Twilight of Empire: The Tragedy at Mayerling and the End of the Habsburgs
By: Greg King
3.99
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
On a snowy January morning in 1889, a worried servant hacked open a locked door at the remote hunti…
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By: Brigitte Hamann , Ruth Hein
4.14
Format: 439 pages, Paperback
She was the romantic idol of her age, the extraordinarily beautiful and mysterious Empress Elisabet… read more
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"Whatever Elisabeth did, Franz Joseph's affection remained unchanged."-Brigitte Hamann, The Reluctant Empress
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"She knows how to keep him interested in a thousand ways. And her peculiarity, her singularity may not always be easy for him to bear. But surely she has never bored him. Elle sait se faire désirer, b…"-Brigitte Hamann, The Reluctant Empress
"[A translation into English of a poem Elisabeth wrote two weeks after her wedding] Oh, had I but never left the path That would have led me to freedom. Oh, that on the broad avenues Of vanity I had n…"-Brigitte Hamann, The Reluctant Empress
2. Sisi: Empress on Her Own (Sisi, #2)
By: Allison Pataki
4.32
Format: 285 pages, Hardcover
In this sweeping and powerful novel, New York Timesbestselling author Allison Pataki tells the litt… read more
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3. City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago
By: Gary Krist
4.16
Format: 347 pages, Hardcover
The masterfully told story of twelve volatile days in the life of Chicago, when an aviation disaste… read more
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4. Romanov Autumn: Stories from the Last Century of Imperial Russia
By: Charlotte Zeepvat
3.64
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
The Romanov dynasty ruled Russia for a little over 300 years. The story of the dynasty's dramatic e… read more
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5. George and Marina: Duke and Duchess of Kent
By: Christopher Warwick
4.83
Format: 368 pages,
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6. The Killings at Badger's Drift (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #1)
By: Caroline Graham
3.97
Format: 261 pages, Paperback
Badger's Drift is an ideal English village, complete with vicar, bumbling local doctor, and kindly … read more
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7. A Deadly Game: The Untold Story of the Scott Peterson Investigation
By: Catherine Crier
3.47
Format: 185 pages, Paperback
In this #1 New York Timesbestseller, Catherine Crier, a former judge and one of television's most p… read more
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8. This House is Haunted
By: John Boyne
4.06
Format: None pages, Hardcover
1867. Eliza Caine arrives in Norfolk to take up her position as governess at Gaudlin Hall on a dark… read more
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9. Matriarch: Queen Mary and the House of Windsor
By: Anne Edwards
3.73
Format: 216 pages,
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10. Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918
By: Katja Hoyer
4.17
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Before 1871, Germany was not a nation but an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable… read more
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11. Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers
By: Frank Figliuzzi
3.64
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the FBI’s former assistant director, a shocking journey to the dark side of America’s highways… read more
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12. Medical Downfall of the Tudors: Sex, Reproduction & Succession
By: Sylvia Barbara Soberton
3.88
Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition
The Tudor dynasty died out because there was no heir of Elizabeth I’s body to succeed her. Henry VI… read more
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13. The Habsburgs: To Rule the World
By: Martyn Rady
3.85
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The definitive history of the dynasty that dominated Europe for centuries In The Habsburgs, Mart… read more
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14. Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor
By: Andrew Lownie
3.82
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
Traitor King, by Sunday Times bestselling author Andrew Lownie, looks at the years following the ab… read more
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"The problem was that the Duke wanted status not a job, to be recognised rather than to contribute."-Andrew Lownie, Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor
15. Wolf at the Table
By: Adam Rapp
3.98
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
The Corrections meets We Need to Talk About Kevin in this harrowing multigenerational saga about a … read more
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16. Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants: Frequently Asked Questions about the Ancient Greeks and Romans
By: Garrett Ryan
4.20
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Why didn't the ancient Greeks or Romans wear pants? How did they shave? How likely were they to dri… read more
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17. A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks
By: David Gibbins
3.44
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins comes an exciting and rich narrative of human … read more
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18. Children of Nazis: The Sons and Daughters of Himmler, Göring, Höss, Mengele, and Others— Living with a Father's Monstrous Legacy
By: Tania Crasnianski
3.85
Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1940, the German sons and daughters of great Nazi dignitaries Himmler, Göring, Hess, Frank, Borm… read more
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19. Wonder Drug: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims
By: Jennifer Vanderbes
4.40
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20. Twilight of Empire: The Tragedy at Mayerling and the End of the Habsburgs
By: Greg King
3.99
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
On a snowy January morning in 1889, a worried servant hacked open a locked door at the remote hunti… read more
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21. Silk: A World History
By: Aarathi Prasad
3.66
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In a gorgeous history that spans continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad weaves together the compl… read more
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