29 must-read nonfiction books like Richard I: The Crusader King by Thomas Asbridge

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Richard I: The Crusader King

By: Thomas Asbridge

3.98

Format: 119 pages, Hardcover

Richard I's reign is both controversial and seemingly contradictory. One of England's most famous m…

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Cover of Æthelstan: The Making of England by Tom Holland

1. Æthelstan: The Making of England

By: Tom Holland

4.03

Format: 116 pages, Hardcover

The formation of England occurred against the odds: an island divided into rival kingdoms, under sa… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
Cover of Henry III: A Simple and God-Fearing King (Penguin Monarchs) by Stephen Church

2. Henry III: A Simple and God-Fearing King (Penguin Monarchs)

By: Stephen Church

3.69

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Henry III was a medieval king whose long reign continues to have a profound impact on us today. He … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
Cover of Henry VIII: The Quest For Fame (Penguin Monarchs) by John Guy

3. Henry VIII: The Quest For Fame (Penguin Monarchs)

By: John Guy

3.80

Format: 141 pages, Hardcover

Charismatic, insatiable and cruel, Henry VIII was, as John Guy shows, a king who became mesmerized … read more

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  • european history
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Victoria: Queen, Matriarch, Empress by Jane Ridley

4. Victoria: Queen, Matriarch, Empress

By: Jane Ridley

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Queen Victoria inherited the throne at 18 and went on to become the longest-reigning female monarch… read more

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  • european history
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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5. William I: England's Conqueror

By: Marc Morris

3.00

Format: None pages,

On Christmas Day 1066, William, duke of Normandy was crowned in Westminster, the first Norman king … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
Cover of Edward VII: The Cosmopolitan King by Richard Davenport-Hines

6. Edward VII: The Cosmopolitan King

By: Richard Davenport-Hines

4.30

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Like his mother Queen Victoria, Edward VII defined an era. Both reflected the personalties of their… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir

7. The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England

By: Dan Jones

3.25

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

The first Plantagenet king inherited a blood-soaked kingdom from the Normans and transformed it int… read more

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8. Charles I: An Abbreviated Life

By: Mark A. Kishlansky

3.08

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

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9. Æthelred the Unready: The Failed King

By: Richard P. Abels

3.59

Format: 137 pages, Hardcover

In his fascinating new book in the Penguin Monarchs series, Richard Abels examines the long and tro… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • medieval
Cover of Edward IV: The Summer King by A.J. Pollard

10. Edward IV: The Summer King

By: A.J. Pollard

3.76

Format: 134 pages, Hardcover

In 1461 Edward earl of March, a handsome eighteen-year old of massive charisma and ability, usurped… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
Cover of Henry I: The Father of His People by Edmund King

11. Henry I: The Father of His People

By: Edmund King

3.70

Format: 116 pages, Hardcover

The youngest of William the Conqueror's sons, Henry I (1100-35) was never meant to be king, but he … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
Cover of Henry V: Playboy Prince to Warrior King by Anne Curry

12. Henry V: Playboy Prince to Warrior King

By: Anne Curry

3.96

Format: 143 pages, Hardcover

Henry V's invasion of France, in August 1415, represented a huge gamble. As heir to the throne, he … read more

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

13. 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
  • medieval history
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
Cover of Cnut: The North Sea King by Ryan Lavelle

14. Cnut: The North Sea King

By: Ryan Lavelle

3.40

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Cnut, or Canute, is one of the great "what ifs" of English history. The Dane who became King of Eng… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
Cover of Henry II: A Prince Among Princes by Richard Barber

15. Henry II: A Prince Among Princes

By: Richard Barber

3.89

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Henry II (1154-89) through a series of astonishing dynastic coups became the ruler of an enormous E… read more

Similar categories in Richard Barber's Henry II: A Prince Among Princes book and Thomas Asbridge's Richard I: The Crusader King

  • history
  • biography
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
Cover of William II: The Red King   (Penguin Monarchs) by John Gillingham

16. William II: The Red King (Penguin Monarchs)

By: John Gillingham

3.62

Format: 117 pages, Hardcover

William II (1087-1100), or William Rufus, will always be most famous for his death: killed by an ar… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
Cover of John: An Evil King? by Nicholas Vincent

17. John: An Evil King?

By: Nicholas Vincent

3.97

Format: 118 pages, Hardcover

Part of the Penguin Monarchs short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers in a collectible fo… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
Cover of Edward the Confessor: The Sainted King by David Woodman

18. Edward the Confessor: The Sainted King

By: David Woodman

3.89

Format: 129 pages, Hardcover

Edward the Confessor, one of the last kings of Anglo-Saxon England, is in part a figure of myths cr… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
Cover of Stephen: The Reign of Anarchy  (Penguin Monarchs) by Carl Watkins

19. Stephen: The Reign of Anarchy (Penguin Monarchs)

By: Carl Watkins

3.68

Format: 110 pages, Hardcover

Remembered as time in which 'Christ and his saints slept', Stephen's troubled rule plunged England … read more

Similar categories in Carl Watkins's Stephen: The Reign of Anarchy (Penguin Monarchs) book and Thomas Asbridge's Richard I: The Crusader King

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • medieval history
Cover of Richard III: A Failed King? (Penguin Monarchs) by Rosemary Horrox

20. Richard III: A Failed King? (Penguin Monarchs)

By: Rosemary Horrox

3.60

Format: 109 pages, Hardcover

Part of the Penguin Monarchs short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers in a collectible fo… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
Cover of Richard I: The Crusader King by Thomas Asbridge

21. Richard I: The Crusader King

By: Thomas Asbridge

3.98

Format: 119 pages, Hardcover

Richard I's reign is both controversial and seemingly contradictory. One of England's most famous m… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Asbridge's Richard I: The Crusader King book and Thomas Asbridge's Richard I: The Crusader King

  • history
  • biography
  • medieval history
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • medieval
Cover of Edward I: A New King Arthur? by Andy  King

22. Edward I: A New King Arthur?

By: Andy King

3.63

Format: 122 pages, Kindle Edition

The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbac… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • medieval
Cover of Edward II: The Terrors of Kingship (Penguin Monarchs) by Christopher Given-Wilson

23. Edward II: The Terrors of Kingship (Penguin Monarchs)

By: Christopher Given-Wilson

3.87

Format: 127 pages, Hardcover

'He seems to have laboured under an almost child-like misapprehension about the size of his world. … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
Cover of Richard II: A Brittle Glory (Penguin Monarchs) by Laura Ashe

24. Richard II: A Brittle Glory (Penguin Monarchs)

By: Laura Ashe

3.38

Format: 126 pages, Hardcover

Richard II (1377-99) came to the throne as a child, following the long, domineering, martial reign … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
Cover of Henry VI: A Good, Simple and Innocent Man (Penguin Monarchs) by James   Ross

25. Henry VI: A Good, Simple and Innocent Man (Penguin Monarchs)

By: James Ross

3.75

Format: 118 pages, Hardcover

Succeeding to the throne at the age of only nine months, Henry VI had a turbulent reign: he inherit… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • medieval history
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
Cover of Edward VI: The Last Boy King by Stephen Alford

26. Edward VI: The Last Boy King

By: Stephen Alford

3.67

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

Edward VI, the only son of Henry VIII, became king at the age of nine and died wholly unexpectedly … read more

Similar categories in Stephen Alford's Edward VI: The Last Boy King book and Thomas Asbridge's Richard I: The Crusader King

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
Cover of Charles II: The Star King by Clare Jackson

27. Charles II: The Star King

By: Clare Jackson

3.65

Format: 130 pages, Hardcover

Charles II has always been one of the most instantly recognizable British kings—both in his physica… read more

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  • european history
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Mary I: The Daughter of Time (Penguin Monarchs) by John  Edwards

28. Mary I: The Daughter of Time (Penguin Monarchs)

By: John Edwards

3.54

Format: 97 pages, Hardcover

Mary I (1553-58) became England's ruler on the unexpected death of her brother Edward VI. Her short… read more

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  • european history
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of George I: The Lucky King by Timothy C.W. Blanning

29. George I: The Lucky King

By: Timothy C.W. Blanning

3.78

Format: 116 pages, Hardcover

Tim Blanning's incisive short biography examines George's life and career as a German prince, and a… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • european history
Cover of Elizabeth I: A Study in Insecurity by Helen Castor

30. Elizabeth I: A Study in Insecurity

By: Helen Castor

4.22

Format: 115 pages, Hardcover

In the popular imagination, as in her portraits, Elizabeth I is the image of monarchical power. The… read more

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  • european history
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of George V: The Unexpected King by David Cannadine

31. George V: The Unexpected King

By: David Cannadine

3.96

Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition

For a man with such conventional tastes and views, George V had a revolutionary impact. Almost desp… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • european history

29 Top history books like Richard I: The Crusader King by Thomas Asbridge

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Tom Holland

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Æthelstan: The Making of England

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Henry III: A Simple and God-Fearing King (Penguin Monarchs)

Stephen Church

3.69

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Henry VIII: The Quest For Fame (Penguin Monarchs)

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