18 best-selling nonfiction books like Waterloo: the Campaign of 1815: Volume I: from Elba to Ligny and Quatre Bras by John Hussey

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Waterloo: the Campaign of 1815: Volume I: from Elba to Ligny and Quatre Bras

By: John Hussey

4.22

Format: 736 pages, Hardcover

The first of two ground-breaking volumes on the Waterloo campaign, this book is based upon a detail…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Waterloo: the Campaign of 1815: Volume I: from Elba to Ligny and Quatre Bras by John Hussey , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. Bryony and Roses

By: T. Kingfisher

4.08

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

Bryony and her sisters have come down in the world. Their merchant father died trying to reclaim hi… read more

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"Oh dear God, no, stop!" Fumblefoot gave her a reproachful look. Stop what? I have broken into an enchanted manor house and my pony has crapped on the floor. Oh God. -Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher"

-T. Kingfisher, Bryony and Roses

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2. Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928

By: Stephen Kotkin

3.97

Format: 976 pages, Hardcover

A magnificent new biography that revolutionizes our understanding of Stalin and his world It has th… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Russia was a genuine great power, but with a tragic flaw. Its vicious, archaic autocracy had to be emasculated for any type of better system to emerge. Unmodern in principle, let alone in practice, t…"

-Stephen Kotkin, Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928

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3. Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England's Self-made King

By: Ian Mortimer

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An author with a strong track record now tackles the turbulent reign of Henry IV, the first Lancast… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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4. Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943

By: Antony Beevor

4.32

Format: 494 pages, Paperback

The Battle of Stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of World War II: it also chan… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • military history
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5. Oliver Twist

By: Charles Dickens , George Cruikshank , Philip Horne

3.88

Format: 608 pages, Paperback

A gripping portrayal of London's dark criminal underbelly, published in Penguin Classics with an in… read more

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"Meat, ma'am, meat."

-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

"Please, sir, I want some more."

-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

"هناك كتب .. غلافـها أفضل ما فيها"

-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

"There are a good many books, are there not, my boy?"

-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

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6. The Coming of the Third Reich

By: Richard J. Evans

3.44

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

From one of the world's most distinguished historians, a magisterial new reckoning with Hitler's ri… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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7. The Luminaries

By: Eleanor Catton

3.67

Format: None pages, Hardcover

It is 1866, and young Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On… read more

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8. A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain

By: Marc Morris

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

This is the first major biography for a generation of a truly formidable king - a man born to rule … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

9. The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy

By: Peter H. Wilson

3.93

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

A deadly continental struggle, the Thirty Years War devastated seventeenth-century Europe, killing … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • military history

10. Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna

By: Adam Zamoyski

3.31

Format: 180 pages, Hardcover

In the wake of Napoleon's disastrous Russian campaign of 1812, the French emperor's imperious grip … read more

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11. The Tartar Steppe

By: Dino Buzzati , Stuart Hood

3.80

Format: 25 pages,

Often likened to Kafka's The Castle, The Tartar Steppe is both a scathing critique of military life… read more

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12. The Illustrious Dead: The Terrifying Story of How Typhus Killed Napoleon's Greatest Army

By: Stephan Talty

3.70

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

"Gripping . . . a compelling story of personal hubris and humbling defeat." --Jack Weatherford,auth… read more

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13. Wellington: The Path to Victory 1769-1814

By: Rory Muir

4.36

Format: 209 pages, Hardcover

The Duke of Wellington was not just Britain's greatest soldier, although his seismic struggles as l… read more

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14. Napoleon in Egypt

By: Paul Strathern

3.48

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"Europe is a molehill...." Everything here is worn out...tiny Europe has not enough to offer. We mu… read more

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15. Waterloo: June 18, 1815: The Battle For Modern Europe

By: Andrew Roberts

3.63

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

June 18, 1815, was one of the most momentous days in world history, marking the end of twenty-two y… read more

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16. Hitler

By: Ian Kershaw

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"The Hitler biography of the twenty-first century" (Richard J. Evans), Ian Kershaw's Hitleris a new… read more

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17. The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic

By: Mike Duncan

4.00

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

The Roman Republic was one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of civilization. Afte… read more

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18. Eugene Onegin

By: Alexander Pushkin , James E. Falen

4.10

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their lite… read more

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"He's happy now, he's almost sane."

-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin

"Habit is heaven's gift to us: a substitute for happiness."

-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin

"My whole life has been pledged to this meeting with you..."

-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin

"I'm only writing this to show That I stopped sinning long ago."

-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin

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19. Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

By: Anna Funder

4.20

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell; shortly afterwards the two Germanies reunited, and East Germany ceas… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"People were crazy with pain and secrets."

-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

"When I got out of prison, I was basically no longer human,' Miriam says."

-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

"Why are some things easier to remember the more time has passed since they occurred?"

-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

"Ten days is time enough to die, to be born, to fall in love and to go mad. Ten days is a very long time."

-Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

20. Castlereagh: Enlightenment, War and Tyranny

By: John Bew

4.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

John Bew tells the story of Castlereagh from the French Revolution through the Irish rebellion, the… read more

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21. Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918

By: Katja Hoyer

4.17

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Before 1871, Germany was not a nation but an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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22. Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942

By: Max Hastings

4.25

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Renowned historian Max Hastings recreates one of the most thrilling events of World War II: Operati… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • military history
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23. Leadership Strategy and Tactics: Field Manual

By: Jocko Willink

4.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The ultimate guide on leadership from the #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of Extreme Owners… read more

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  • nonfiction
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24. The Habsburgs: To Rule the World

By: Martyn Rady

3.85

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The definitive history of the dynasty that dominated Europe for centuries In The Habsburgs, Mart… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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25. Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945–1955

By: Harald Jähner

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Germany, 1945: a country in ruins. Cities have been reduced to rubble and more than half of the pop… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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26. Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior

By: Catherine Hanley

4.20

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Matilda was a daughter, wife, and mother. But she was also empress, heir to the English crown—the f… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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27. Emperor: A New Life of Charles V

By: Geoffrey Parker

4.13

Format: 737 pages, Hardcover

Drawing on vital new evidence, a top historian dramatically reinterprets the ruler of the world’s f… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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28. A Certain Idea of France: The Life of Charles de Gaulle

By: Julian T. Jackson

4.42

Format: 887 pages, Hardcover

In six weeks in 1940, France's armies were decisively beaten by Germany. A junior French general, r… read more

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  • history
  • france
  • nonfiction
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29. Metternich: Strategist and Visionary

By: Wolfram Siemann

4.22

Format: 928 pages, Hardcover

A compelling new biography that recasts the most important European statesman of the first half of … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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30. Waterloo: the Campaign of 1815: Volume I: from Elba to Ligny and Quatre Bras

By: John Hussey

4.22

Format: 736 pages, Hardcover

The first of two ground-breaking volumes on the Waterloo campaign, this book is based upon a detail… read more

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  • france
  • nonfiction
  • military history
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31. Waterloo: The French Perspective

By: Andrew W. Field

4.30

Format: 567 pages, Kindle Edition

The story of the Battle of Waterloo – of the ultimate defeat of Napoleon and the French, the triump… read more

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  • history
  • france
  • nonfiction
  • military history

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Ian Mortimer

4.29

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Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943

Antony Beevor

4.32

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Richard J. Evans

3.44

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Citizen Soldiers: The US Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.24

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D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.30

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David McCullough

4.09

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Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

Tom Holland

4.22

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