9 Best biography memoir books like Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies by Laura Thompson

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Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies

By: Laura Thompson

3.21

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Laura Thompson returns with Heiresses , a fascinating look at the…

If you liked the biography memoir plot in Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies by Laura Thompson , here is a list of 9 books like this:

1. The Husband Hunters: Social Climbing in London and New York

By: Anne de Courcy

4.29

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Towards the end of the nineteenth century and for the first few years of the twentieth, a strange i… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

2. Young and Damned and Fair: The Life of Catherine Howard, Fifth Wife of King Henry VIII

By: Gareth Russell

4.12

Format: 206 pages, Hardcover

Written with an exciting combination of narrative flair and historical authority, this interpretati… read more

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3. She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth

By: Helen Castor

3.80

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

When Edward VI - Henry VIII's longed-for son - died in 1553, extraordinarily, there was no one left… read more

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4. Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century

By: Stephen Galloway

3.75

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST A New York Times Bestseller "A "well rou… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era

By: Laurence Leamer

3.83

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Laurence Leamer reveals the complex web of relationships and scan… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • audiobook
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6. The Duchess Countess: The Woman Who Scandalized Eighteenth-Century London

By: Catherine Ostler

3.60

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Discover the adventurous life of the stylish and scandalous Elizabeth Chudleigh, Duchess of Kingsto… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies

By: Laura Thompson

3.21

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Laura Thompson returns with Heiresses , a fascinating look at the… read more

Similar categories in Laura Thompson's Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies book and Laura Thompson's Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century

By: Roseanne Montillo

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Exploring the darkly intertwined fates of infamous socialite Ann Woodward and literary icon Truman … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • audiobook
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9. Gilded Youth: A History of Growing Up In the Royal Family: From the Plantagenets to the Cambridges

By: Tom Quinn

3.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A colorful, fascinating look at growing up in the royal family over the centuries, from the Plantag… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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10. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune

By: Anderson Cooper

3.77

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting histor… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War

By: Helen Rappaport

3.77

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From Helen Rappaport, the New York Times bestselling author of The Romanov Sisters comes After the … read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"His wife, "who only demanded of life that it should amuse her"."

-Helen Rappaport, After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War

"(B)ut behind it all-- nothing: just vodka and the void. (Coco Chanel)"

-Helen Rappaport, After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War

"We lived side by side with life but were afraid of meeting it. (Maria Pavlovna)"

-Helen Rappaport, After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War

"(H)is action was merely "galvanizing the corpse" of an army that was already in retreat and heading for defeat."

-Helen Rappaport, After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War

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12. Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History

By: Richard Thompson Ford

3.85

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A “sharp and entertaining” (The Wall Street Journal) exploration of fashion through the ages that a… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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13. In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters

By: Nancy Goldstone

4.16

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

The vibrant, sprawling saga of Empress Maria Theresa—one of the most renowned women rulers in histo… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

By: Hannah Carlson

3.62

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

“Who knew the humble pocket could hold so much history? In this enthralling and always surprising a… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. The Women of Rothschild: The Untold Story of the World's Most Famous Dynasty

By: Natalie Livingstone

3.82

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

In The Women of Rothschild , Natalie Livingstone reveals the role of women in shaping the legacy of… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • audiobook
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16. Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner

By: Natalie Dykstra

4.05

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The vivid and masterful story of an American original—a formidable art collector and builder of one… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. The Churchill Sisters: The Extraordinary Lives of Winston and Clementine's Daughters

By: Rachel Trethewey

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

As complex in their own way as their Mitford cousins, Winston and Clementine Churchill’s daughters … read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. Diamonds and Deadlines: A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded Age

By: Betsy Prioleau

3.55

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Betsy Prioleau’s biography of Gilded Age female tycoon Miriam Leslie is “an appropriately twisty ta… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of Noble Ambitions: The Fall and Rise of the English Country House After World War II by Adrian Tinniswood

19. Noble Ambitions: The Fall and Rise of the English Country House After World War II

By: Adrian Tinniswood

3.81

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A rollicking tour of the English country home after World War II, when swinging London collided wit… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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20. The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

By: Olivia Williams

3.61

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

THE STORY OF THE SAVOY HOTEL'S FOUNDERS, THROUGH A CENTURY OF LUXURY."For The Gondoliers-themed bir… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

16 must-read audiobook books like Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies by Laura Thompson

The Husband Hunters: Social Climbing in London and New York

Anne de Courcy

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century

Stephen Galloway

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era

Laurence Leamer

3.83

Transform Your Habits

The Duchess Countess: The Woman Who Scandalized Eighteenth-Century London

Catherine Ostler

3.60

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21 best-selling audiobook books like Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune by Anderson Cooper

Transform Your Habits

The Women

Kristin Hannah

4.64

Transform Your Habits

Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

Rachel Maddow

4.45

Transform Your Habits

The Frozen River

Ariel Lawhon

4.43

Transform Your Habits

Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

3.99

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