8 Best history books like The Brethren: A Story of Faith and Conspiracy in Revolutionary America by Brendan McConville

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The Brethren: A Story of Faith and Conspiracy in Revolutionary America

By: Brendan McConville

3.86

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The dramatic account of a Revolutionary-era conspiracy in which a band of farmers opposed to milita…

If you liked the history plot in The Brethren: A Story of Faith and Conspiracy in Revolutionary America by Brendan McConville , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 by Robert Middlekauff

1. The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789

By: Robert Middlekauff

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically ac… read more

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2. Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

By: Timothy Snyder

4.38

Format: 524 pages, Hardcover

Americans call the Second World War “The Good War.” But before it even began, America’s wartime al… read more

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"Now we will live!"

-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

"Closure is a false harmony, a siren song masquerading as a swan song."

-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

"The vast majority of Jews killed in the Holocaust never saw a concentration camp."

-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

"When meaning is drawn from killing, the risk is that more killing would bring about more meaning."

-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

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3. Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

By: Christopher R. Browning

4.10

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

Christopher R. Browning’s shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the … read more

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"The behavior of any human being is, of course, a very complex phenomenon, and the historian who attempts to "explain" it is indulging in a certain arrogance."

-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

"This story of ordinary men is not the story of all men. The reserve policemen faced choices, and most of them committed terrible deeds. But those who killed cannot be absolved by the notion that anyo…"

-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

"What, then, is one to conclude? Most of all, one comes away from the story of Reserve Police Battalion 101 with great unease. This story of ordinary men is not the story of all men. The reserve polic…"

-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

"At the same time, however, the collective behavior of Reserve Police Battalion 101 has deeply disturbing implications. There are many societies afflicted by traditions of racism and caught in the sie…"

-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

4. The Shoemaker and the Tea Party: Memory and the American Revolution

By: Alfred F. Young

3.71

Format: 101 pages, Paperback

George Robert Twelves Hewes, a Boston shoemaker who participated in such key events of the American… read more

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5. The Abolition of Man

By: C.S. Lewis

3.97

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0060652944 The Abolition of Man, Lewis uses his graceful prose, del… read more

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6. Silence

By: Shūsaku Endō , William Johnston

3.84

Format: 223 pages, Paperback

Beneath the light of the candle I am sitting with my hands on my knees, staring in front of me. And… read more

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7. The Swerve: How the World Became Modern

By: Stephen Greenblatt

4.34

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

One of the world's most celebrated scholars, Stephen Greenblatt has crafted both an innovative work… read more

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8. The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity

By: Philip Jenkins

3.47

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The first edition of The Next Christendom has been hailed as a landmark in our understanding of mod… read more

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9. Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages

By: Dan Jones

4.41

Format: 636 pages, Hardcover

An epic reappraisal of the medieval world--and the rich and complicated legacy left to us by the ri… read more

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Cover of Going to Church in Medieval England by Nicholas Orme

10. Going to Church in Medieval England

By: Nicholas Orme

4.22

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

An engaging, richly illustrated account of parish churches and churchgoers in England, from the Ang… read more

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Cover of The Brethren: A Story of Faith and Conspiracy in Revolutionary America by Brendan McConville

11. The Brethren: A Story of Faith and Conspiracy in Revolutionary America

By: Brendan McConville

3.86

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The dramatic account of a Revolutionary-era conspiracy in which a band of farmers opposed to milita… read more

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17 Best history books like The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 by Robert Middlekauff

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Washington: A Life

Ron Chernow

4.16

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1776

David McCullough

4.09

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Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.22

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Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754 - 1766

Fred Anderson

4.19

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