17 Best history books like Richard the Lionheart: The Crusader King of England by W.B. Bartlett

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Richard the Lionheart: The Crusader King of England

By: W.B. Bartlett

4.14

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Whilst Richard I is one of medieval England's most famous kings he is also the most controversial. …

If you liked the history plot in Richard the Lionheart: The Crusader King of England by W.B. Bartlett , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. Saladin: The Life, the Legend and the Islamic Empire

By: John Man

3.89

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Saladin remains one of the most iconic figures of his age. As the man who united the Arabs and save… read more

Similar categories in John Man's Saladin: The Life, the Legend and the Islamic Empire book and W.B. Bartlett's Richard the Lionheart: The Crusader King of England

  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
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2. Alexander the Great

By: Philip Freeman

4.31

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

In the first authoritative biography of Alexander the Great written for a general audience in a gen… read more

Similar categories in Philip Freeman's Alexander the Great book and W.B. Bartlett's Richard the Lionheart: The Crusader King of England

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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3. Dead Souls

By: Nikolai Gogol , Robert A. Maguire

3.98

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town and visits a succession of landowner… read more

Similar categories in Nikolai Gogol's Dead Souls book and W.B. Bartlett's Richard the Lionheart: The Crusader King of England

"Keep not money, but keep good people's company."

-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

"Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young."

-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

"A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe."

-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

"A Russian peasant scratching the back of his head means many different things."

-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

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4. King John: Treachery and Tyranny in Medieval England: The Road to Magna Carta

By: Marc Morris

5.00

Format: 362 pages, Hardcover

A rousing and authoritative new biography of the notorious King John, by Wall Street Journalbestsel… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
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5. Mirror, Mirror (The Dresden Files, #17)

By: Jim Butcher

3.87

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

"The next book after this one (, DragonCon 2015. read more

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6. 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

Similar categories in Marc Morris's The Norman Conquest book and W.B. Bartlett's Richard the Lionheart: The Crusader King of England

  • medieval
  • nonfiction
  • history
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7. King Stephen

By: Edmund King

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This compelling new biography provides the most authoritative picture yet of King Stephen, whose re… read more

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  • medieval
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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8. 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

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
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9. Henry I

By: C. Warren Hollister , Amanda Clark Frost

4.47

Format: None pages, Paperback

Henry I, son of William the Conqueror, ruled from 1100 to 1135, a time of fundamental change in the… read more

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  • medieval
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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10. The Power of Myth

By: Joseph Campbell , Bill Moyers

4.26

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

The Power Of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work.… read more

Similar categories in Joseph Campbell's The Power of Myth book and W.B. Bartlett's Richard the Lionheart: The Crusader King of England

  • nonfiction
  • history
"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy."

-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth

"Follow your bliss and doors will open where there were no doors before."

-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth

"Lo que el creativo saca a la luz es algo que estaba esperando ser extraído en todos."

-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth

"Poets are simply those who have made a profession ans a lifestyle of being in touch with their bliss."

-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth

11. The Fatal Eggs

By: Doris Lessing , Mikhail Bulgakov , Hugh Aplin , None

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

As the turbulent years following the Russian revolution of 1917 settle down into a new Soviet reali… read more

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12. Sharpe's Company (Sharpe, #13)

By: Bernard Cornwell , None

4.25

Format: 286 pages, Mass Market Paperback

To stem the Napoleonic tide, Sharpe must capture a fortress—where his wife and infant daughter are … read more

Similar categories in Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe's Company (Sharpe, #13) book and W.B. Bartlett's Richard the Lionheart: The Crusader King of England

  • historical

13. Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life

By: Alison Weir

3.88

Format: 192 pages,

Combining the pace and descriptive quality of a novel with the authority of a textbook, Alison Weir… read more

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14. War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy , Louise Maude , Aylmer Maude , Henry Gifford

4.16

Format: 1392 pages, Paperback

In Russia's struggle with Napoleon, Tolstoy saw a tragedy that involved all mankind. War and Pe… read more

Similar categories in Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace book and W.B. Bartlett's Richard the Lionheart: The Crusader King of England

  • historical
"God is the same everywhere."

-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

"Kings are the slaves of history."

-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

"Everything depends on upbringing. "

-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

"We are asleep until we fall in Love!"

-Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

15. Henry II

By: Wilfred Lewis Warren

3.80

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Henry II was an enigma to contemporaries, and has excited widely divergent judgments ever since. Dr… read more

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16. The Master and Margarita

By: Mikhail Bulgakov , None , Katherine Tiernan O'Connor , None

4.29

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

The first complete, annotated English Translation of Mikhail Bulgakov's comic masterpiece. An au… read more

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"Cowardice is the most terrible of vices."

-Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

"manuscripts don't burn" - "(рукописи не горят)"

-Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

"The tongue may hide the truth but the eyes—never!"

-Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

"Злых людей нет на свете, есть только люди несчастливые."

-Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

17. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

4.21

Format: 539 pages, Hardcover

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes are overshadowed by the event with which they close - the meeting of… read more

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18. The Hollow Crown: A History of Britain in the Late Middle Ages

By: Miri Rubin

3.00

Format: None pages,

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19. The Cove (Summer Suspense Mysteries, #1)

By: L.J. Ross

4.05

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

THE PERFECT ESCAPE... Gabrielle Adams has it all – brains, beauty, a handsome fiancé, and a drea… read more

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20. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

By: David Mitchell

4.16

Format: 433 pages, ebook

A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more

Similar categories in David Mitchell's Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens book and W.B. Bartlett's Richard the Lionheart: The Crusader King of England

  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

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21. Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age

By: Tom Holland

4.22

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that b… read more

Similar categories in Tom Holland's Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age book and W.B. Bartlett's Richard the Lionheart: The Crusader King of England

  • nonfiction
  • history
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22. 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

Similar categories in Marc Morris's The Anglo-Saxons A History of the Beginnings of England: 400–1066 book and W.B. Bartlett's Richard the Lionheart: The Crusader King of England

  • medieval
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
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23. 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
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
Cover of Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs, #1) by Dan Jones

24. Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs, #1)

By: Dan Jones

3.92

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling historian makes his historical fiction debut with an explosive novel… read more

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  • historical
  • medieval
"What matters is that you did not know the story. And the reason you did not...is that our ancestor William - through his deeds of arms, his force of personality and his vast conquests - had achieved …"

-Dan Jones, Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs, #1)

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25. The Bay (Summer Suspense Mysteries, #3)

By: L.J. Ross

4.39

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

SECRETS NEVER STAY BURIED FOR LONG... In the picturesque seaside town of St Ives, Detective Sergean… read more

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26. Cnut the Great

By: Timothy Bolton

3.76

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

A seminal biography of the underappreciated eleventh-century Scandinavian warlord-turned-Anglo-Saxo… read more

Similar categories in Timothy Bolton's Cnut the Great book and W.B. Bartlett's Richard the Lionheart: The Crusader King of England

  • medieval
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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27. War of the Wolf (The Saxon Stories, #11)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.36

Format: 352 pages, ebook

Bernard Cornwell’s epic story of the making of England continues in this eleventh installment in th… read more

Similar categories in Bernard Cornwell's War of the Wolf (The Saxon Stories, #11) book and W.B. Bartlett's Richard the Lionheart: The Crusader King of England

  • historical
  • medieval
"Wyrd bið ful āræd."

-Bernard Cornwell, War of the Wolf (The Saxon Stories, #11)

"Truth is ever feeble against passionate falsehood."

-Bernard Cornwell, War of the Wolf (The Saxon Stories, #11)

"The gods are not kind to us, any more than children are kind to their toys. We are here to amuse the gods, and at times it amuses them to be unkind."

-Bernard Cornwell, War of the Wolf (The Saxon Stories, #11)

"Los dioses no velan por nosotros, no más desde luego de lo que los niños cuidan de sus juguetes. Si estamos aquí, es sólo para procurarles buenos ratos; a veces, hasta se complacen en jugarnos jugarr…"

-Bernard Cornwell, War of the Wolf (The Saxon Stories, #11)

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28. 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
  • plantagenet
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
Cover of King of the North Wind: The Life of Henry II in Five Acts by Claudia Gold

29. King of the North Wind: The Life of Henry II in Five Acts

By: Claudia Gold

4.25

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Henry II conquered the largest empire of any English medieval king. Yet it is the people around him… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • plantagenet
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
Cover of The Song of Simon de Montfort: England's First Revolutionary by Sophie Ambler

30. The Song of Simon de Montfort: England's First Revolutionary

By: Sophie Ambler

3.97

Format: 586 pages, Kindle Edition

'Alive with human detail and acute political judgement, this book marks the arrival of a formidably… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • plantagenet
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
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31. Richard the Lionheart: The Crusader King of England

By: W.B. Bartlett

4.14

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Whilst Richard I is one of medieval England's most famous kings he is also the most controversial. … read more

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

14 Best historical books like Richard the Lionheart: The Crusader King of England by W.B. Bartlett

Transform Your Habits

Saladin: The Life, the Legend and the Islamic Empire

John Man

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Alexander the Great

Philip Freeman

4.31

Transform Your Habits

King John: Treachery and Tyranny in Medieval England: The Road to Magna Carta

Marc Morris

5.00

Transform Your Habits

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

Marc Morris

3.95

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The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

Dan Jones

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages

Dan Jones

4.41

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The Anglo-Saxons A History of the Beginnings of England: 400–1066

Marc Morris

4.34

Transform Your Habits

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

Charles Spencer

4.06

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