10 Best medieval books like House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France by Justine Firnhaber-Baker

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House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France

By: Justine Firnhaber-Baker

4.30

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The definitive history of the Capetians, the crusading dynasty that made the French crown the wealt…

If you liked the medieval plot in House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France by Justine Firnhaber-Baker , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain

By: Marc Morris

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

This is the first major biography for a generation of a truly formidable king - a man born to rule … read more

Similar categories in Marc Morris's A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain book and Justine Firnhaber-Baker's House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France

  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval

2. The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, The Power Behind Five English Thrones

By: Thomas Asbridge

3.00

Format: 146 pages, Hardcover

A thrillingly intimate portrait of one of history's most illustrious knights - William Marshal - th… read more

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3. 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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4. Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint

By: Peter Sarris

4.29

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

A definitive new biography of the Byzantine emperor Justinian     Justinian is a radical reassessme… read more

Similar categories in Peter Sarris's Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint book and Justine Firnhaber-Baker's House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • medieval history
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5. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

By: Mary Beard

4.11

Format: 493 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more

Similar categories in Mary Beard's Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World book and Justine Firnhaber-Baker's House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
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6. Wolves of Winter (Essex Dogs Trilogy)

By: Dan Jones

4.16

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The epic sequel to Essex Dogs, continuing the New York Times bestselling historian's trilogy of nov… read more

Similar categories in Dan Jones's Wolves of Winter (Essex Dogs Trilogy) book and Justine Firnhaber-Baker's House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France

  • historical
  • medieval
  • france
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7. The Passionate Tudor: A Novel of Queen Mary I

By: Alison Weir

4.02

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the dramatic and poig… read more

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  • historical
  • medieval
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8. A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire

By: Emma Southon

4.23

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum comes a wildly entertai… read more

Similar categories in Emma Southon's A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire book and Justine Firnhaber-Baker's House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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9. 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

Similar categories in Catherine Hanley's Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior book and Justine Firnhaber-Baker's House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France

  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
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10. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

By: Bettany Hughes

4.02

Format: 416 pages, ebook

Their names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Th… read more

Similar categories in Bettany Hughes's The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World book and Justine Firnhaber-Baker's House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
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11. 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

Similar categories in David Gibbins's A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks book and Justine Firnhaber-Baker's House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
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12. Two Houses, Two Kingdoms: A History of France and England, 1100–1300

By: Catherine Hanley

4.20

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The twelfth and thirteenth centuries were a time of personal monarchy, when the close friendship or… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • france
  • medieval
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13. A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes

By: Anthony Bale

3.76

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A captivating journey of the expansive world of medieval travel, from London to Constantinople to t… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Bale's A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes book and Justine Firnhaber-Baker's House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France

  • history
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
"Jerusalem is a city of unfinished projects."

-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes

"travel opens the mind in unpredictable ways"

-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes

"Travel forms communities, but not always harmoniously."

-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes

"Holy ground can look startlingly ordinary, especially when one’s standing on it."

-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes

Cover of House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France by Justine Firnhaber-Baker

14. House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France

By: Justine Firnhaber-Baker

4.30

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The definitive history of the Capetians, the crusading dynasty that made the French crown the wealt… read more

Similar categories in Justine Firnhaber-Baker's House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France book and Justine Firnhaber-Baker's House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France

  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • france
  • medieval
Cover of 1217: The Battles that Saved England by Catherine Hanley

15. 1217: The Battles that Saved England

By: Catherine Hanley

4.44

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An engrossing history of the pivotal year 1217 when invading French forces were defeated and the fu… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Hanley's 1217: The Battles that Saved England book and Justine Firnhaber-Baker's House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France

  • medieval
  • history
Cover of The Cleopatras: The Forgotten Queens of Egypt by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

16. The Cleopatras: The Forgotten Queens of Egypt

By: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

4.03

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The definitive story of the seven Cleopatras, the powerful goddess-queens of ancient Egypt   One o… read more

Similar categories in Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones's The Cleopatras: The Forgotten Queens of Egypt book and Justine Firnhaber-Baker's House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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17. The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore

By: Evan Friss

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American cu… read more

Similar categories in Evan Friss's The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore book and Justine Firnhaber-Baker's House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King by Dan Jones

18. Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King

By: Dan Jones

4.61

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author returns with a biography examining the dramatic life and unpa… read more

Similar categories in Dan Jones's Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King book and Justine Firnhaber-Baker's House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France

  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
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19. Catherine de' Medici: The Life and Times of the Serpent Queen

By: Mary Hollingsworth

3.77

Format: 580 pages, Kindle Edition

A new biography of Catherine de' Medici, the most powerful woman in sixteenth-century Europe, whose… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • france
  • nonfiction
Cover of Arise, England: Six Kings and the Making of the English State by Caroline Burt

20. Arise, England: Six Kings and the Making of the English State

By: Caroline Burt

4.13

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Between 1199 and 1399, the story of politics in England was full of high drama. These two centuries… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Burt's Arise, England: Six Kings and the Making of the English State book and Justine Firnhaber-Baker's House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France

  • medieval
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of This Earthly Globe: A Venetian Geographer and the Quest to Map the World by Andrea di Robilant

21. This Earthly Globe: A Venetian Geographer and the Quest to Map the World

By: Andrea di Robilant

3.97

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the best-selling A Venetian Affair ("A narrative of novelistic resonance...Aston… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

17 Top history books like House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France by Justine Firnhaber-Baker

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A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain

Marc Morris

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint

Peter Sarris

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

Mary Beard

4.11

Transform Your Habits

A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire

Emma Southon

4.23

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Napoleon: A Life

Andrew Roberts

4.23

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The Norman Conquest

Marc Morris

4.62

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The Coming of the Third Reich

Richard J. Evans

3.44

Transform Your Habits

Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Rory Stewart

4.36

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