16 must-read nonfiction books like The Banner of Battle: The Story of the Crimean War by Alan Warwick Palmer

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The Banner of Battle: The Story of the Crimean War

By: Alan Warwick Palmer

3.86

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

In this classic account of the Crimean War, Alan Palmer puts the myths and realities of The Charge …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Banner of Battle: The Story of the Crimean War by Alan Warwick Palmer , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. The Sinking of the Bismarck: The Deadly Hunt

By: William L. Shirer

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The Bismarck was the greatest warship ever built. But the Allies had to sink it - or risk losing th… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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2. Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure

By: Tim Jeal

4.35

Format: 104 pages, Hardcover

Nothing obsessed explorers of the mid-nineteenth century more than the quest to discover the source… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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3. The First And The Last

By: Adolf Galland

2.74

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

A fearless leader with 104 victories to his name, Galland was a legendary hero in Germany's Luftwaf… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • military history
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4. Dreadnought: A History of the Modern Battleship

By: Richard Hough

3.73

Format: None pages,

The modern battleship era began with the launch of HMS Dreadnought in 1906. In their day, battleshi… read more

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  • military fiction
  • history
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5. Dragon Teeth

By: Michael Crichton

3.50

Format: 142 pages, Hardcover

Michael Crichton's recently discovered novel--an adventure set in the Wild West during the golden a… read more

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6. Revolutionaries: A New History of the Invention of America

By: Jack N. Rakove

3.50

Format: None pages,

In this remarkable and elegantly written book, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jack Rakove off… read more

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7. Burma '44: The Battle That Turned Britain's War in the East

By: James Holland

3.89

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

'A thrilling blow-by-blow account' The Times In February 1944, a rag-tag collection of clerks, driv… read more

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8. John Wayne: The Life and Legend

By: Scott Eyman

3.99

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Drawing on interviews that author Scott Eyman conducted with John Wayne before his death and more t… read more

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9. Prey

By: Michael Crichton

2.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticles -- micro-robo… read more

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10. Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad

By: William Craig

4.25

Format: None pages,

Stalingrad, the bloodiest battle in the history of warfare, cost the lives of nearly two million me… read more

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11. Summer of '49

By: David Halberstam

3.62

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

With incredible skill, passion, and insight, Pulitzer Prize-winningauthor David Halberstam returns … read more

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12. The Case of the Buried Clock

By: Erle Stanley Gardner

3.24

Format: 324 pages,

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13. The World: A Family History of Humanity

By: Simon Sebag Montefiore

4.00

Format: 1344 pages, Hardcover

From the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity from pre… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins–and WWII Heroes by Tim  Brady

14. Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins–and WWII Heroes

By: Tim Brady

4.01

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

The astonishing WWII true story of a trio of fearless female resisters whose youth and innocence be… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
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15. The Roman Revolution: Crisis and Christianity in Ancient Rome

By: Nick Holmes

4.30

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

It was the fall before the fall. The Roman Revolution describes the little known “crisis of the… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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16. Brutal Valour: The Tragedy of Isandlwana (The Anglo-Zulu War #1)

By: James Mace

4.34

Format: 505 pages, Kindle Edition

It is December 1878, and war looms on the horizon in South Africa. British High Commissioner Sir He… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
"Only remember this: to seek justice is a good and noble thing, to seek revenge out of hatred is something that wiil devour your very soul."

-James Mace, Brutal Valour: The Tragedy of Isandlwana (The Anglo-Zulu War #1)

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17. Walker, R.N.: The Greatest U-Boat Hunter of the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two)

By: Terence Robertson

4.61

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

The astounding biography of the most successful anti-submarine commander of the Second World War.Pe… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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18. Children of the Night: The Strange and Epic Story of Modern Romania

By: Paul Kenyon

4.43

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The only country in Eastern Europe to speak a Latin language, Romania has always felt itself differ… read more

Similar categories in Paul Kenyon's Children of the Night: The Strange and Epic Story of Modern Romania book and Alan Warwick Palmer's The Banner of Battle: The Story of the Crimean War

  • nonfiction
  • history
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19. Chastise: The Dambusters Story 1943

By: Max Hastings

4.15

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Operation Chastise, the destruction of the Mohne and Eder dams in north-west Germany by the RAF’s 6… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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20. The Fall of Rome: End of a Superpower

By: Nick Holmes

4.25

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

WHY DID ROME FALL? In this gripping retelling of one of the most momentous chapters in history, … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Long March on Rome: The Forgotten War (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two) by Charles Whiting

21. The Long March on Rome: The Forgotten War (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)

By: Charles Whiting

4.29

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

A lively and highly readable study of the often-overlooked Italian Campaign, from the invasion of S… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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22. Crucible of Honour: The Battle of Rorke's Drift (The Anglo-Zulu War #2)

By: James Mace

4.51

Format: 420 pages, Kindle Edition

It is January of 1879. While three columns of British soldiers and their African allies cross the u… read more

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  • military fiction
  • history
Cover of No Place To Lay My Head: A Memoir of the Eastern Front in World War Two (Remarkable Survivors from World War Two) by Anthony Richardson

23. No Place To Lay My Head: A Memoir of the Eastern Front in World War Two (Remarkable Survivors from World War Two)

By: Anthony Richardson

4.22

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

The eye-opening account of the forgotten and tumultuous Eastern Front in World War Two.Perfect for … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Sacrifice on the Steppe: The Italian Alpine Corps in the Stalingrad Campaign, 1942–1943 by Hope Hamilton

24. Sacrifice on the Steppe: The Italian Alpine Corps in the Stalingrad Campaign, 1942–1943

By: Hope Hamilton

3.92

Format: 389 pages, Kindle Edition

"Ho bisogno solo di qualche migliaio di morti da gettare sul tavolo delle trattative": così nell'es… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military fiction
  • history
  • military history
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25. The Banner of Battle: The Story of the Crimean War

By: Alan Warwick Palmer

3.86

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

In this classic account of the Crimean War, Alan Palmer puts the myths and realities of The Charge … read more

Similar categories in Alan Warwick Palmer's The Banner of Battle: The Story of the Crimean War book and Alan Warwick Palmer's The Banner of Battle: The Story of the Crimean War

  • russia
  • history
  • 19th century
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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26. Rome and Attila: Rome's Greatest Enemy

By: Nick Holmes

4.26

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

“A skilled storyteller…Holmes presents a riveting account of Rome’s decline” Kirkus Reviews Atti… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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27. The Cossacks

By: Philip Longworth

3.83

Format: 468 pages, Kindle Edition

The story of a people who have survived throughout history... The legendary Cossack, the sabre wiel… read more

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  • history
Cover of Lost Souls: The Forgotten Heroes of Eshowe (The Anglo-Zulu War Book 3) by James Mace

28. Lost Souls: The Forgotten Heroes of Eshowe (The Anglo-Zulu War Book 3)

By: James Mace

4.26

Format: 564 pages, Kindle Edition

In January 1879, three columns of British soldiers under the command of Lord Chelmsford, commenced … read more

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  • military fiction
  • history
Cover of Keeping the Jewel in the Crown: The British Betrayal of India by Walter Reid

29. Keeping the Jewel in the Crown: The British Betrayal of India

By: Walter Reid

3.76

Format: 435 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1947, when India achieved independence, Britain portrayed the transfer of power as the outcome o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Churchill had found Linlithgow a congenial viceroy. Both men were for doing nothing for as long as possible."

-Walter Reid, Keeping the Jewel in the Crown: The British Betrayal of India

"The story of the last thirty years of the Raj reveals little evidence of goodwill or wholehearted commitment to India’s well-being. On the contrary, it is an unsettling story of deceit and double-spe…"

-Walter Reid, Keeping the Jewel in the Crown: The British Betrayal of India

"He (Archibald, Lord Wavell, former Viceroy of India) was intellectually formidable , though he did not parade the fact. In 1938 he gave the Lees Knowles Lectures at Cambridge on ‘Generals and General…"

-Walter Reid, Keeping the Jewel in the Crown: The British Betrayal of India

"He spoke to me for half an hour, and I am still not sure what he meant to tell me. Every sentence he spoke could be interpreted in at least two different ways. I would be happier were I convinced tha…"

-Walter Reid, Keeping the Jewel in the Crown: The British Betrayal of India

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30. The Summer of Charlie Ponzi (An American True Crime Reporter in the 20th Century Book 1)

By: Noel Hynd

4.34

Format: 379 pages, Kindle Edition

One sweltering afternoon late in June 1919, a thirty-seven-year-old clerk named Charles Ponzi, who … read more

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31. Russian Eyewitness Accounts of the Campaign of 1812

By: Alexander Mikaberidze

3.67

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

Russia played a decisive role in the Napoleonic wars and the success in the struggle against France… read more

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