11 Best biography books like Murder in the Garden of God by Eleanor Herman

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Murder in the Garden of God

By: Eleanor Herman

4.14

Format: 434 pages, Paperback

On April 17, 1581, shots ring out in a Roman garden and a young man falls dead in an ambush. Within…

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1. Murder of a Medici Princess

By: Caroline P. Murphy

3.94

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In Murder of a Medici Princess , Caroline Murphy illuminates the brilliant life and tragic death of… read more

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  • italy
  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
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2. The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert

By: John M. Gottman , Nan Silver

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

John Gottman has revolutionized the study of marriage by using rigorous scientific procedures to ob… read more

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  • nonfiction

3. The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine

By: Serhii Plokhy

3.87

Format: 268 pages, Hardcover

Ukraine is currently embroiled in a tense battle with Russia to preserve its economic and political… read more

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4. The Pope's Daughter: The Extraordinary Life of Felice Della Rovere

By: Caroline P. Murphy

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II, Felice della Rovere became one of the most powerful an… read more

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5. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

By: Charles C. Mann

4.23

Format: 11 pages, Paperback

A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival o… read more

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6. Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune

By: Bill Dedman , Paul Clark Newell Jr.

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bill Dedman noticed in 2009 a grand home for sale, unoccupie… read more

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7. Death in the Air: The True Story of a Serial Killer, the Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a City

By: Kate Winkler Dawson

3.87

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

A real-life thriller in the vein of The Devil in the White City, Kate Winkler Dawson's debut Death … read more

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8. Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

By: Rachel Maddow

4.45

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful … read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
"One big appeal of fascism, if nothing else, was its unapologetic embrace of cruelty. Cruelty towards others, coupled with hypersensitivity towards any slight to oneself."

-Rachel Maddow, Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

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9. River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile

By: Candice Millard

3.84

Format: 349 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of RIVER OF DOUBT and DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC, the stirr… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"..the charm of the scenery was perhaps enhanced by the reflection that my eyes might never look upon it again....Masses of brown-purple clouds covered the quarter of the heavens where the sun was abo…"

-Candice Millard, River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile

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10. 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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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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11. Lost Heirs of the Medieval Crown: The Kings and Queens Who Never Were

By: J.F. Andrews

4.23

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

“A fascinating study of the also-rans and almost-made-its of medieval history . . . Beautifully wri… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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12. The Great Divide

By: Cristina Henríquez

3.70

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

An epic novel of the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived… read more

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  • historical
"Ada had always believed that her mother, in rebuilding the house only three miles from where it had once been, had kept her world piteously small, but maybe what mattered, Ada thought as she gazed at…"

-Cristina Henríquez, The Great Divide

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13. The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World

By: Shelley Puhak

4.09

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The remarkable, little-known story of two trailblazing women in the Early Middle Ages who wielded i… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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14. The Temple of Fortuna (Wolf Den Trilogy #3)

By: Elodie Harper

4.39

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The final instalment in Elodie Harper's Sunday Times bestselling Wolf Den Trilogy Amara's journe… read more

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  • historical
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15. Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist

By: Richard Shepherd

4.33

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

As the UK's top forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd has spent a lifetime uncovering the secre… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Although it is my job to be certain, I was unable that day, and am still unable, to escape a greater certainty: that there are always other possibilities."

-Richard Shepherd, Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist

"Truth is based upon knowledge. So, of course, it can be compromised by incomplete knowledge. As a doctor I sought truth through facts. As a pathologist I was now learning that truth could be directly…"

-Richard Shepherd, Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist

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16. House of Odysseus (The Songs of Penelope, #2)

By: Claire North

4.19

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

House of Odysseus is the follow up to award-winning author Claire North's Ithaca "a powerful, fresh… read more

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  • historical
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17. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017

By: Rashid Khalidi

4.50

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US … read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
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18. Ithaca (The Songs of Penelope, #1)

By: Claire North

3.70

Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition

Seventeen years ago, King Odysseus sailed to war with Troy, taking with him every man of fighting a… read more

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  • historical
"...for it is the poet’s art to make every ear that hears the ancient songs think they have been sung for them alone, the old made new."

-Claire North, Ithaca (The Songs of Penelope, #1)

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19. Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia

By: Christina Thompson

4.24

Format: 365 pages, Hardcover

A blend of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester’s Pacific, a thrilling intel… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
"Vision is not so much about just looking but knowing what to look for. It's experience."

-Christina Thompson, Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia

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20. The House with the Golden Door (Wolf Den Trilogy, #2)

By: Elodie Harper

4.22

Format: 472 pages, Kindle Edition

The life of a courtesan in Pompeii is glittering, yet precarious... Amara has escaped her life as … read more

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  • italy
  • historical
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21. A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire

By: Emma Southon

4.23

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum comes a wildly entertai… read more

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  • italy
  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
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22. Elizabeth's Rival

By: Nicola Tallis

4.12

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A kinswoman to Elizabeth I, Lettice Knollys had begun the Queen’s glittering reign basking in favor… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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23. Psyche and Eros

By: Luna McNamara

3.78

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this utterly transporting reimagining of Greek mythology, the god of desire is cursed to fall fo… read more

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  • historical
Cover of In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters by Nancy  Goldstone

24. In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters

By: Nancy Goldstone

4.16

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

The vibrant, sprawling saga of Empress Maria Theresa—one of the most renowned women rulers in histo… read more

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  • italy
  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
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25. The King's Shadow: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Deadly Quest for the Lost City of Alexandria

By: Edmund Richardson

3.80

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Impeccably researched, and written like a thriller, Edmund Richardson's The King's Shadow is the ex… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"One archaeologist noticed two rude lines of verse, scratched on the rock wall, in front of their very noses: If any fools this high samootch explore, Know Charles Masson has been here before."

-Edmund Richardson, The King's Shadow: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Deadly Quest for the Lost City of Alexandria

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26. Cave of Bones: A True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human Origins

By: Lee Berger

4.31

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A true-life scientific adventure story, this thrilling book takes the reader deep into South Africa… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Protein is more stable than DNA over time, and so this new technology offers a fresh way to study fossils."

-Lee Berger, Cave of Bones: A True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human Origins

"By almost any definition, Homo naledi is not human. But if the present archaeological record reflects the complexity of Homo sapiens accurately, it means that naledi was significantly more complex th…"

-Lee Berger, Cave of Bones: A True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human Origins

"Their synchrotron, a super-powerful x-ray machine, can harness the radiation of überfast subatomic particles in order to -- among many other things -- look inside solid objects. It's spectacular scie…"

-Lee Berger, Cave of Bones: A True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human Origins

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27. Murder in the Garden of God

By: Eleanor Herman

4.14

Format: 434 pages, Paperback

On April 17, 1581, shots ring out in a Roman garden and a young man falls dead in an ambush. Within… read more

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  • italy
  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction

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