5 must-read european history books like Anna, Duchess of Cleves: The King's Beloved Sister by Heather R. Darsie

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Anna, Duchess of Cleves: The King's Beloved Sister

By: Heather R. Darsie

3.79

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

'The King's Beloved Sister' looks at Anne of Cleves from a new perspective, as a woman from the Hol…

If you liked the european history plot in Anna, Duchess of Cleves: The King's Beloved Sister by Heather R. Darsie , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The Boy King: Edward VI and the Protestant Reformation

By: Diarmaid MacCulloch

3.69

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

Diarmaid MacCulloch illuminates the significance of Edward's turbulent and neglected reign. He take… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
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2. The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10)

By: Philippa Gregory

3.91

Format: 518 pages, Hardcover

Three Women Who Share One Fate: The Boleyn Inheritance Anne of Cleves She runs from her tiny c… read more

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  • historical
  • tudor period
"A woman cannot prove her innocence when a man bears witness against her."

-Philippa Gregory, The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10)

"He is a young man with a future of power and opportunity and we are young women destined to be either wives and mothers at the very best, or spinster parasites at the worst."

-Philippa Gregory, The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10)

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3. Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)

By: Hilary Mantel

3.98

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has fai… read more

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  • historical
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4. Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite

By: Suki Kim

3.63

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A haunting memoir of teaching English to the sons of North Korea's ruling class during the last six… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
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5. Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession (Six Tudor Queens, #2)

By: Alison Weir

3.50

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsessionby bestselling historian Alison Weir, author of Katherine of Aragon:… read more

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  • historical
  • tudor period
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6. Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey

By: Nicola Tallis

4.53

Format: 194 pages, Hardcover

"Good people, I am come hither to die, and by a law I am condemned to the same." These were the hea… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period

7. 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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8. Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen (Six Tudor Queens, #3)

By: Alison Weir

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Acclaimed author and historian Alison Weir continues her epic Six Tudor Queens series with this thi… read more

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9. The Life of Elizabeth I

By: Alison Weir

3.88

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER Perhaps the most influential sovereign England has ever known, Queen Eliza… read more

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10. The Children of Henry VIII

By: Alison Weir

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

At his death in 1547, King Henry VIII left four heirs to the English throne: his only son, the nine… read more

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11. Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe

By: John Guy

4.16

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

“A fierce, scholarly tour-de-force. . . .  Hunting the Falcon  brilliantly shows how time, circumst… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
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12. The King's Pleasure (Tudor Rose, #2)

By: Alison Weir

4.03

Format: 593 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the private side of t… read more

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  • tudor period
  • historical
  • european history
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13. Lost Heirs of the Medieval Crown: The Kings and Queens Who Never Were

By: J.F. Andrews

4.23

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

“A fascinating study of the also-rans and almost-made-its of medieval history . . . Beautifully wri… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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14. Let Me In: 30 Tales of Terror

By: Blair Daniels

4.33

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

My friend has a camera that will show you your last photograph before you die.I hacked someone’s Ri… read more

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15. House of Odysseus (The Songs of Penelope, #2)

By: Claire North

4.19

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

House of Odysseus is the follow up to award-winning author Claire North's Ithaca "a powerful, fresh… read more

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  • historical
Cover of The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of British History at Hampton Court by Gareth Russell

16. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • tudor period
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17. The Princes in the Tower: Solving History's Greatest Cold Case

By: Philippa Langley

3.67

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

In 1483, Edward V (age twelve) and his brother Richard, Duke of York (age nine), disappeared from t… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
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18. The Tudors in Love: Passion and Politics in the Age of England's Most Famous Dynasty

By: Sarah Gristwood

3.71

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Sarah Gristwood's The Tudors in Love offers a brilliant history of the Tudor dynasty, showing how t… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
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19. Blood, Fire and Gold

By: Estelle Paranque

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

'A story told with verve and passion' The Times, Book of the Week'An alternative and engaging biogr… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • tudor period
Cover of The Final Year of Anne Boleyn by Natalie Grueninger

20. The Final Year of Anne Boleyn

By: Natalie Grueninger

4.32

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

There are few women in English history more famous or controversial than Queen Anne Boleyn. She was… read more

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  • tudor period
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Try me good king, but let me have a lawful trial, and let not my sworn enemies sit as my accusers and judges… My last and only request shall be, that myself may only bear the burden of your grace’s d…"

-Natalie Grueninger, The Final Year of Anne Boleyn

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21. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
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22. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
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23. Anne Boleyn: 500 Years of Lies

By: Hayley Nolan

3.76

Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition

A bold new analysis of one of history’s most misrepresented women. History has lied. Anne Boleyn … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
Cover of Women of the Wars of the Roses: Jacquetta Woodville, Margaret of Anjou & Cecily Neville by Sylvia Barbara Soberton

24. Women of the Wars of the Roses: Jacquetta Woodville, Margaret of Anjou & Cecily Neville

By: Sylvia Barbara Soberton

4.11

Format: 140 pages, Kindle Edition

Jacquetta Woodville, Margaret of Anjou and Cecily Neville are among the best-known female figures d… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Edward III: A Heroic Failure (Penguin Monarchs) by Jonathan Sumption

25. Edward III: A Heroic Failure (Penguin Monarchs)

By: Jonathan Sumption

3.79

Format: 115 pages, Hardcover

Edward III lived through bloody and turbulent times. His father was deposed by his mother and her l… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
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26. Anna, Duchess of Cleves: The King's Beloved Sister

By: Heather R. Darsie

3.79

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

'The King's Beloved Sister' looks at Anne of Cleves from a new perspective, as a woman from the Hol… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • tudor period
Cover of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou: A Marriage of Unequals by Amy Licence

27. Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou: A Marriage of Unequals

By: Amy Licence

3.76

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

He became king before his first birthday, inheriting a vast empire from his military hero father; s… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
Cover of The Sundered Blade (Legends of Abreia #6) by Kenley Davidson

28. The Sundered Blade (Legends of Abreia #6)

By: Kenley Davidson

4.46

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

War is coming. Under the shadow of dragons’ wings, the Five Thrones wait to learn whose hand wil… read more

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Cover of Living Like a Tudor: Woodsmoke and Sage: A Sensory Journey Through Tudor England by Amy Licence

29. Living Like a Tudor: Woodsmoke and Sage: A Sensory Journey Through Tudor England

By: Amy Licence

3.99

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Take a 500-year journey back in time and experience the Tudor Era through the five senses. Much ha… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
Cover of Courting Scandal: The Rise and Fall of Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford by James Taffe

30. Courting Scandal: The Rise and Fall of Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford

By: James Taffe

3.86

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford, was a lady-in-waiting at the court of Henry VIII. She has been describe… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
Cover of James II & VII: Britain's Last Catholic King by Laura Brennan

31. James II & VII: Britain's Last Catholic King

By: Laura Brennan

3.75

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

James II & VII was not born to be a king. As the Duke of York he grew up in a Britain divided by ci… read more

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19 must-read history books like Anna, Duchess of Cleves: The King's Beloved Sister by Heather R. Darsie

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The Boy King: Edward VI and the Protestant Reformation

Diarmaid MacCulloch

3.69

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Suki Kim

3.63

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Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey

Nicola Tallis

4.53

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Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe

John Guy

4.16

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Natalie Haynes

3.91

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Katharine Beutner

3.92

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Phoenicia Rogerson

3.53

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Medea

Eilish Quin

3.84

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