20 must-read history books like Alice, The Enigma - A Biography of Queen Victoria's Daughter by Christina Croft

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Alice, The Enigma - A Biography of Queen Victoria's Daughter

By: Christina Croft

3.98

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Of all Queen Victoria’s nine children, none was more intriguing than her second daughter, Alice. Th…

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1. On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they leave their little house on the pra… read more

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  • historical
"Mary was too scared to move. Laura was too scared to stand to still."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

"Snow as fine and grainy as sugar covered the windows in and sifted off to the floor and did not melt."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

"When gloomy clouds across the sky Cast shadows o'er the land, Bright rays of hope illumine my path, For Jesus holds my hand."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

"All day the storm lasted. The windows were white and the wind never stopped howling and screaming. It was pleasant in the warm house. Laura and Mary did their lessons, then Pa played the fiddle while…"

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

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2. Our Mutual Friend

By: Charles Dickens

4.09

Format: 801 pages, Paperback

A satiric masterpiece about the allure and peril of money, Our Mutual Friend revolves around the in… read more

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  • british literature
"I really am a little afraid, my dear,"

-Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend

"Eugene, Eugene, Eugene, this is a bad business!"

-Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend

"Ah me!" said he, "what might have been is not what is!"

-Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend

"Demon—with the highest respect for you—behold your work!"

-Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend

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3. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

By: Lew Wallace

4.03

Format: 620 pages, Hardcover

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880) by Lew Wallace is one of the most popular and beloved 19th cen… read more

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  • historical
"In warning there is strength."

-Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

"The enemy of man is man, my brother."

-Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

"Knowledge leaves no room for chances."

-Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

"Pride is never so loud as when in chains."

-Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

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4. Victoria's Daughters

By: Jerrold M. Packard

4.26

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

The story of five women who shared one of the most extraordinary and privileged sisterhoods of all … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
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5. Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

3.59

Format: 320 pages,

Maisie Dobbs isn't just any young housemaid. Through her own natural intelligence--and the patronag… read more

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  • historical
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6. George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I

By: Miranda Carter

4.36

Format: 184 pages,

In the years before the First World War, the great European powers were ruled by three first cousin… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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7. Ten Days in a Mad-House

By: Nellie Bly

3.70

Format: 186 pages,

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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8. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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9. Crowns in Conflict: The Triumph and the Tragedy of European Monarchy 1910-1918

By: Theo Aronson

3.71

Format: None pages,

The years immediately before the First World War saw the last great flowering of European monarchy.… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

10. Victoria: A Life

By: A.N. Wilson

3.93

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When Queen Victoria died in 1901, she had ruled for nearly sixty-four years. She was a mother of ni… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction

11. Queen Victoria's Youngest Son: The Untold Story of Prince Leopold

By: Charlotte Zeepvat

3.86

Format: 136 pages,

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction

12. The Romanovs: The Final Chapter

By: Robert K. Massie

3.80

Format: 654 pages, Paperback

In July 1991, nine skeletons were exhumed from a shallow mass grave near Ekaterinburg, Siberia, a f… read more

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13. The Romanovs

By: Virginia Cowles

4.42

Format: None pages,

For over 300 years, the Romanov family ruled over Russia. Its glittering Tsars and Tsarinas were au… read more

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14. Imperial Requiem: Four Royal Women and the Fall of the Age of Empires

By: Justin C. Vovk

3.93

Format: 214 pages, Paperback

Augusta Victoria, Mary, Alexandra, and Zita were four women who were born to rule. In Imperial Requ… read more

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15. Farmer Boy (Little House, #3)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

5.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Growing up on his family's farm in New York, Almanzo Wilder wishes for just one thing--his very own… read more

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16. 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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17. Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World

By: Hugh Brewster

3.85

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyagetakes us behind the paneled doors of the Titanic's elegant private suites… read more

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18. Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens (Wrexford & Sloane, #5)

By: Andrea Penrose

4.13

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

The upcoming marriage of the Earl of Wrexford and Lady Charlotte Sloane promises to be a highlight … read more

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  • historical
  • british literature
"Without laughter to counter the injustices and absurdities of the world, life could so easily crush one's spirit."

-Andrea Penrose, Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens (Wrexford & Sloane, #5)

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19. Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau

By: Susan J. Eischeid

4.21

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The first-ever biography of SS Overseer Maria Mandl, the highest-ranked woman in the Nazi killing m… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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20. The Boy From Block 66: A WW2 Jewish Holocaust Survival True Story (Heroic Children of World War II Book 1)

By: Limor Regev

4.46

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

He has endured more than any child ever should, but now he must survive Block 66. January, 1945 . … read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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21. Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins–and WWII Heroes

By: Tim Brady

4.01

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

The astonishing WWII true story of a trio of fearless female resisters whose youth and innocence be… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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22. Alice, The Enigma - A Biography of Queen Victoria's Daughter

By: Christina Croft

3.98

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Of all Queen Victoria’s nine children, none was more intriguing than her second daughter, Alice. Th… read more

Similar categories in Christina Croft's Alice, The Enigma - A Biography of Queen Victoria's Daughter book and Christina Croft's Alice, The Enigma - A Biography of Queen Victoria's Daughter

  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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23. 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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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"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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24. Hitler and the Habsburgs: The Fuhrer's Vendetta Against the Austrian Royals

By: James McMurtry Longo

4.43

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Five youthful years in Vienna. It was then and there that Adolf Hitler's obsession with the Habsbur… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Women of Means: The Fascinating Biographies of Royals, Heiresses, Eccentrics and Other Poor Little Rich Girls by Marlene Wagman-Geller

25. Women of Means: The Fascinating Biographies of Royals, Heiresses, Eccentrics and Other Poor Little Rich Girls

By: Marlene Wagman-Geller

3.44

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

People are riveted by royals, captivated by celebrities, mesmerized by the monied and enthralled by… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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26. The Black Death: An Enthralling Overview of a Major Event in the Middle Ages (Europe)

By: Billy Wellman

3.96

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

Boils, religion, and Living with the Black Death in the Middle AgesThe Black Death, also known as … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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27. Princess Mary: The First Modern Princess

By: Elisabeth Basford

4.05

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

'At last a biography of Princess Mary, the Queen’s aunt – and a good one ... She has long deserved … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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28. Gay Monarch: The Life and Pleasures of Edward VII

By: Virginia Cowles

4.10

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

“When Queen Victoria gave birth to her eldest son, on November 11, 1841, cannons roared, flags flut… read more

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  • history
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29. Princess Helena

By: John van der Kiste

3.82

Format: 150 pages, Kindle Edition

Princess Helena (1846-1923) was the third daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. A steady, d… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • british literature
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30. The Life and Death of Ella Grand Duchess of Russia: A Romanov Tragedy

By: Christopher Warwick

4.12

Format: 373 pages, Kindle Edition

Originally published in hardback as Ella: Princess, Saint and Martyr, the definitive biography of G… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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31. The Fall of the Dynasties: The Collapse of the Old Order: 1905-1922

By: Edmond Taylor

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

In the aftermath of World War One four of the most powerful royal families had been deposed and the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

16 Best historical books like Alice, The Enigma - A Biography of Queen Victoria's Daughter by Christina Croft

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4.22

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Lew Wallace

4.03

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4.26

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