Mistresses: Sex and Scandal at the Court of Charles II
By: Linda Porter
3.83
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
According to the great diarist, John Evelyn, Charles II was 'addicted to women', and throughout his…
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1. Henrietta Howard: King's Mistress, Queen's Servant
By: Tracy Borman
4.00
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Borman's biography reveals a woman who was far more than the mistress to King George II. She was a … read more
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2. The Private Lives of the Tudors
By: Tracy Borman
4.11
Format: 70 pages, Hardcover
'I do not live in a corner. A thousand eyes see all I do.' Elizabeth I The Tudor monarchs were cons… read more
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3. Parker Pyne Investigates
By: Agatha Christie
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
The forlorn, the anxious and the puzzled have all beaten a path to Parker Pyne's office where, arme… read more
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4. Blackout (Dark Iceland, #3)
By: Quentin Bates , Ragnar Jónasson
3.66
Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition
On the shores of a tranquil fjord in Northern Iceland, a man is brutally beaten to death on a brigh… read more
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5. A Curious History of Sex
By: Kate Lister
4.17
Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition
This is not a comprehensive study of every sexual quirk, kink and ritual across all cultures throug… read more
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"Vulvas aren’t dainty. They can eat a penis and push out a baby."-Kate Lister, A Curious History of Sex
6. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
By: David Mitchell
4.16
Format: 433 pages, ebook
A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more
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"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
7. Queens of the Crusades (England's Medieval Queens, #2)
By: Alison Weir
3.97
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
Packed with incredible true stories and legendary medieval intrigue, this epic narrative history ch… read more
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8. The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream
By: Charles Spencer
4.06
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The sinking of the White Ship is one of the greatest disasters in English history. Here, Sunday Tim… read more
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9. The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
By: Anna Keay
4.39
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
‘The execution of the king took place on a bleak, bitterly cold afternoon in January. As the execut… read more
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"This book was born of ignorance."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
"... he was not one to let other people's feelings get in the way when he knew he was right."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
"He warned his pious daughter Bridget of the dangers of self-criticism and the overwhelming importance of love."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
"As in many parts of the country, people's desire for peace and prosperity was stronger than their loyalty to one regime or another."-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
10. The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World
By: Shelley Puhak
4.09
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The remarkable, little-known story of two trailblazing women in the Early Middle Ages who wielded i… read more
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11. The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of British History at Hampton Court
By: Gareth Russell
4.21
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
The popular and “scrupulous historian” (Daily Mail , London) Gareth Russell presents five hundred y… read more
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12. Young Elizabeth: Elizabeth I and Her Perilous Path to the Crown
By: Nicola Tallis
4.36
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The first definitive biography of the young Elizabeth I in over twenty years—drawing on a rich vari… read more
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13. Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History
By: Tracy Borman
4.26
Format: 302 pages, Hardcover
Anne Boleyn is a subject of enduring fascination. By far the most famous of Henry VIII's six wives,… read more
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14. Winterkill (Dark Iceland, #6)
By: Ragnar Jónasson
3.89
Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition
When the body of a nineteen-year-old girl is found on the main street of Siglufjörður, Police Inspe… read more
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15. A Disappearance in Fiji
By: Nilima Rao
3.89
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
A charming and atmospheric debut mystery featuring a 25-year-old Indian police sergeant investigati… read more
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16. Mistresses: Sex and Scandal at the Court of Charles II
By: Linda Porter
3.83
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
According to the great diarist, John Evelyn, Charles II was 'addicted to women', and throughout his… read more
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17. The House of Dudley: A New History of Tudor England
By: Joanne Paul
4.17
Format: 506 pages, Hardcover
Told for the very first time, this is the shocking and extraordinary story of the most-conniving an… read more
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18. The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society
By: Eleanor Janega
4.07
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
What makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love, and be? In this vibrant, high-spirited h… read more
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19. The Story Collector
By: Evie Gaughan
4.16
Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition
In a quiet village in Ireland, a mysterious local myth is about to change everything… One hundre… read more
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20. The Churchill Girls: The Story of Winston and Clementine's Daughters
By: Rachel Trethewey
4.17
Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition
Bright, attractive and well-connected, in any other family the Churchill sisters – Diana, Sarah, Ma… read more
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