The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
By: Penelope J. Corfield
3.93
Format: 488 pages, Hardcover
A comprehensive history of the Georgians, comparing past views of these exciting, turbulent, and co…
Want to Read $ 14.16If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain by Penelope J. Corfield , here is a list of 8 books like this:
1. Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
By: Tom Holland
4.22
Format: 408 pages, Paperback
In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small … read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Tom Holland's Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic book and Penelope J. Corfield's The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
- history
- nonfiction
"Achievement was worthy of praise and honor, but excessive achievement was pernicious and a threat to the state. However great a citizen might become, however great he might wish to become, the truest…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"Enthusiasts for empire argued that Rome had a civilizing mission; that because her values and institutions were self-evidently superior to those of barbarians, she had a duty to propagate them; that …"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"Honour, in the Republic, had never been a goal in itself, only a means to an infinite end. And what was true of her citizens, naturally, was also true of Rome herself. For the generation that had liv…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"It was an article of faith to the Romans that they were the most morally upright people in the world. How else was the size of their empire to be explained? Yet they also knew that the Republic's gre…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
2. Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
By: Hilary Mantel
3.98
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has fai… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Hilary Mantel's Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2) book and Penelope J. Corfield's The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
- british literature
Similar categories in Malcolm Gaskill's Witchfinders book and Penelope J. Corfield's The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
- history
- nonfiction
4. Black London: Life Before Emancipation
By: Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina
4.18
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Gerzina (Vassar Coll.) has written a fascinating account of London blacks, focusing on the late 18t… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina's Black London: Life Before Emancipation book and Penelope J. Corfield's The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
5. Byron: Life and Legend
By: Fiona MacCarthy
3.88
Format: 383 pages, Paperback
This biography reinterprets the great man's life and poetry. MacCarthy casts a fresh eye on Byron's… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Fiona MacCarthy's Byron: Life and Legend book and Penelope J. Corfield's The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
6. Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded
By: Samuel Richardson , Thomas Keymer , Alice Wakely
3.97
Format: 12 pages, Paperback
One of the most spectacular successes of the flourishing literary marketplace of eighteenth-century… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Samuel Richardson's Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded book and Penelope J. Corfield's The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
7. The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
By: Dan Jones
3.25
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
The first Plantagenet king inherited a blood-soaked kingdom from the Normans and transformed it int… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Dan Jones's The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England book and Penelope J. Corfield's The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
8. Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)
By: Terry Pratchett
3.78
Format: 197 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Eric is the Discworld's only demonology hacker. Pity he's not very good at it. All he wants is h… read more
Want to Read $ 4.99Similar categories in Terry Pratchett's Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4) book and Penelope J. Corfield's The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
"Where the hell did demons live, anyway?"-Terry Pratchett, Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)
"Most of history is pretty appaling, when you look hard at it. Or even not very hard."-Terry Pratchett, Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)
"Just erotic. Nothing kinky. It's the difference between using a feather and using a chicken."-Terry Pratchett, Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)
"Multiple exclamation marks,' he went on, shaking his head, 'are a sure sign of a diseased mind."-Terry Pratchett, Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)
9. 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
Want to ReadSimilar categories in John Bew's Castlereagh: Enlightenment, War and Tyranny book and Penelope J. Corfield's The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
10. The Romanovs: 1613-1918
By: Simon Sebag Montefiore
3.17
Format: None pages,
The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surfac… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Simon Sebag Montefiore's The Romanovs: 1613-1918 book and Penelope J. Corfield's The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
11. Caledonian Road
By: Andrew O'Hagan
3.96
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
A biting portrait of British class, politics, and money told through five interconnected families a… read more
Want to Read $ 16.90Similar categories in Andrew O'Hagan's Caledonian Road book and Penelope J. Corfield's The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
- british literature
12. Stone Yard Devotional
By: Charlotte Wood
3.68
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
A deeply moving novel about forgiveness, grief, and what it means to be 'good', from the award-winn… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Charlotte Wood's Stone Yard Devotional book and Penelope J. Corfield's The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
13. Wild Houses
By: Colin Barrett
3.78
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A darkly funny and deeply moving debut novel about crimes of desperation, dreams abandoned, and sma… read more
Want to Read $ 16.14Similar categories in Colin Barrett's Wild Houses book and Penelope J. Corfield's The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
"What you are in, Dev, is a holding pattern, only you're not holding out for anything."-Colin Barrett, Wild Houses
"All boys, all children, are capable of cruelty at the right juncture of opportunity and circumstance, but only a few become committed prodigies of sadism..."-Colin Barrett, Wild Houses
"In the dream, exactly as he had in real life, he sensed the slow, inexorable approach of the shapeless, prospectless days to come, days when there would be no need to get out of bed or brush his teet…"-Colin Barrett, Wild Houses
"He looked around the empty kitchen. A part of him wanted this of course. A part of him had always wanted this, to be alone, away from even the prospect of any demand upon him to talk, to interact, to…"-Colin Barrett, Wild Houses
14. My Father's House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy, #1)
By: Joseph O'Connor
4.05
Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition
From the best-selling author of Star of the Sea, a WWII-era “great escape” novel set in the Vatican… read more
Want to Read $ 11.49Similar categories in Joseph O'Connor's My Father's House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy, #1) book and Penelope J. Corfield's The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
"Life schools you the way no catechism will."-Joseph O'Connor, My Father's House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy, #1)
"There are times when we must permit one another to lie."-Joseph O'Connor, My Father's House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy, #1)
"I was singing in Belfast the night the Luftwaffe firebombed the theatre. That's what you call a mixed review."-Joseph O'Connor, My Father's House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy, #1)
"A religiously minded kid will often be good at lying awake all night because you need an imagination if you're going to believe."-Joseph O'Connor, My Father's House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy, #1)
15. The Square of Sevens
By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson
4.14
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
An orphaned fortune teller in 18th-century England searches for answers about her long-dead mother … read more
Want to Read $ 15.99Similar categories in Laura Shepherd-Robinson's The Square of Sevens book and Penelope J. Corfield's The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
"If time with those we love is measured by the hourglass, then God’s greatest cruelty is not to let us see the size of that vessel."-Laura Shepherd-Robinson, The Square of Sevens
16. This Strange Eventful History
By: Claire Messud
3.63
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
An immersive, masterful story of a family born on the wrong side of history, from one of our finest… read more
Want to Read $ 9.66Similar categories in Claire Messud's This Strange Eventful History book and Penelope J. Corfield's The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
"Literature... Now, that's a religion I can believe in. That is perhaps my God."-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History
"Family life, like playing chess, involved always thinking several steps ahead."-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History
"... she'd been a fool, enamored of a figment, had created the soul of a man who never existed -"-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History
"All-U-Can Hi-way 4-Sale Thru. This American English thrilled him - its energy, its freedom, its carelessness."-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History
17. My Friends
By: Hisham Matar
4.34
Format: 399 pages, Hardcover
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Return , a luminous novel of friendship, family, and … read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Hisham Matar's My Friends book and Penelope J. Corfield's The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
"A vast distance exists between a protester and his slogan; the entire history of politics exists in that gap."-Hisham Matar, My Friends
"For a writer, exile is prison, a severing from the source, and so, courageous or not, he dies in front of our eyes."-Hisham Matar, My Friends
"She was older and all the more beautiful, had the weary tiredness of one who, in surrendering to her life, was ennobled by it."-Hisham Matar, My Friends
"I walked off feeling an emptiness well up inside me. It seemed, for all the emptiness that it was, a presence. It made me want to run away, dive deeper into myself, into that cold desolation, to the …"-Hisham Matar, My Friends
18. The Fortnight in September
By: R.C. Sherriff
3.97
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
The Fortnight in September embodies the kind of mundane normality the men in the dug-out longed for… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in R.C. Sherriff's The Fortnight in September book and Penelope J. Corfield's The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
- british literature
19. The Time Traveller's Guide to Regency Britain: The Immersive and Brilliant Historical Guide to Regency Britain
By: Ian Mortimer
4.23
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
'Ian Mortimer's Time Traveller's Guide to Regency Britain tells you all you need to know about crim… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Ian Mortimer's The Time Traveller's Guide to Regency Britain: The Immersive and Brilliant Historical Guide to Regency Britain book and Penelope J. Corfield's The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
- history
- nonfiction
- british literature
20. The Whispering Muse
By: Laura Purcell
3.97
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a gripping tale of obsession, superstition and ambit… read more
Want to Read $ 12.43Similar categories in Laura Purcell's The Whispering Muse book and Penelope J. Corfield's The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
21. Erebus: The Story of a Ship
By: Michael Palin
4.29
Format: 334 pages, Hardcover
In the early years of Queen Victoria’s reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval … read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Michael Palin's Erebus: The Story of a Ship book and Penelope J. Corfield's The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
- history
- nonfiction
22. Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World
By: Victoria Finlay
4.27
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A magnificent work of original research, unwinding history through cloth –how we make it, use it an… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Victoria Finlay's Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World book and Penelope J. Corfield's The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
- history
- nonfiction
23. A Comedy of Terrors (Flavia Albia Mystery #9)
By: Lindsey Davis
4.18
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In Rome, 89 A.D., poisonings, murders, and a bloody gang war of retribution breaks out during the f… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Lindsey Davis's A Comedy of Terrors (Flavia Albia Mystery #9) book and Penelope J. Corfield's The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
24. Held
By: Anne Michaels
3.66
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A breathtaking and mysterious new novel from the beloved Anne Michaels, internationally bestselling… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Anne Michaels's Held book and Penelope J. Corfield's The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
"Who can say what happens when we are remembered?"-Anne Michaels, Held
"Do we really need our own misery to teach us to be kind?"-Anne Michaels, Held
"We know life is finite. Why should we believe death lasts forever?"-Anne Michaels, Held
"Would he know the moment of his death or would it be like night falling."-Anne Michaels, Held
25. Uproar!: Satire, Scandal & Printmakers in Georgian London
By: Alice Loxton
4.13
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
London, 1772: a young artist called Thomas Rowlandson is making his way through the grimy backstree… read more
Want to Read $ 14.16Similar categories in Alice Loxton's Uproar!: Satire, Scandal & Printmakers in Georgian London book and Penelope J. Corfield's The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
- history
- nonfiction
- 18th century
- british literature
26. A Helping Hand
By: Celia Dale
3.60
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Josh and Maisie Evans are Good Samaritans and enjoy lending a helping hand to lonely elderly ladies… read more
Want to Read $ 8.99Similar categories in Celia Dale's A Helping Hand book and Penelope J. Corfield's The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
- british literature
27. The Fall of the House of Byron: Scandal and Seduction in Georgian England
By: Emily Brand
3.76
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In the early eighteenth century, Newstead Abbey was among the most admired aristocratic homes in En… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Emily Brand's The Fall of the House of Byron: Scandal and Seduction in Georgian England book and Penelope J. Corfield's The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
- history
- nonfiction
28. The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
By: Penelope J. Corfield
3.93
Format: 488 pages, Hardcover
A comprehensive history of the Georgians, comparing past views of these exciting, turbulent, and co… read more
Want to Read $ 14.16Similar categories in Penelope J. Corfield's The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain book and Penelope J. Corfield's The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
- history
- nonfiction
- 18th century
- british literature
29. Creation Lake
By: Rachel Kushner
3.67
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From Rachel Kushner, a Booker Prize finalist, two-time National Book Award finalist, and “one of th… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Rachel Kushner's Creation Lake book and Penelope J. Corfield's The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th-Century Britain
"Charisma does not originate inside the person called "charismatic." It comes from the need of others to believe that special people exist."-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
"Plus, Lucien said, a lot of them had come from other social milieus and had tattoos from earlier lives, since people who change affinities are the same kinds of people who are attracted to the perman…"-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
"My biker and these tramps, as people who organize their life around some subculture or other: People can sometimes pretend so thoroughly that they forget they are pretending. At which point, it could…"-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
"I could sense him gathering a false hindsight that afternoon in the Place des Vosges, shaping a retrospective narrative, the thing a person tells himself about fate, about how everything had seemed f…"-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
