9 Top historical books like Northerners: A History by Brian Groom

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Northerners: A History

By: Brian Groom

3.62

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A Times Bestseller A Waterstones ‘Book You Need to Read in 2022’ The definitive history of t…

If you liked the historical plot in Northerners: A History by Brian Groom , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

By: Rory Stewart

4.36

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"

-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

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2. 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

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  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"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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3. The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

By: Anna Keay

4.39

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

‘The execution of the king took place on a bleak, bitterly cold afternoon in January. As the execut… read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"This book was born of ignorance."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

"... he was not one to let other people's feelings get in the way when he knew he was right."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

"He warned his pious daughter Bridget of the dangers of self-criticism and the overwhelming importance of love."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

"As in many parts of the country, people's desire for peace and prosperity was stronger than their loyalty to one regime or another."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

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4. The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World

By: Tim Marshall

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries’ GDP. People on Mars … read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe

By: Sathnam Sanghera

4.04

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

In his ground-breaking new book, Sathnam Sanghera traces the legacies of British empire around the … read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain's Lost Cities and Vanished Villages

By: Matthew Green

3.83

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Drowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff. This is the extraordinary tale o… read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars

By: Avi Loeb

3.51

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

“The world's leading alien hunter” — New York Times Magazine From acclaimed Harvard astrophysicist… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. Wild: Tales from Early Medieval Britain

By: Amy Jeffs

3.89

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

By the bestselling author of Storyland.Sheer cliffs, salt spray, explosive sea spume, thunderous cl… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
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9. Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe

By: Serhii Plokhy

4.23

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

On the morning of April 26, 1986, Europe witnessed the worst nuclear disaster in history: the explo… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The Soviets had to choose whether to show Blix the toilet facilities and hide the super-secret radar or vice versa."

-Serhii Plokhy, Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe

"The world has already been overwhelmed by one Chernobyl and one exclusion zone. It cannot afford any more. It must learn its lessons from what happened in and around Chernobyl on April 26, 1986."

-Serhii Plokhy, Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe

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10. Head North: A Rallying Cry for a More Equal Britain

By: Andy Burnham

4.37

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

Picked as one of Waterstones' Non-Fiction 'Books You Need to Read in 2024' Gordon 'A path-bre… read more

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  • audiobook
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • british literature
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11. The Lost Rainforests of Britain

By: Guy Shrubsole

4.30

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

From the Sunday Times-bestselling author of Who Owns England?, a mesmerising chronicle of our forgo… read more

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  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • british literature
"This was the very heart of Wales' rainforest zone, where the oceanic climate conspires to make conditions perfect for the rich profusion of plant life that we'd spent the past week exploring. Yet her…"

-Guy Shrubsole, The Lost Rainforests of Britain

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12. But What Can I Do?

By: Alastair Campbell

3.87

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

'Your country needs you. Your world needs you. Your time is now.'Our politics is a mess. Leaders wh… read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and its People

By: Stuart Maconie

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Three years before George Orwell made his expedition to the far and frozen North JB Priestley – who… read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain

By: Amy Jeffs

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Soaked in mist and old magic, Storyland is a new illustrated mythology of Britain, set in its wilde… read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. Atoms and Ashes: A Global History of Nuclear Disasters

By: Serhii Plokhy

4.11

Format: 345 pages, Hardcover

A chilling account of more than half a century of nuclear catastrophes, by the author of the “defin… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. Concorde: The thrilling account of history’s most extraordinary airliner

By: Mike Bannister

4.54

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

October 24th 2023 will mark 20 years since Concorde disappeared from our skies. Yet still Mike Bann… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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17. What is History, Now?

By: Suzannah Lipscomb

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the influential text WHAT IS HISTORY? authored by Helen Carr’s great-grandfather, E.H. … read more

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  • historical
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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18. Northerners: A History

By: Brian Groom

3.62

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A Times Bestseller A Waterstones ‘Book You Need to Read in 2022’ The definitive history of t… read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. Truss at 10: How Not to Be Prime Minister

By: Anthony Seldon

4.36

Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition

Liz Truss's disastrous premiership was the shortest and most chaotic in British history. In the spa… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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20. Vassal State: How America Runs Britain

By: Angus Hanton

4.11

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

'Provocative and detailed ... Excellent' The Telegraph 'Shocking and meticulous' Danny Dorling 'A… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • british literature
Cover of Odyssey (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #4) by Stephen Fry

21. Odyssey (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #4)

By: Stephen Fry

4.42

Format: 400 pages, ebook

The final book in Stephen Fry's acclaimed internationally bestselling Greek myths series telling th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook

17 best-selling audiobook books like Northerners: A History by Brian Groom

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Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Rory Stewart

4.36

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

David Mitchell

4.16

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The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

Anna Keay

4.39

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The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World

Tim Marshall

3.94

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John Bew

4.46

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Margaret MacMillan

3.94

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Eric J. Hobsbawm

3.66

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Anna Funder

4.20

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