20 best-selling nonfiction books like Scourge of Henry VIII: The Life of Marie de Guise by Melanie Clegg

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Scourge of Henry VIII: The Life of Marie de Guise

By: Melanie Clegg

3.96

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

The little-known story of the mother of Mary, Queen of Scots and her feud with the “Will fascinate…

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1. Great Ladies: The Forgotten Witnesses to the Lives of Tudor Queens

By: Sylvia Barbara Soberton

3.82

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

There has been a great deal written about Tudor queens, but less so about those women who surrounde… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
  • audiobook
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2. Great Catherine: The Life of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia

By: Carolly Erickson

3.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

From the moment the fourteen-year-old Princess Sophia of Anhalt-Zerbst agreed to marry the heir to … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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3. Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England's Self-made King

By: Ian Mortimer

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An author with a strong track record now tackles the turbulent reign of Henry IV, the first Lancast… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • british literature
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4. Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France

By: Leonie Frieda

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Poisoner, despot, necromancer -- the dark legend of Catherine de Medici is centuries old. In this c… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • france
  • nonfiction
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5. The Demon's Brood: A History of the Plantagenet Dynasty

By: Desmond Seward

4.29

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Plantagenets reigned over England longer than any other family from Henry II to Richard III . F… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
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6. Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion

By: Anne Somerset

4.11

Format: 15 pages, Hardcover

She ascended the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1702, at age thirty-seven, Britain's l… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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7. Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings

By: Alison Weir

3.32

Format: None pages,

Mary Boleyn (c.1500-1543) was no less fascinating than her ill-fated queen consort sister Anne. In … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period

8. 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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9. Henry VIII

By: Abigail Archer

3.50

Format: None pages,

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10. Blood Will Tell: A Medical Explanation of the Tyranny of Henry VIII

By: Kyra Cornelius Kramer

4.25

Format: 432 pages,

With his tumultuous love life, relentless pursuit of a male heir, and drastic religious transformat… read more

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11. Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart

By: John Guy

3.34

Format: None pages,

A long-overdue and dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots by one of the lead… read more

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12. The Turbulent Crown: The Story of the Tudor Queens

By: Roland Hui

3.81

Format: None pages,

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13. The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor: Elizabeth I, Thomas Seymour, and the Making of a Virgin Queen

By: Elizabeth Norton

3.90

Format: None pages, Hardcover

England, late 1547. King Henry VIII Is dead. His fourteen-year-old daughter Elizabeth is living wit… read more

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14. The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn

By: Alison Weir

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The imprisonment and execution of Queen Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife, in May 1536 was unpr… read more

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15. Tudor: The Family Story

By: Leanda de Lisle

4.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

# Sunday Times Bestseller; BBC History Book of the Year; a Daily Telegraph Book of the Year; a Hist… read more

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16. Eucalyptus

By: Murray Bail

4.65

Format: None pages, Paperback

The gruff widower Holland has two possessions he cherishes above all others: his sprawling property… read more

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17. 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
  • british literature
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
  • audiobook
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18. 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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  • audiobook
  • historical
  • tudor period
  • british literature
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19. 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
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
  • audiobook
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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
  • british literature
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • tudor period
  • audiobook
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22. Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior

By: Catherine Hanley

4.20

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Matilda was a daughter, wife, and mother. But she was also empress, heir to the English crown—the f… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power by Leah Redmond Chang

23. Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power

By: Leah Redmond Chang

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The boldly original, dramatic intertwined story of Catherine de’ Medici, Elisabeth de Valois, and M… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • france
  • scotland
  • audiobook
Cover of Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World by Jen Psaki

24. Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

By: Jen Psaki

3.96

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki shares the surprising lessons s… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"There was also a large crew of people who tried to nickname the previously mentioned Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework "BIF". If you would like your audience to start making fun of a big, serious, …"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

"I've spent time with a lot of very busy people - business leaders, prominent journalists, and multiple presidents. Despite the unusually high demands on their schedules, something they all have in co…"

-Jen Psaki, Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World

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25. The Real Queen Charlotte

By: Catherine Curzon

3.76

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Known to millions as the imperious matriarch of Bridgerton’s court, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Streli… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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26. Royal Witches: Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth-Century England

By: Gemma Hollman

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Until the mass hysteria of the seventeenth century, accusations of witchcraft in England were rare.… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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27. Francis I: The Maker of Modern France

By: Leonie Frieda

3.77

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of Catherine de Medici returns to sixteenth-century Europe in this evocative… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • france
  • audiobook
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28. Pure Wit: The Revolutionary Life of Margaret Cavendish

By: Francesca Peacock

3.68

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A biography of the remarkable, and in her time scandalous, seventeenth-century writer Margaret Cave… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society by Eleanor Janega

29. 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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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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30. Scourge of Henry VIII: The Life of Marie de Guise

By: Melanie Clegg

3.96

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

The little-known story of the mother of Mary, Queen of Scots and her feud with the “Will fascinate… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • france
  • scotland
  • tudor period
  • audiobook
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31. The Mysterious Death of Katherine Parr: What Really Happened to Henry VIII's Last Queen?

By: June Woolerton

4.26

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

What killed Katherine Parr? She was the ultimate Tudor survivor, the queen who managed to outwit a… read more

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  • history
  • tudor period

16 Best audiobook books like Scourge of Henry VIII: The Life of Marie de Guise by Melanie Clegg

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Great Ladies: The Forgotten Witnesses to the Lives of Tudor Queens

Sylvia Barbara Soberton

3.82

Transform Your Habits

Great Catherine: The Life of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia

Carolly Erickson

3.33

Transform Your Habits

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

John Guy

4.16

Transform Your Habits

The King's Pleasure (Tudor Rose, #2)

Alison Weir

4.03

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14 best-selling history books like The Mysterious Death of Katherine Parr: What Really Happened to Henry VIII's Last Queen? by June Woolerton

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Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy

Alison Weir

4.10

Transform Your Habits

The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President

Edward F. O'Keefe

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Young Elizabeth: Elizabeth I and Her Perilous Path to the Crown

Nicola Tallis

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Crown & Sceptre: A New History of the British Monarchy, from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II

Tracy Borman

4.30

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