Six Minutes In May
By: Nicholas Shakespeare
4.03
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
London, early May 1940: Britain is at war and Neville Chamberlain’s government is about to fall. It…
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1. Of Love and Shadows
By: Isabel Allende , Margaret Sayers Peden
3.99
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Beautiful and headstrong, Irene Beltrán works as a magazine journalist—a profession that belies her… read more
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- historical
"Lo puedo leer en tus ojos, vienes de una noche de amor."-Isabel Allende, Of Love and Shadows
"Compartieron una alegre relación y no la llamaron amor."-Isabel Allende, Of Love and Shadows
"...era apenas la suma de dos soledades y de muchas ausencias."-Isabel Allende, Of Love and Shadows
"La nostalgia desgasta y aniquila, es el vicio de los desterrados."-Isabel Allende, Of Love and Shadows
2. Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
By: Tom Holland
4.22
Format: 408 pages, Paperback
In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small … read more
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- history
- world history
- historical
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- nonfiction
"Achievement was worthy of praise and honor, but excessive achievement was pernicious and a threat to the state. However great a citizen might become, however great he might wish to become, the truest…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"Enthusiasts for empire argued that Rome had a civilizing mission; that because her values and institutions were self-evidently superior to those of barbarians, she had a duty to propagate them; that …"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"Honour, in the Republic, had never been a goal in itself, only a means to an infinite end. And what was true of her citizens, naturally, was also true of Rome herself. For the generation that had liv…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"It was an article of faith to the Romans that they were the most morally upright people in the world. How else was the size of their empire to be explained? Yet they also knew that the Republic's gre…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
3. The Wench is Dead (Inspector Morse #8)
By: Colin Dexter
3.92
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Inspector Morse, recovering from an ulcer in Oxford's Radcliffe Hospital, comes across an old book … read more
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"He was somewhat of a loner by temperament--because though never wholly happy when alone, he was usually slightly more miserable when with other people."-Colin Dexter, The Wench is Dead (Inspector Morse #8)
4. The Other Side of Silence (Bernie Gunther, #11)
By: Philip Kerr
3.38
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From New York Times-bestselling author Philip Kerr, the much anticipated return of Bernie Gunther i… read more
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5. 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
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- history
- politics
- war
- nonfiction
- european history
6. 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
- war
"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)
7. Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire
By: Michael Palin
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, H… read more
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- history
- biography
- historical
- war
- nonfiction
8. Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison
By: Ben Macintyre
4.26
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The definitive and surprising true story of one of history’s most notorious prisons—and the remarka… read more
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- history
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- war
- world war ii
- nonfiction
9. The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)
By: Jessie Burton
3.87
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Alive with the magic of Amsterdam, the enchanting new historical novel from the author of the sensa… read more
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- historical
"The road in front is empty: it is behind them that something waits."-Jessie Burton, The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)
10. Munich Wolf
By: Rory Clements
4.24
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
The gripping new 2024 thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The English Führer. In t… read more
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- historical
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11. In a House of Lies (Inspector Rebus, #22)
By: Ian Rankin
4.09
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
IN A HOUSE OF LIES... Everyone has something to hide A missing private investigator is found, l… read more
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12. A Village in the Third Reich
By: Julia Boyd
4.25
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
New from the author of Travellers in the Third Reich—the Sunday Times Top Three bestseller and Wate… read more
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- historical
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- world war ii
- nonfiction
- european history
13. The Old Drift
By: Namwali Serpell
3.74
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
A Zambian debut novel that follows three generations of three families, telling the story of a nati… read more
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- historical
"Every family is a war but some are more civil than others."-Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift
"Only a sister, an alternative self, could inspire such a sordid mix of disgust and envy."-Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift
"She stepped from the trashy bedlam of the road into the cool cave of the shop, relieved to escape the experience of walking outside while female."-Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift
"Old like her father was old, a shaggy shambling old, an old where you'd lost the order of things and felt so sad that you simply had to embrace the loss, reassuring yourself with the lie that you had…"-Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift
14. Appeasement: Chamberlain, Hitler, Churchill, and the Road to War
By: Tim Bouverie
4.36
Format: 461 pages, Kindle Edition
A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • SUNDAY TIMES (UK) BESTSELLER • A gripping new history of the Bri… read more
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- world history
- politics
- war
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- european history
15. The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky
By: Simon Shuster
4.19
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Time correspondent Simon Shuster delivers the definitive account of the Russian invasion of Ukrain… read more
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- history
- biography
- politics
- war
- nonfiction
16. House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France
By: Justine Firnhaber-Baker
4.30
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The definitive history of the Capetians, the crusading dynasty that made the French crown the wealt… read more
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17. The Stalin Affair: The Impossible Alliance That Won the War
By: Giles Milton
4.42
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From internationally bestselling historian Giles Milton comes the remarkable true story of the motl… read more
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- world war ii
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18. Six Minutes In May
By: Nicholas Shakespeare
4.03
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
London, early May 1940: Britain is at war and Neville Chamberlain’s government is about to fall. It… read more
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19. Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)
By: Mick Herron
4.11
Format: 347 pages, Paperback
London's Slough House is where the washed-up MI5 spies go to while away what's left of their failed… read more
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"It’s a phrase, black swan,"-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)
"We don’t like being out of the loop."-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)
"Arkady Pashkin said “Why aren’t we moving?"-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)
"I’m sure he’s hard at work on the archive,"-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)
20. Moneta: A History of Ancient Rome in Twelve Coins
By: Gareth Harney
4.36
Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition
The extraordinary story of Rome, the ancient world's greatest superpower, as told through mankind's… read more
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21. 1923: The Forgotten Crisis in the Year of Hitler’s Coup
By: Mark William Jones
4.09
Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition
'Gripping . . . thoroughly researched and beautifully written . . . a warning for our times' Alex W… read more
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