower

20. Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War between the Windsors

By: Tom Bower

3.86

Format: 541 pages, Kindle Edition

The British Royal Family believed that the dizzy success of the Sussex wedding, watched and celebra… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Meghan, said Oprah, had been the target of ‘constant criticism [and] blatant sexist and racist remarks by British tabloids’. As she spoke, the screen was covered by a spread of apparently racist head…"

-Tom Bower, Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War between the Windsors

Cover of The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the Crown by Katie Nicholl

21. The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the Crown

By: Katie Nicholl

3.71

Format: 11 pages, Audiobook

Vanity FairRoyals correspondent and bestselling author ofWilliam and HarryandKateexplores the remar… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Courtiers: Intrigue, Ambition, and the Power Players Behind the House of Windsor by Valentine Low

22. Courtiers: Intrigue, Ambition, and the Power Players Behind the House of Windsor

By: Valentine Low

3.64

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The gripping account of how the Royal family really operates from the man who has spent years study… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The King: The Life of Charles III by Christopher Andersen

23. The King: The Life of Charles III

By: Christopher Andersen

3.94

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Christopher Andersen comes a vivid and unsparing yet symp… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of My Dearest, Dearest Albert: Queen Victoria's Life Through Her Letters and Journals by Karen Dolby

24. My Dearest, Dearest Albert: Queen Victoria's Life Through Her Letters and Journals

By: Karen Dolby

4.06

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Photographs of Queen Victoria most often show a plump Empress wearing widow’s serious and regal. I… read more

Similar categories in Karen Dolby's My Dearest, Dearest Albert: Queen Victoria's Life Through Her Letters and Journals book and Karen Dolby's My Dearest, Dearest Albert: Queen Victoria's Life Through Her Letters and Journals

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow by Lucy Worsley

25. Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow

By: Lucy Worsley

4.19

Format: 499 pages, Kindle Edition

Who was Queen Victoria? A little old lady, potato-like in appearance, dressed in everlasting black?… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"She no longer followed fashion; she had created a fashion all her own."

-Lucy Worsley, Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow

"Surely Victoria's mental health suffered because all the men around her expected it to."

-Lucy Worsley, Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow

"The daily contents even of her bin 'would be more interesting than a year's file of The Times'."

-Lucy Worsley, Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow

"With Bertie's illness, Victoria's return to her best self, the self she had lost in Albert, had begun."

-Lucy Worsley, Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow

Cover of Whatever Next?: Lessons from an Unexpected Life by Anne Glenconner

26. Whatever Next?: Lessons from an Unexpected Life

By: Anne Glenconner

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

**Instant Sunday Times Bestseller** Bracing honesty, rare insight, and more revelations: theNew Yor… read more

Similar categories in Anne Glenconner's Whatever Next?: Lessons from an Unexpected Life book and Karen Dolby's My Dearest, Dearest Albert: Queen Victoria's Life Through Her Letters and Journals

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Heir of Uncertain Magic (Whimbrel House, #2) by Charlie N. Holmberg

27. Heir of Uncertain Magic (Whimbrel House, #2)

By: Charlie N. Holmberg

4.17

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

One man is on a journey to unravel his magical lineage in the next novel of the Whimbrel House seri… read more

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  • historical
Cover of Brothers and Wives: Inside the Private Lives of William, Kate, Harry, and Meghan by Christopher Andersen

28. Brothers and Wives: Inside the Private Lives of William, Kate, Harry, and Meghan

By: Christopher Andersen

3.68

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

Featuring unreported details and stunning revelations, the long-awaited follow-up to the bestseller… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy by Sally Bedell Smith

29. George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy

By: Sally Bedell Smith

4.28

Format: 736 pages, Hardcover

A revelatory account of how King George VI and Queen Elizabeth's loving marriage saved the monarchy… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Real Diana: The revealing biography of The Princess of Wales by renowned royal commentator, Lady Colin Campbell by Lady Colin Campbell

30. The Real Diana: The revealing biography of The Princess of Wales by renowned royal commentator, Lady Colin Campbell

By: Lady Colin Campbell

4.06

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

Royal insider Lady Colin Campbell was the first to predict the Waleses' separation and divorce, in … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life by Sally Bedell Smith

31. Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life

By: Sally Bedell Smith

3.76

Format: 658 pages, Kindle Edition

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of Elizabeth the Queen comes the first major biography … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

19 best-selling history books like My Dearest, Dearest Albert: Queen Victoria's Life Through Her Letters and Journals by Karen Dolby

Transform Your Habits

The Last Princess: The Devoted Life of Queen Victoria's Youngest Daughter

Matthew Dennison

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Queen Victoria

Elizabeth Longford

3.85

Transform Your Habits

Queen Victoria's Mysterious Daughter: A Biography of Princess Louise

Lucinda Hawksley

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Daughter of Empire: My Life as a Mountbatten

None , Pamela Hicks

4.49

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11 Best audiobook books like Whatever Next?: Lessons from an Unexpected Life by Anne Glenconner

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Ready For Absolutely Nothing

Susannah Constantine

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Oh Miriam!: Stories from an Extraordinary Life

Miriam Margolyes

4.08

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Courtiers: Intrigue, Ambition, and the Power Players Behind the House of Windsor

Valentine Low

3.64

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The King: The Life of Charles III

Christopher Andersen

3.94

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