10 best-selling nonfiction books like The Kings & Queens of Scotland by Richard Oram

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The Kings & Queens of Scotland

By: Richard Oram

3.81

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The history of the Scottish monarchy can be presented as a long tale of triumph over adversity, cha…

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1. The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Roger Garland

3.81

Format: 75 pages, Hardcover

This adventure book tells of Tom's encounters with the River-woman's beautiful daughter, Old Man Wi… read more

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"Para siempre un mensajero, Un viajero demorado, Errante como una pluma, Un marinero guiado por el viento."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

"There is an inn, a merry old inn beneath an old grey hill, And there they brew a beer so brown That the Man in the Moon himself came down one night to drink his fill."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

"There was a merry passenger, a messenger, a mariner: he built a gilded gondola to wander in, and had in her a load of yellow oranges and porridge for his provender; he perfumed her with marjoram and …"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

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2. This Must Be the Place

By: Maggie O'Farrell

3.77

Format: None pages,

A dazzling novel from bestselling writer Maggie O'Farrell, winner of the Costa Novel Award--an irre… read more

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3. Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and His Scandalous Duchess

By: Alison Weir

3.79

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In her remarkable new book, Alison Weir recounts one of the greatest love stories of medieval Engla… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

4. Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine, 1921-1933

By: Anne Applebaum

3.32

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gulagand the National Book Award finalist Iron Curtai… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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5. Anansi Boys

By: Neil Gaiman

4.30

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

God is dead. Meet the kids. Fat Charlie Nancy's normal life ended the moment his father dropped dea… read more

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6. The Other Family

By: Joanna Trollope

4.40

Format: 436 pages,

When Richie Rossiter, once a famous pianist, dies unexpectedly, Chrissie knows that she must now te… read more

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7. The Welsh Kings: Warriors, Warlords, and Princes

By: Kari L. Maund

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From the publisher: "When Edward I's troops forced the destruction of Dafydd ap Gruffudd in 1283 th… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

8. Sharpe's Eagle (Sharpe, #8)

By: Bernard Cornwell

3.95

Format: 315 pages, Paperback

After the cowardly incompetence of two officers besmirches their name, Captain Richard Sharpe must … read more

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9. The Wars of Scotland, 1214-1371

By: Michael Brown

4.14

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

The Wars of Scotland is the story of the pivotal period in Scottish history between 1214 and 1371. … read more

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10. A History Of Scotland

By: Neil Oliver

2.50

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Scotland's history has been badly served over the years. Defined by its relationship to England, Sc… read more

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11. The King in the North: The Life and Times of Oswald of Northumbria

By: Max Adams

3.68

Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition

Oswald Whiteblade lived one of the most influential and colourful lives in early English history. B… read more

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12. Britain After Rome: The Fall and Rise, 400 to 1070

By: Robin Fleming

4.12

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

The enormous hoard of beautiful gold military objects found in a field in Staffordshire has focused… read more

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13. Robert Bruce: Our Most Valiant Prince, King and Lord

By: Colm McNamee

4.39

Format: None pages, Paperback

Commemorating the seven hundredth anniversary of the enthronement of Robert I of Scotland, this boo… read more

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14. Scotland: The Story of a Nation

By: Magnus Magnusson

4.33

Format: 240 pages,

A vivid look at Scotland's long and difficult road to nationhood, re-exploring some cherished myths… read more

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15. In the Land of Giants: A Journey Through the Dark Ages

By: Max Adams

3.86

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

The five centuries between the end of Roman Britain and the death of Alfred the Great have left few… read more

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16. Jingo (Discworld, #21; City Watch, #4)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

'Neighbours... hah. People'd live for ages side by side, nodding at one another amicably on their w… read more

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17. Five on a Treasure Island (Famous Five, #1)

By: Enid Blyton

3.75

Format: 273 pages, Paperback

The very first Famous Five adventure, featuring Julian, Dick, Anne, not forgetting tomboy George an… read more

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18. Vikings

By: Neil Oliver

3.82

Format: 148 pages, Hardcover

The Vikings famously took no prisoners, relished cruel retribution, and prided themselves on their … read more

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19. The Dirty Dozen: The Best 12 Commando Books Ever!. Edited by George Low

By: George Low

3.52

Format: None pages, Hardcover

'Achtung!', 'Gott in Himmel!', 'Donner und Blitzen!' For the generations of men whose obsession wit… read more

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20. The Anglo-Saxons A History of the Beginnings of England: 400–1066

By: Marc Morris

4.34

Format: 508 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping and original history of the Anglo-Saxons by national bestselling author Marc Morris. … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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21. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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22. Leonard and Hungry Paul

By: Ronan Hession

4.15

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

In this startling debut, Ronan Hession tells the story of two thirty-something men who take care of… read more

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"You may wish to note the above"

-Ronan Hession, Leonard and Hungry Paul

"It was strange that after all the years of getting the kids to be independent, she would feel so daunted at having her life back. But it was the nature of being a parent. The kids' lives are their ow…"

-Ronan Hession, Leonard and Hungry Paul

"Leonard wore a new feeling of peace. He had always associated peace with the idea of happiness, as if it were some sort of steady state that happiness turned into when it was for real. But now he rea…"

-Ronan Hession, Leonard and Hungry Paul

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23. Uncrowned Queen: The Treacherous Life of Margaret Beaufort, Tudor Rebel

By: Nicola Tallis

4.17

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

The first comprehensive biography in three decades on Margaret Beaufort, the mother of the Tudor Dy… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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24. Æthelflæd: The Lady of the Mercians

By: Tim Clarkson

3.93

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

At the end of the ninth century AD, a large part of what is now England was controlled by the Vikin… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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25. The Kings & Queens of Scotland

By: Richard Oram

3.81

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The history of the Scottish monarchy can be presented as a long tale of triumph over adversity, cha… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • scotland
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26. On the Trail of the Real Macbeth, King of Alba

By: Cameron Taylor

3.74

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Shakespeare's memorable Macbeth is one of the best known literary icons in the English language, bu… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • scotland
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27. Dance If Ye Can: A Dictionary of Scottish Battles

By: Malcolm Archibald

4.08

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

Dance If Ye Can is an introduction to the huge variety of battles fought in Scotland, or fought by … read more

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28. James the Good: The Black Douglas

By: David R. Ross

4.29

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Sir James the Good - or 'Black Douglas' as he was known by the English - terrified the northern shi… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • scotland
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29. James III (The Stewart Dynasty in Scotland)

By: Norman Macdougall

4.09

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Detailed and up-to-date, this study analyzes Scotland’s James III from both private and public pers… read more

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  • scotland
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30. The Picts and the Scots at War

By: Nick Aitchison

3.36

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The Picts are perhaps the most enigmatic and poorly understood of all the peoples of early medieval… read more

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31. Conquered by No One: A People's History of the Scots who made the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320

By: Neil McLennan

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1320, noblemen from across Scotland wrote to the Pope to assert their independence from kings of… read more

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Alison Weir

3.79

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3.32

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Kari L. Maund

4.14

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4.34

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4.27

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4.41

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4.06

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