14 best-selling nonfiction books like Scotland: A History from Earliest Times by Alistair Moffat

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Scotland: A History from Earliest Times

By: Alistair Moffat

3.89

Format: 843 pages, Kindle Edition

Five hundred million years of Scottish history from the author of Arthur and the Lost “Deserves a …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Scotland: A History from Earliest Times by Alistair Moffat , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Medieval Europe

By: Chris Wickham

3.72

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The millennium between the breakup of the western Roman Empire and the Reformation was a long and h… read more

Similar categories in Chris Wickham's Medieval Europe book and Alistair Moffat's Scotland: A History from Earliest Times

  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
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2. The Makers of Scotland: Picts, Romans, Gaels and Vikings

By: Tim Clarkson

3.85

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

Covering a thousand years of Scottish history, this account incorporates both historical and contem… read more

Similar categories in Tim Clarkson's The Makers of Scotland: Picts, Romans, Gaels and Vikings book and Alistair Moffat's Scotland: A History from Earliest Times

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • scotland
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3. 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 Alistair Moffat's Scotland: A History from Earliest Times

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • british literature

4. William Wallace

By: Andrew Fisher

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

... probably the smartest most savvy account of Wallace was done by a guy called Fisher. I really l… read more

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5. The King in the North: The Life and Times of Oswald of Northumbria

By: Max Adams

3.68

Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition

Oswald Whiteblade lived one of the most influential and colourful lives in early English history. B… read more

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6. John Knox

By: None , None

3.88

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Jane Dawson has written the definitive life of John Knox, a leader of the Protestant Reformation in… read more

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7. How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It

By: Arthur Herman , None

3.74

Format: 646 pages, Paperback

Who formed the first literate society? Who invented our modern ideas of democracy and free market c… read more

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8. Prophet's Prey: My Seven-Year Investigation into Warren Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints

By: Jon Krakauer , Sam Brower

4.01

Format: 532 pages,

From the private investigator who cracked open the case that led to the arrest of Warren Jeffs, the… read more

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9. Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

By: Neil Price

4.18

Format: 656 pages, Hardcover

The Viking Age - between 750 and 1050 - saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples.… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
"The Viking mind is far away from us today, but occasionally just about tangible."

-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

"Free will existed, but exercising it inevitably led to becoming the person you always, really, had been."

-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

"History is nothing if not a suppositional discipline, sometimes akin to a sort of speculative fiction of the past."

-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

"There is a sense in which this viewpoint is looking through the wrong end of the historical telescope, defining (and often judging) a people solely by the consequences of their actions rather than th…"

-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

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10. The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream

By: Charles Spencer

4.06

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The sinking of the White Ship is one of the greatest disasters in English history. Here, Sunday Tim… read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
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11. A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters

By: Andrew H. Knoll

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Odds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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12. House of Open Wounds (The Tyrant Philosophers, #2)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.51

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

City-by-city, kingdom-by-kingdom, the Palleseen have sworn to bring Perfection and Correctness to a… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's House of Open Wounds (The Tyrant Philosophers, #2) book and Alistair Moffat's Scotland: A History from Earliest Times

  • audiobook
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13. Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year

By: Eleanor Parker

4.17

Format: 268 pages, Hardcover

Interweaving literature, history, and religion, an exquisite meditation on the turning of the seaso… read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"A man cannot grow wise before he has had his share of winters in the world."

-Eleanor Parker, Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year

"Whatever one thing we give to God's needy for the sake of his love, he will repay us for it a hundredfold in the life to come."

-Eleanor Parker, Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year

"In a time of ecological crisis, Anglo-Saxon poems which recognize how fundamentally we are connected to the rhythms of nature - how dependent we are on the well-being of the earth, how grateful we sh…"

-Eleanor Parker, Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year

"The cycle of the seasons, to which poets have so often turned as a reminder that nothing in this world is stable, is in fact one of the great constants in life. In some ways, the thousand years or mo…"

-Eleanor Parker, Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year

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14. The First Kingdom: Britain in the Age of Arthur

By: Max Adams

3.77

Format: 545 pages, Kindle Edition

The bestselling author of The King in the North turns his attention to the obscure era of British h… read more

Similar categories in Max Adams's The First Kingdom: Britain in the Age of Arthur book and Alistair Moffat's Scotland: A History from Earliest Times

  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East

By: Amanda H. Podany

4.50

Format: 662 pages, Hardcover

A unique history of the ancient Near East that compellingly presents the life stories of kings, pri… read more

Similar categories in Amanda H. Podany's Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East book and Alistair Moffat's Scotland: A History from Earliest Times

  • history
  • historical
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. Whole Notes

By: Eddie Ayres

4.23

Format: 320 pages, ebook

Life Lessons through Music Shortlisted for The Age Non-fiction Book of the Year; People's Choice, Q… read more

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  • nonfiction
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17. Scotland: A History from Earliest Times

By: Alistair Moffat

3.89

Format: 843 pages, Kindle Edition

Five hundred million years of Scottish history from the author of Arthur and the Lost “Deserves a … read more

Similar categories in Alistair Moffat's Scotland: A History from Earliest Times book and Alistair Moffat's Scotland: A History from Earliest Times

  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • scotland
  • reference
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. Silk: A World History

By: Aarathi Prasad

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In a gorgeous history that spans continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad weaves together the compl… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Byzantium Triumphant: The Military History of the Byzantines 959-1025 by Julian Romane

19. Byzantium Triumphant: The Military History of the Byzantines 959-1025

By: Julian Romane

3.71

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Byzantium Triumphant describes in detail the wars of the Byzantine emperors Nicephorus II Phocas, h… read more

Similar categories in Julian Romane's Byzantium Triumphant: The Military History of the Byzantines 959-1025 book and Alistair Moffat's Scotland: A History from Earliest Times

  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of History of Scotland: A Captivating Guide to Scottish History, the Wars of Scottish Independence and William Wallace (History of European Countries) by Captivating History

20. History of Scotland: A Captivating Guide to Scottish History, the Wars of Scottish Independence and William Wallace (History of European Countries)

By: Captivating History

3.70

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

If you want to discover the captivating history of Scotland, the Wars of Scottish Independence and … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • scotland
  • british literature
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21. The Picts: The History of the People Who Inhabited Scotland in Antiquity and the Middle Ages

By: Charles River Editors

3.84

Format: 65 pages, Kindle Edition

By the 2nd century CE, Londinium was a large Roman city, with tens of thousands of inhabitants usin… read more

Similar categories in Charles River Editors's The Picts: The History of the People Who Inhabited Scotland in Antiquity and the Middle Ages book and Alistair Moffat's Scotland: A History from Earliest Times

  • history

10 Best audiobook books like Scotland: A History from Earliest Times by Alistair Moffat

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Medieval Europe

Chris Wickham

3.72

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Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

Neil Price

4.18

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The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream

Charles Spencer

4.06

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A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters

Andrew H. Knoll

3.95

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Temples, Tombs & Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt

Barbara Mertz

3.79

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Persians: The Age of the Great Kings

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

4.06

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Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

Mary Beard

4.11

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Never Home Alone: From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live

Rob Dunn

4.19

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