18 must-read history books like The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor by Penny Junor

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The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor

By: Penny Junor

3.55

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

It would be hard to invent a group of personalities more extraordinary than the British Royal Famil…

If you liked the history plot in The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor by Penny Junor , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. Diana's Nightmare: The Family

By: Chris Hutchins , Peter Thompson

4.39

Format: None pages, Paperback

DIANA'S NIGHTMARE: The Family By Chris Hutchins and Peter Thompson "Now available in paperback" Eve… read more

Similar categories in Chris Hutchins's Diana's Nightmare: The Family book and Penny Junor's The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor

  • history
  • biography

2. The Day Diana Died

By: Christopher Andersen

4.60

Format: 431 pages,

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3. The Royals

By: Kitty Kelley

4.20

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

Kitty Kelley, bestselling investigative biographer, delivers a controversial portrait of the Britis… read more

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4. All Things Wise and Wonderful

By: James Herriot

4.89

Format: 78 pages, Paperback

The third volume in the multimillion copy bestselling series Readers adored James Herriot's tales o… read more

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5. All Things Bright and Beautiful

By: James Herriot

4.00

Format: None pages,

"A very warm, very engaging read. . . . The reader falls totally under his spell." --Associated Pre… read more

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6. Me

By: Elton John

4.33

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

In his only official autobiography, music icon Elton John writes about his extraordinary life, whic… read more

Similar categories in Elton John's Me book and Penny Junor's The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor

  • biography
  • nonfiction
"It was insanity, but it sounded romantic."

-Elton John, Me

"You can work as hard as you like, and plan as carefully as you want, but there are moments when it’s just about a hunch, about trusting your instincts, or about fate."

-Elton John, Me

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

7. 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 Penny Junor's The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor

  • history
  • biography
  • 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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8. Rambling Man: My Life on the Road

By: Billy Connolly

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Being a Rambling Man was what I always wanted to be, to live the way I damn well pleased. I've met … read more

Similar categories in Billy Connolly's Rambling Man: My Life on the Road book and Penny Junor's The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor

  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil by Tina  Brown

9. The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

By: Tina Brown

4.03

Format: 571 pages, Hardcover

The gripping inside story of the British royal family’s battle to overcome the dramas of the Diana … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"What Diana’s younger son was thinking only he can tell us, and doubtless will."

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

"Dacre's staff referred to his morning editorial meetings as the “Vagina Monologues,"

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

"Until he lost his hair, Prince William was probably the biggest heartthrob to be heir to the throne since the pre-obese Henry VIII."

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

"Philip had to apologize in 1999 after a walkabout at an Edinburgh electronics factory when he commented that a fuse box bursting with wires looked “as if it was put in by an Indian."

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

Cover of Tunnel 29: The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall by Helena Merriman

10. Tunnel 29: The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall

By: Helena Merriman

4.51

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

He's just escaped from one of the world's most brutal regimes. Now, he decides to tunnel back in… read more

Similar categories in Helena Merriman's Tunnel 29: The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall book and Penny Junor's The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Diana, William, and Harry: The Heartbreaking Story of a Princess and Mother by James  Patterson

11. Diana, William, and Harry: The Heartbreaking Story of a Princess and Mother

By: James Patterson

3.87

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Instant  New York Times  Bestseller!  “She was the best mother in the world,” said Princes William… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Everybody's Best Friend: The True Story of a Marriage That Ended In Murder by Ken Englade

12. Everybody's Best Friend: The True Story of a Marriage That Ended In Murder

By: Ken Englade

3.90

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

The shocking murder that exposed a devoted husband as a cold-hearted killer To Love, Honor-And Mur… read more

Similar categories in Ken Englade's Everybody's Best Friend: The True Story of a Marriage That Ended In Murder book and Penny Junor's The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor

  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the Crown by Katie Nicholl

13. The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the Crown

By: Katie Nicholl

3.71

Format: 11 pages, Audiobook

Vanity FairRoyals correspondent and bestselling author ofWilliam and HarryandKateexplores the remar… read more

Similar categories in Katie Nicholl's The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the Crown book and Penny Junor's The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor

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

14. 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 Penny Junor's The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story. by Robert Hardman

15. 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 Penny Junor's The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor

  • history
  • biography
  • 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.

Cover of Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy's Fight for Survival by Omid Scobie

16. Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy's Fight for Survival

By: Omid Scobie

3.31

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Endgame , the explosive book from longtime royal journalist Omid Scobie and author of the internati… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Everyone already knows that King Charles might have preferred a life as Queen Camilla's tampon."

-Omid Scobie, Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy's Fight for Survival

"The King has lived a full life out in the public as an outspoken environmental activist, an occasional meddler in politics, a successful businessman, a flawed father, and a philandering husband who d…"

-Omid Scobie, Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy's Fight for Survival

"And, despite calls from campaigners for a redesign, one of Britain's highest-honor medals bestowed by King Charles to ambassadors and diplomats for distinguished service still features a depiction of…"

-Omid Scobie, Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy's Fight for Survival

"A stubborn eccentric who has spent most of his life waiting and planning for his ascension, even at the cost of his relationships with his own sons, the former Prince of Wales is not only far less po…"

-Omid Scobie, Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy's Fight for Survival

Cover of Look for Me There: Grieving My Father, Finding Myself by Luke Russert

17. Look for Me There: Grieving My Father, Finding Myself

By: Luke Russert

3.85

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In Look for Me There , Luke Russert traverses terrain both physical and deeply personal. On his jou… read more

Similar categories in Luke Russert's Look for Me There: Grieving My Father, Finding Myself book and Penny Junor's The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor

  • biography
  • nonfiction
"We work our way back through the crowd. A few steps behind, holding Dad’s hand, I keep my eyes affixed to the back of his white polo shirt. The outline of his wallet is visible through his back pants…"

-Luke Russert, Look for Me There: Grieving My Father, Finding Myself

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18. Very Bad Company

By: Emma Rosenblum

3.30

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Every year executives at the trendy tech startup Aurora gather the company’s top employees for an e… read more

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Cover of Battle of Brothers: William and Harry–The Inside Story of a Family in Tumult by Robert Lacey

19. Battle of Brothers: William and Harry–The Inside Story of a Family in Tumult

By: Robert Lacey

3.42

Format: 386 pages, Paperback

The world has watched Prince William and Prince Harry since they were born. Raised by Princess Dian… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Real Diana: The revealing biography of The Princess of Wales by renowned royal commentator, Lady Colin Campbell by Lady Colin Campbell

20. The Real Diana: The revealing biography of The Princess of Wales by renowned royal commentator, Lady Colin Campbell

By: Lady Colin Campbell

4.06

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

Royal insider Lady Colin Campbell was the first to predict the Waleses' separation and divorce, in … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Meghan and Harry: The Real Story by Lady Colin Campbell

21. 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

Similar categories in Lady Colin Campbell's Meghan and Harry: The Real Story book and Penny Junor's The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family by Omid Scobie

22. Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family

By: Omid Scobie

3.25

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER * ONE OF … read more

Similar categories in Omid Scobie's Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family book and Penny Junor's The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"If he worried that he was bringing along a high-maintenance Hollywood actress on safari, Harry was delightfully surprised by Meghan’s down-to-earth attitude. While camping, she cleaned her face with …"

-Omid Scobie, Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family

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23. William at 40: The Making of a Modern Monarch

By: Robert Jobson

4.13

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

‘A landmark new book’ Daily MailPrince William, Duke of Cambridge, is destined one day to be king. … read more

Similar categories in Robert Jobson's William at 40: The Making of a Modern Monarch book and Penny Junor's The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor

  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Prince Harry: His Mother's Son by Nigel Cawthorne

24. Prince Harry: His Mother's Son

By: Nigel Cawthorne

3.80

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Harry comes across as humane, humorous and sometimes vulnerable in this lively, insightful biograp… read more

Similar categories in Nigel Cawthorne's Prince Harry: His Mother's Son book and Penny Junor's The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor

  • biography
Cover of Harry: Conversations with the Prince by Angela Levin

25. Harry: Conversations with the Prince

By: Angela Levin

3.70

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

Once a reckless rebel, now a respected role model, Prince Harry is one of the world's most popular … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Meghan, Harry and The Palace Insiders Who Saw What Really Happened: Explosive New Revelation Pits Palace Aides and The Sussex Royals by Dan F. Wesley

26. Meghan, Harry and The Palace Insiders Who Saw What Really Happened: Explosive New Revelation Pits Palace Aides and The Sussex Royals

By: Dan F. Wesley

2.38

Format: 38 pages, Kindle Edition

Almost 10 days after the burial service of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, members of the… read more

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Cover of The Windsor Knot: Charles, Camilla, and the Legacy of Diana by Christopher  Wilson

27. The Windsor Knot: Charles, Camilla, and the Legacy of Diana

By: Christopher Wilson

3.70

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

Theirs was a relationship that rocked the British monarchy. Even after the death of Princess Di… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Wilson's The Windsor Knot: Charles, Camilla, and the Legacy of Diana book and Penny Junor's The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor

  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor by Penny Junor

28. The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor

By: Penny Junor

3.55

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

It would be hard to invent a group of personalities more extraordinary than the British Royal Famil… read more

Similar categories in Penny Junor's The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor book and Penny Junor's The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Queen's Marriage: The behind-the-scenes story of the marriage of HM Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh by Lady Colin Campbell

29. The Queen's Marriage: The behind-the-scenes story of the marriage of HM Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

By: Lady Colin Campbell

3.78

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling royal biographer of The Real Diana and Meghan and The Real StoryThe inside st… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Spare Us!: A Harrody by Bruno Vincent

30. Spare Us!: A Harrody

By: Bruno Vincent

3.28

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

'All I had ever wanted was privacy. In order to get it, it seemed that an exceptionally detailed 50… read more

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31. JFK Jr.: An Intimate Oral Biography

By: RoseMarie Terenzio

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The first oral biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. is an extraordinarily intimate, comprehensive look … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

22 Top nonfiction books like The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor by Penny Junor

Transform Your Habits

Me

Elton John

4.33

Transform Your Habits

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

Anne Glenconner

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Rambling Man: My Life on the Road

Billy Connolly

4.16

Transform Your Habits

The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

Tina Brown

4.03

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20 Best nonfiction books like The Windsor Knot: Charles, Camilla, and the Legacy of Diana by Christopher Wilson

Transform Your Habits

Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words

Andrew Morton

3.83

Transform Your Habits

Diana on the Edge

Chris Hutchins , Dominic Midgley

3.64

Transform Your Habits

Diana - Closely Guarded Secret

Robert Jobson , Ken Wharfe

3.52

Transform Your Habits

Working for the Royals

Brian Hoey

3.33

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