11 Top history books like 1809 Thunder on the Danube: Napoleon's Defeat of the Habsburgs by John H. Gill

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1809 Thunder on the Danube: Napoleon's Defeat of the Habsburgs

By: John H. Gill

4.26

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The Franco-Austrian War of 1809 was Napoleon's last victorious war. Napoleon faced the Archduke Cha…

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1. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

By: None , H.T. Willetts , Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

3.98

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

The only English translation authorized by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn First published in the Soviet… read more

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"A couple of ounces ruled your life."

-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

"It's all so arty there's no art left in it."

-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

"Two roubles. Worn notes that didn't rustle."

-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

"Гении не подгоняют трактовку под вкус тиранов!"

-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

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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. False Gods (The Horus Heresy, #2)

By: Graham McNeill

4.12

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

The human Imperium stands at its height of glory - thousands of worlds have been brought to heel by… read more

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"The truth is useless if no one can hear it."

-Graham McNeill, False Gods (The Horus Heresy, #2)

"History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future." - Warmaster Horus"

-Graham McNeill, False Gods (The Horus Heresy, #2)

"Those with courage and character to speak the truth always seem sinister to the ignorant." - First Chaplain Erebus"

-Graham McNeill, False Gods (The Horus Heresy, #2)

"Las palabras moldean el pensamiento, remueven los sentimientos y accionan las fuerzas. Matan y reviven, corrompen y curan."

-Graham McNeill, False Gods (The Horus Heresy, #2)

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4. Napoleon: A Life

By: Andrew Roberts

4.23

Format: 976 pages, Paperback

The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of… read more

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  • history
  • france
  • nonfiction
"I am very happy to see the enemy wish to avoid our coming to him. – Napoleon"

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

"I have beaten the Russian and Austrian army commanded by the two emperors. I am a little tired."

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

"His constant references to the ancient world have the effect of giving ordinary soldiers a sense of their lives."

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

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5. Count Belisarius

By: Robert Graves

3.65

Format: None pages,

The sixth century was not a peaceful time for the Roman empire. Invaders threatened on all fronties… read more

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6. Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman

By: Robert K. Massie

3.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary story of an obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and … read more

Similar categories in Robert K. Massie's Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman book and John H. Gill's 1809 Thunder on the Danube: Napoleon's Defeat of the Habsburgs

  • history
  • nonfiction
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7. Horus Rising

By: Dan Abnett

2.83

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

After thousands of years of expansion and conquest, the imperium of man is at its height. His dream… read more

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8. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

By: Betty Smith

4.25

Format: 151 pages, Paperback

The beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the century, Betty S… read more

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9. The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.26

Format: 431 pages, Paperback

Uther, the High King, has died, leaving the infant Mordred as his only heir. His uncle, the loyal a… read more

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"I do understand that you can look into someone’s eyes,"

-Bernard Cornwell, The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1)

"Mais tarde, muito mais tarde, aprendi que a alegria e o medo são exatamente a mesma coisa."

-Bernard Cornwell, The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1)

"Dizem que este Deus (deus cristão) é do perdão. Melhor ofender um desses do que qualquer outro."

-Bernard Cornwell, The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1)

"I don't believe he was as bad as you make him sound. Igraine protested. No, I think he was worse."

-Bernard Cornwell, The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles, #1)

10. The Campaigns of Napoleon

By: David G. Chandler

3.75

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

Napoleonic war was nothing if not complex -- an ever-shifting kaleidoscope of moves and intentions,… read more

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11. Fearless (The Lost Fleet, #2)

By: Jack Campbell

4.43

Format: 85 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Captain John "Black Jack" Geary tries a desperate gamble to lead the Alliance Fleet home-through en… read more

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12. The Guns of August

By: Barbara W. Tuchman

4.18

Format: 658 pages, Kindle Edition

The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Guns of August, and The Zimmerman Telegram comprise… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • military history
"Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general."

-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August

"Now according to German logic, a declaration of war was found to be unnecessary because of imaginary bombings"

-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August

"Human beings, like plans, prove fallible in the presence of those ingredients that are missing in maneuvers - danger, death, and live ammunition."

-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August

"To think meant to give room for freedom of initiative, for the imponderable to win over the material, for will to demonstrate its power over circumstance."

-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August

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13. The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

By: Steve Coll

4.44

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • military history
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14. 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
Cover of G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century by Beverly Gage

15. G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century

By: Beverly Gage

4.37

Format: 864 pages, Hardcover

A major new biography of J. Edgar Hoover that draws from never-before-seen sources to create a grou… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 by Rick Atkinson

16. The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777

By: Rick Atkinson

4.43

Format: 776 pages, Hardcover

In the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy Rick Atkinson recounts the first twenty-one months … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • military history
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17. Lord of the Atlas

By: Colin Falconer

4.35

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

‘A proper adventure. Brutal and captivating.’ Marrakesh, 1893: His military career in disgrace, … read more

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"What a place, George thought. Greasy, grim and ripe for murder."

-Colin Falconer, Lord of the Atlas

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18. Stalin: Waiting for Hitler 1929-1941

By: Stephen Kotkin

4.45

Format: 1184 pages, Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize-finalist Stephen Kotkin continues his definitive biography of Stalin, from collectiv… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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19. The Sopranos Sessions

By: Matt Zoller Seitz

4.37

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

On January 10, 1999, a mobster walked into a psychiatrist’s office and changed TV history. By shatt… read more

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  • nonfiction
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20. 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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  • history
  • france
  • nonfiction
  • military history
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21. 1809 Thunder on the Danube: Napoleon's Defeat of the Habsburgs

By: John H. Gill

4.26

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The Franco-Austrian War of 1809 was Napoleon's last victorious war. Napoleon faced the Archduke Cha… read more

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  • history
  • france
  • nonfiction
  • military history

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3.97

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Andrew Roberts

4.23

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Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman

Robert K. Massie

3.33

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Barbara W. Tuchman

4.18

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Bob Spitz

4.09

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Brett Martin

3.84

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Nicholas Pileggi

0.00

Transform Your Habits

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Alan Sepinwall , Matt Zoller Seitz

4.81

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