10 Best history books like The Twelve Apostles: Michael Collins, the Squad and Ireland's Fight for Freedom by Tim Pat Coogan

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The Twelve Apostles: Michael Collins, the Squad and Ireland's Fight for Freedom

By: Tim Pat Coogan

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Ireland, 1919: When Sinn Féin proclaims Dáil Éireann the parliament of the independent Irish republ…

If you liked the history plot in The Twelve Apostles: Michael Collins, the Squad and Ireland's Fight for Freedom by Tim Pat Coogan , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of Michael Collins and the Troubles by Ulick O'Connor

1. Michael Collins and the Troubles

By: Ulick O'Connor

4.39

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Michael Collins played a crucial role in rekindling Ireland's aspirations for freedom. A leading fi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • irish literature
  • ireland
Cover of Making Sense of the Troubles: The Story of the Conflict in Northern Ireland by David McKittrick, David McVea

2. Making Sense of the Troubles: The Story of the Conflict in Northern Ireland

By: David McKittrick , David McVea

3.77

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

Compellingly written and even-handed in its judgments, this is by far the clearest account of what … read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • ireland
  • irish literature

3. The Great Irish Famine: A History in Four Lives

By: None

3.43

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

The Great Irish Famine of 1845-52 was the defining event in the history of modern Ireland. At least… read more

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4. The Devil & Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness & Obsession

By: David Grann

3.60

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed New Yorkerwriter and author of the breakout debut bestseller The Lost City of Z, David Gr… read more

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5. Nora Webster

By: Colm Tóibín

3.63

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

From one of contemporary literature's most acclaimed and beloved authors comes this magnificent new… read more

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6. The House on Garibaldi Street

By: Isser Harel , None

4.04

Format: None pages, Paperback

This is the true story of the kidnapping of Adolf Eichmann in Argentina by the Mossad, Israel's sec… read more

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7. Bruno, Chief of Police (Bruno, Chief of Police #1)

By: Martin Walker

3.71

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The first installment in a wonderful new series that follows the exploits of Benoit Courreges, a po… read more

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8. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

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9. How They Broke Britain

By: James O'Brien

4.29

Format: 404 pages, Kindle Edition

The revealing, defining account of the dark network that broke out country. Something has gone r… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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10. King: A Life

By: Jonathan Eig

4.67

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

The first full biography in decades, King mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk a… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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11. Union Station

By: David Downing

3.82

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

In this fascinating historical thriller, a British journalist (and former spy) is adrift in McCarth… read more

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Cover of There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History by Rory Carroll

12. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History

By: Rory Carroll

4.38

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • ireland
  • irish literature
Cover of City of Dreams (Danny Ryan #2) by Don Winslow

13. City of Dreams (Danny Ryan #2)

By: Don Winslow

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Hollywood. The city where dreams are made. On the losing side of a bloody East Coast crime w… read more

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Cover of The Auschwitz Protocol (The Sikora Files #1) by Jack Carnegie

14. The Auschwitz Protocol (The Sikora Files #1)

By: Jack Carnegie

4.48

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate cover edition of ASIN B086H33G7X Retired US Detective Emil Janowitz lied to his wife f… read more

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Cover of Born to be a Footballer: My Autobiography by Liam Brady

15. Born to be a Footballer: My Autobiography

By: Liam Brady

4.19

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

"Being a footballer was my destiny." After being expelled from school for playing football for his … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • irish literature
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16. The Rodfather: Inside the Beautiful (Ugly, Ridiculous, Hilarious) Game

By: Roddy Collins

4.28

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

The hilarious memoir from the funniest man in football!Roddy Collins is a football man - now in the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • irish literature
Cover of France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain by Julian T. Jackson

17. France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain

By: Julian T. Jackson

4.17

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

One of the great contemporary historians of France on one of the most controversial periods of twen… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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18. The Dublin Railway Murder

By: Thomas Morris

3.88

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

An astonishing real-life locked-room murder mystery set in Victorian Dublin, packed with gripping, … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • irish literature
  • ireland
Cover of Between Two Hells: The Irish Civil War by Diarmaid Ferriter

19. Between Two Hells: The Irish Civil War

By: Diarmaid Ferriter

3.67

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

At the end of the Irish War of Independence, Dublin signed an unsatisfactory treaty with London, th… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • ireland
  • irish literature
Cover of The Twelve Apostles: Michael Collins, the Squad and Ireland's Fight for Freedom by Tim Pat Coogan

20. The Twelve Apostles: Michael Collins, the Squad and Ireland's Fight for Freedom

By: Tim Pat Coogan

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Ireland, 1919: When Sinn Féin proclaims Dáil Éireann the parliament of the independent Irish republ… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • ireland
  • irish literature

8 Top politics books like The Twelve Apostles: Michael Collins, the Squad and Ireland's Fight for Freedom by Tim Pat Coogan

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Making Sense of the Troubles: The Story of the Conflict in Northern Ireland

David McKittrick , David McVea

3.77

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The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

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How They Broke Britain

James O'Brien

4.29

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King: A Life

Jonathan Eig

4.67

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The Orphanage (Shilling Grange Children’s Home #1)

Lizzie Page

4.39

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The Thirteenth Child: A World War 2 historical novel based upon an enthralling and heart-wrenching true story

Mark deMeza

4.26

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The Watchmaker's Daughter (The Resistance Girl #1)

Dianne Haley

4.09

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The Road Home (The Letter #2)

Kathleen Shoop

3.96

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