15 Top memoir books like The Accidental Duchess: From Farmer's Daughter to Belvoir Castle by The Duchess of Rutland

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The Accidental Duchess: From Farmer's Daughter to Belvoir Castle

By: The Duchess of Rutland

4.09

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

Life in a castle isn’t always a fairytale, as the Duchess of Rutland vividly illustrates in her fas…

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Cover of Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown by Anne Glenconner

1. Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown

By: Anne Glenconner

4.06

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary memoir of drama, tragedy, and royal secrets by Anne Glenconner--a close member of … read more

Similar categories in Anne Glenconner's Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown book and The Duchess of Rutland's The Accidental Duchess: From Farmer's Daughter to Belvoir Castle

  • biography
  • memoir
  • british literature
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"According to Princess Margaret, "You can't possibly have a picnic without your butler."

-Anne Glenconner, Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown

"One of the protocols of being in the company of a member of the Royal Family is that if they are standing, you have to stand - you can't sit down until they do. They seem to do an awful lot of standi…"

-Anne Glenconner, Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown

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2. Ready For Absolutely Nothing

By: Susannah Constantine

3.91

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

'A rollicking ride . . . What a life' SUNDAY TIMESEssential reading for anyone who secretly just wa… read more

Similar categories in Susannah Constantine's Ready For Absolutely Nothing book and The Duchess of Rutland's The Accidental Duchess: From Farmer's Daughter to Belvoir Castle

  • biography
  • memoir
  • british literature
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Courtiers: Intrigue, Ambition, and the Power Players Behind the House of Windsor by Valentine Low

3. Courtiers: Intrigue, Ambition, and the Power Players Behind the House of Windsor

By: Valentine Low

3.64

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The gripping account of how the Royal family really operates from the man who has spent years study… read more

Similar categories in Valentine Low's Courtiers: Intrigue, Ambition, and the Power Players Behind the House of Windsor book and The Duchess of Rutland's The Accidental Duchess: From Farmer's Daughter to Belvoir Castle

  • biography
  • memoir
  • british literature
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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4. Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story.

By: Robert Hardman

3.92

Format: 456 pages, Kindle Edition

The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller‘Fascinating . . . The book everyone is talking about’ – Daily Mai… read more

Similar categories in Robert Hardman's Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story. book and The Duchess of Rutland's The Accidental Duchess: From Farmer's Daughter to Belvoir Castle

  • biography
  • memoir
  • british literature
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"He's a very charming person - very warm and very friendly...I admire the way he interacts with people. That, to me, speaks to the measure of our King."

-Robert Hardman, Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story.

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5. Whatever Next?: Lessons from an Unexpected Life

By: Anne Glenconner

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

**Instant Sunday Times Bestseller** Bracing honesty, rare insight, and more revelations: theNew Yor… read more

Similar categories in Anne Glenconner's Whatever Next?: Lessons from an Unexpected Life book and The Duchess of Rutland's The Accidental Duchess: From Farmer's Daughter to Belvoir Castle

  • biography
  • memoir
  • british literature
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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6. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

By: Griffin Dunne

4.19

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin,… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"At the moment when Mrs. Griffin had been notified of her husband’s death, she was in bed with her lover at the Hotel del Coronado in California, and took the news that she was a widow rather well. Sh…"

-Griffin Dunne, The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

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7. A Very Private School: A Memoir

By: Charles Spencer

4.09

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age ei… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • british literature
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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8. The Final Curtsey: A Royal Memoir by the Queen's Cousin

By: Margaret Rhodes

3.87

Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the intimate and revealing autobiography of Margaret Rhodes, the first cousin of Queen Eliz… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • british literature
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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9. Odd Boy Out

By: Gyles Brandreth

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In Odd Boy Out Gyles Brandreth provides an extraordinarily revealing account of growing up and comi… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • british literature
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
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10. An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

By: Annejet van der Zijl

3.73

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

The true story of a girl from the wilderness settlements of a burgeoning new America who became one… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
"If you no longer had a future, what else is there left but dreams of the past?"

-Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

"If there was one thing that was truly American, it was the belief that it was always possible to start again."

-Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

Cover of Do Let's Have Another Drink!: The Dry Wit and Fizzy Life of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother by Gareth Russell

11. Do Let's Have Another Drink!: The Dry Wit and Fizzy Life of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

By: Gareth Russell

4.09

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The Crown and Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret , a deliciously entertaining co… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • british literature
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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12. Meghan and Harry: The Real Story

By: Lady Colin Campbell

3.69

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

The fall from popular grace of Prince Harry, the previously adulated brother of the heir to the Bri… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • british literature
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of A Haunting at Holkham by Anne Glenconner

13. A Haunting at Holkham

By: Anne Glenconner

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling new mystery from the bestselling author of Lady in Waiting and Murder on Mustique. Se… read more

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14. On Duty With the Queen

By: Dickie Arbiter

3.99

Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition

In this wonderful and honest book, former press secretary to the royal family Dickie Arbiter reveal… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • british literature
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"I had had a chance to get to know her, and in doing so began to understand the kind of person she was. In a word, she was complicated. If things were going her way, she was fine. If anything out of t…"

-Dickie Arbiter, On Duty With the Queen

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15. Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru

By: Hugh Bonneville

3.97

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A The Times (UK) and Sunday Times Best Book of the Year A moving, laugh-out-loud memoir from one o… read more

Similar categories in Hugh Bonneville's Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru book and The Duchess of Rutland's The Accidental Duchess: From Farmer's Daughter to Belvoir Castle

  • biography
  • memoir
  • british literature
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Accidental Duchess: From Farmer's Daughter to Belvoir Castle by The Duchess of Rutland

16. The Accidental Duchess: From Farmer's Daughter to Belvoir Castle

By: The Duchess of Rutland

4.09

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

Life in a castle isn’t always a fairytale, as the Duchess of Rutland vividly illustrates in her fas… read more

Similar categories in The Duchess of Rutland's The Accidental Duchess: From Farmer's Daughter to Belvoir Castle book and The Duchess of Rutland's The Accidental Duchess: From Farmer's Daughter to Belvoir Castle

  • biography
  • memoir
  • british literature
  • autobiography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Camilla: From Outcast to Queen Consort by Angela Levin

17. Camilla: From Outcast to Queen Consort

By: Angela Levin

3.82

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

A compelling new biography of Camilla, Queen Consort, that reveals how she transformed her role and… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of The Real Doc Martin: The Humour, Sadness and Absurdity of a Life in General Practice by Martin Stagg

18. The Real Doc Martin: The Humour, Sadness and Absurdity of a Life in General Practice

By: Martin Stagg

4.14

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

'Near the end would be good.' For over thirty years a GP called Martin sat at his desk on the outs… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of ROYAL FAMILY ROYAL CRISIS: THE CHALLENGES FACING A NEW KING IN A NEW AGE by Roland Gough

19. ROYAL FAMILY ROYAL CRISIS: THE CHALLENGES FACING A NEW KING IN A NEW AGE

By: Roland Gough

3.16

Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the book that lifts the lid on many important issues that are rocking the very foundations … read more

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Cover of Never Shaken, Never Stirred: The Story of Ann Fleming and Laura, Duchess of Marlborough by Christopher Reindorp

20. Never Shaken, Never Stirred: The Story of Ann Fleming and Laura, Duchess of Marlborough

By: Christopher Reindorp

3.96

Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition

Glamorous, fun and packed with scandalous anecdotes and exclusive interviews, Never Shaken, Never S… read more

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Cover of Three Times a Countess: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Raine Spencer by Tina Gaudoin

21. Three Times a Countess: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Raine Spencer

By: Tina Gaudoin

4.09

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

TELEGRAPH 50 BEST BOOKS OF 2022THE UNTOLD STORY OF PRINCESS DIANA'S STEPMOTHER 'A sparkling biogra… read more

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17 Best nonfiction books like The Accidental Duchess: From Farmer's Daughter to Belvoir Castle by The Duchess of Rutland

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Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown

Anne Glenconner

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Ready For Absolutely Nothing

Susannah Constantine

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Courtiers: Intrigue, Ambition, and the Power Players Behind the House of Windsor

Valentine Low

3.64

Transform Your Habits

Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story.

Robert Hardman

3.92

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22 best-selling biography books like Three Times a Countess: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Raine Spencer by Tina Gaudoin

Transform Your Habits

Ready For Absolutely Nothing

Susannah Constantine

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Oh Miriam!: Stories from an Extraordinary Life

Miriam Margolyes

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War between the Windsors

Tom Bower

3.86

Transform Your Habits

The Cartiers: The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire

Francesca Cartier Brickell

4.24

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