12 must-read biography books like The Jamestown Brides: The Untold Story of England's 'Maids for Virginia' by Jennifer Potter

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The Jamestown Brides: The Untold Story of England's 'Maids for Virginia'

By: Jennifer Potter

3.50

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In 1621, fifty-six English women crossed the Atlantic in response to the Virginia Company of London…

If you liked the biography plot in The Jamestown Brides: The Untold Story of England's 'Maids for Virginia' by Jennifer Potter , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge

By: Erica Armstrong Dunbar

3.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A startling and eye-opening look into America's First Family, Never Caughtis the powerful narrative… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

2. Henry VIII

By: Abigail Archer

3.50

Format: None pages,

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3. Flight of the Sparrow

By: Amy Belding Brown

4.08

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

She suspects that she has changed too much to ever fit easily into English society again. The wilde… read more

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4. The Oregon Trail

By: Francis Parkman

3.57

Format: 307 pages, Paperback

Keen observations and a graphic style characterize the author's remarkable record of a vanishing fr… read more

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5. Matriarch: Queen Mary and the House of Windsor

By: Anne Edwards

3.73

Format: 216 pages,

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6. American Jezebel: The Uncommon Life of Anne Hutchinson, the Woman Who Defied the Puritans

By: Eve LaPlante

4.07

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

Anne Hutchinson, a forty-six- year-old midwife who was pregnant with her sixteenth child, stood bef… read more

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7. The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman

By: Margot Mifflin

2.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In 1851 Olive Oatman was a thirteen-year old pioneer traveling west toward Zion, with her Mormon fa… read more

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8. The Elissas: Three Girls, One Fate, and the Deadly Secrets of Suburbia

By: Samantha Leach

3.22

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Three suburban girls meet at a boarding school for troubled teens. Eight years later, they were de… read more

Similar categories in Samantha Leach's The Elissas: Three Girls, One Fate, and the Deadly Secrets of Suburbia book and Jennifer Potter's The Jamestown Brides: The Untold Story of England's 'Maids for Virginia'

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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9. When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt

By: Kara Cooney

3.69

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

This riveting narrative explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cl… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"It should come as no surprise that women need to work doubly hard to prove their right to power. They have to look to their menfolk around them who can support their claim, rather than detract from i…"

-Kara Cooney, When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt

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10. 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
  • audiobook
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11. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom

By: Ilyon Woo

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller | New York Times 10 Best Books of 2023 The remarkable true story of El… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Eliza Hamilton: The Extraordinary Life and Times of the Wife of Alexander Hamilton by Tilar J. Mazzeo

12. Eliza Hamilton: The Extraordinary Life and Times of the Wife of Alexander Hamilton

By: Tilar J. Mazzeo

3.96

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Irena’s Children comes a comprehensive and riveting b… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. 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

Similar categories in Leah Redmond Chang's Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power book and Jennifer Potter's The Jamestown Brides: The Untold Story of England's 'Maids for Virginia'

  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. The Red Prince: The Life of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster

By: Helen Carr

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Gaunt was son of Edward III, brother to the Black Prince, father to Henry IV and the sire of all th… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. Agrippina: Empress, Exile, Hustler, Whore

By: Emma Southon

4.22

Format: 285 pages, None

They said she was a tyrant. A murderer, and the most wicked woman in history. She kicked her way… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. The Hidden Lives of Tudor Women: A Social History

By: Elizabeth Norton

3.87

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

The Tudor period conjures up images of queens and noblewomen in elaborate court dress; of palace in… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of 1619: Jamestown and the Forging of American Democracy by James Horn

17. 1619: Jamestown and the Forging of American Democracy

By: James Horn

3.48

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary year in which American democracy and American slavery emerged hand in hand Alon… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Jamestown Brides: The Untold Story of England's 'Maids for Virginia' by Jennifer Potter

18. The Jamestown Brides: The Untold Story of England's 'Maids for Virginia'

By: Jennifer Potter

3.50

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In 1621, fifty-six English women crossed the Atlantic in response to the Virginia Company of London… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Potter's The Jamestown Brides: The Untold Story of England's 'Maids for Virginia' book and Jennifer Potter's The Jamestown Brides: The Untold Story of England's 'Maids for Virginia'

  • american history
  • american
  • biography
  • history
  • british literature
  • 17th century
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. A Brave and Cunning Prince: The Great Chief Opechancanough and the War for America

By: James Horn

3.96

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary story of the Powhatan chief who waged a lifelong struggle to drive European settl… read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
Cover of This Ravenous Fate (This Ravenous Fate, #1) by Hayley Dennings

20. This Ravenous Fate (This Ravenous Fate, #1)

By: Hayley Dennings

3.56

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The first book in a decadent fantasy duology set in Jazz Age Harlem, where at night the dance halls… read more

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  • historical

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4.40

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