Victorious Century: The United Kingdom, 1800-1906
By: David Cannadine
3.86
Format: 602 pages, Hardcover
To live in nineteenth-century Britain was to experience an astonishing series of changes, of a kind…
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1. The Secret Agent
By: Joseph Conrad
3.59
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Mr Verloc, the secret agent, keeps a shop in London's Soho where he lives with his wife Winnie, her… read more
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"Bad world for poor people."-Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent
"To the destruction of what is."-Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent
"As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement."-Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent
"A certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale."-Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent
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- nonfiction
- history
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3. The Punic Wars
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.19
Format: 412 pages, Hardcover
An impressive new historian of Roman warfare--highly praised by John Keegan--has written a thorough… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- european history
- audiobook
4. Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
By: Adrian Goldsworthy
4.28
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
The dramatic story of Augustus, Rome’s first emperor, who plunged into Rome’s violent power struggl… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"Personal hatreds and rivalry loomed larger in most senator's minds than the good of the Republic. [A big problem then and now]"-Adrian Goldsworthy, Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
"For what is the life of a man, if it is not interwoven with the life of former generations by as sense of history. [Cicero, quoted by Goldsworthy in his Augustus]"-Adrian Goldsworthy, Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
5. 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
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6. Winston's War: Churchill, 1940-1945
By: Max Hastings
3.98
Format: 574 pages, Hardcover
A vivid and incisive portrait of Winston Churchill during wartime from acclaimed historian Max Hast… read more
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- nonfiction
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7. The Twelve Caesars
By: Robert Graves , Michael Grant , Suetonius
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, Suetonius gained access to the imperial archives and u… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
8. Austerlitz
By: Anthea Bell , W.G. Sebald
4.67
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
In 1939, five-year-old Jacques Austerlitz is sent to England on a Kindertransport and placed with f… read more
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9. The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815-1914
By: Richard J. Evans
2.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Third Reich at War, a masterly account of Europe in the age of i… read more
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- history
- world history
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10. Nelson's Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the World
By: Roy A. Adkins
3.63
Format: None pages,
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11. The Norman Conquest
By: Marc Morris
4.62
Format: None pages,
An epic tale, with violence at its heart, and a triumph of narrative history. The Norman Conquestst… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
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- british literature
12. Victoria's Wars: The Rise of Empire
By: Saul David
3.63
Format: 371 pages,
In Victoria's Wars: The Rise of Empire Saul David explores the early part of Queen Victoria's reign… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- british literature
13. The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages, 400-1000
By: Chris Wickham
3.50
Format: 36 pages,
An ambitious and enlightening look at why the so-called Dark Ages were anything but that. Prizewinn… read more
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14. Wellington: The Path to Victory 1769-1814
By: Rory Muir
4.36
Format: 209 pages, Hardcover
The Duke of Wellington was not just Britain's greatest soldier, although his seismic struggles as l… read more
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15. Perilous Question: Reform or Revolution? Britain on the Brink, 1832
By: Antonia Fraser
3.49
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Antonia Fraser's Perilous Questionis a dazzling re-creation of the tempestuous two-year period in B… read more
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16. Tudors: The History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I (The History of England, #2)
By: Peter Ackroyd
4.53
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Rich in detail and atmosphere and told in vivid prose, Tudors recounts the transformation of Englan… read more
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17. The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
By: Mike Duncan
4.00
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
The Roman Republic was one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of civilization. Afte… read more
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18. Middlemarch
By: Michel Faber , George Eliot
4.02
Format: 912 pages, Mass Market Paperback
"People are almost always better than their neighbours think they are" George Eliot’s most ambit… read more
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- 19th century
- audiobook
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"After all, the true seeing is within."-Michel Faber, Middlemarch
"I shall do everything it becomes me to do."-Michel Faber, Middlemarch
"I protest against any absolute conclusion."-Michel Faber, Middlemarch
"What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?"-Michel Faber, Middlemarch
19. The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, the Playboy Prince
By: Jane Ridley
3.96
Format: 236 pages, Hardcover
King Edward the VII, affectionately called Bertie, was fifty-nine when he took the throne in 1901, … read more
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20. The Agricola and The Germania
By: Tacitus , S.A. Handford , Harold Mattingly
3.94
Format: 229 pages,
The portrait of Tacitus' father-in-law, Agricola, is a eulogistic description of the career of the … read more
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21. The Anglo-Saxons A History of the Beginnings of England: 400–1066
By: Marc Morris
4.34
Format: 508 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping and original history of the Anglo-Saxons by national bestselling author Marc Morris. … read more
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- world history
- british literature
- nonfiction
- european history
- audiobook
22. Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849
By: Christopher Clark
4.18
Format: 1152 pages, Hardcover
An epic history of the 1848 revolutions that swept Europe and the charismatic figures who propelled… read more
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"In situations of polarization and heightened anxiety, people tend to regard their own fears as authentic and those of their opponents as manipulated."-Christopher Clark, Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849
23. The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History
By: Alexander Mikaberidze
4.34
Format: 936 pages, Hardcover
Austerlitz, Wagram, Borodino, Trafalgar, Leipzig, Waterloo: these are the places most closely assoc… read more
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- nonfiction
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24. Queen of Our Times: The Life of Queen Elizabeth II
By: Robert Hardman
4.33
Format: 690 pages, Hardcover
The definitive portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by a renowned royal biographer. As seen on Good Morn… read more
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25. Enemies and Neighbors: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017
By: Ian Black
4.20
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
In Enemies and Neighbors, Ian Black, who has spent over three decades covering events in the Middle… read more
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26. The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House
By: Ben Rhodes
4.30
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
This is a book about two people making the most important decisions in the world. One is Barack Oba… read more
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"For a moment, we all just stared out the window at the crowds. “I’m reading a good book now,"-Ben Rhodes, The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House
"I watched the speech backstage on the teleprompter. Obama paused for a moment, and I saw the text freeze. “I’m going off script here for a second,"-Ben Rhodes, The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House
"He said we had to find a way to reach Muslims who “didn’t think it was such a great thing to have a McDonald’s down the street and American pop culture on their television."-Ben Rhodes, The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House
"And then Obama said what he believed: that people should be equal under the law; that citizens should be free to criticize their government and protest peacefully; that voters should have the freedom…"-Ben Rhodes, The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House
27. The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689
By: Jonathan Healey
4.20
Format: 492 pages, Hardcover
A fresh, exciting, “readable and informative ” history ( The New York Times ) of seventeenth-centur… read more
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28. Victorious Century: The United Kingdom, 1800-1906
By: David Cannadine
3.86
Format: 602 pages, Hardcover
To live in nineteenth-century Britain was to experience an astonishing series of changes, of a kind… read more
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- british literature
- modern
- victorian
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29. The Eastern Front: A History of the First World War
By: Nick Lloyd
4.38
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The definitive history of the Eastern Front in the First World War, from the acclaimed military his… read more
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30. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
By: John Ganz
4.23
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more
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31. Sky Warriors: British Airborne Forces in the Second World War
By: Saul David
4.30
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed historian Saul David, a stunning and gripping new history of the British airborne ex… read more
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