17 best-selling nonfiction books like The Grit in the Pearl: The Scandalous Life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (The shocking true story behind A Very British Scandal, starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany) by Lyndsy Spence

Cover of The Grit in the Pearl: The Scandalous Life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (The shocking true story behind A Very British Scandal, starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany) by Lyndsy Spence

The Grit in the Pearl: The Scandalous Life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (The shocking true story behind A Very British Scandal, starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany)

By: Lyndsy Spence

3.55

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

MARGARET, DUCHESS OF ARGYLL was an international celebrity in her youth, adored and observed by mil…

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1. Spymistress: The True Story of the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World War II

By: William Stevenson

3.61

Format: 160 pages,

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

2. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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3. A Life of Contrasts: The Autobiography

By: Diana Mitford Mosley

3.64

Format: 221 pages,

At the outbreak of WWII, Diana Mosley, the Mitford sister who grew up with the Churchills, was impr… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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4. The Last Dollar Princess

By: Linda Bennett Pennell

4.13

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

It must be said. Scandal follows her family like an ever-faithful hound. No matter how hard they ki… read more

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5. Wallis in Love: The Untold Life of the Duchess of Windsor, the Woman Who Changed the Monarchy

By: Andrew Morton

3.57

Format: 401 pages, Kindle Edition

Wallis in Love brings a fascinating new perspective on the 20th century's most controversial royal … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • 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

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. The Grit in the Pearl: The Scandalous Life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (The shocking true story behind A Very British Scandal, starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany)

By: Lyndsy Spence

3.55

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

MARGARET, DUCHESS OF ARGYLL was an international celebrity in her youth, adored and observed by mil… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. American Gilt: Début

By: J.D. Peterson

3.99

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

ALSO AVAILABLE ON KINDLE & KOBO! “American Gilt – Début” (Vol 1) "This was the best gilded ag… read more

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10. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. The Scandalous Life of Nancy Randolph

By: Kate Braithwaite

4.30

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

A compelling historical retelling of the first great scandal to shake America. Victim? Temptress… read more

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12. An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

By: Annejet van der Zijl

3.73

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

The true story of a girl from the wilderness settlements of a burgeoning new America who became one… read more

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  • biography
  • nonfiction
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"If you no longer had a future, what else is there left but dreams of the past?"

-Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

"If there was one thing that was truly American, it was the belief that it was always possible to start again."

-Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

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13. The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism

By: Bill Shaffer

3.63

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An Alexander Hamilton heir, a beautiful female con artist, an abandoned baby, and the shocking cour… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. The Astors (Dynasties Book 1)

By: Virginia Cowles

3.77

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

'Recounted at great speed, and with splendid life, vigour and readability' Antonia Fraser The Asto… read more

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  • biography
  • nonfiction
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15. Zenith Man: Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom

By: McCracken Poston Jr.

4.45

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Like a nonfiction John Grisham thriller with echoes of Rainman, Just Mercy, and a captivating small… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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16. Upstairs & Downstairs: My Life In Service as a Lady's Maid

By: Tim Tate

3.85

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

A fascinating memoir of life as a lady's maid in a big house in the 1930s, covering the beauty of t… read more

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  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. 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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  • biography
  • british literature
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18. The Mountbattens: Their Lives & Loves

By: Andrew Lownie

3.66

Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition

DICKIE MOUNTBATTEN: A major figure behind his nephew Philip's marriage to Queen Elizabeth II and in… read more

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  • biography
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19. The Private Lives of Mayfair

By: Peter Thompson

3.48

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

The secret history of one of the most exclusive areas in the world. On the edge of Hyde Park, Mayfa… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • british literature
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20. The Girl Puzzle: A Story of Nellie Bly

By: Kate Braithwaite

4.03

Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition

Her published story is well known. But did she tell the whole truth about her ten days in the madho… read more

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21. Enid

By: Robert Wainwright

4.03

Format: 388 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of Sheila comes the story of a bewitching Australian socialite who fasc… read more

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12 Best audiobook books like The Grit in the Pearl: The Scandalous Life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (The shocking true story behind A Very British Scandal, starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany) by Lyndsy Spence

The Husband Hunters: Social Climbing in London and New York

Anne de Courcy

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

Laurence Leamer

3.83

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3.82

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4.17

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4.11

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