9 must-read war books like Armada: The Spanish Enterprise and England’s Deliverance in 1588 by Colin Martin

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Armada: The Spanish Enterprise and England’s Deliverance in 1588

By: Colin Martin

4.17

Format: 718 pages, Hardcover

The definitive history of the Spanish Armada, lavishly illustrated and fully revised In July 1588 t…

If you liked the war plot in Armada: The Spanish Enterprise and England’s Deliverance in 1588 by Colin Martin , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. 1848: Year of Revolution

By: Mike Rapport

3.72

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

In 1848, a violent storm of revolutions ripped through Europe. The torrent all but swept away the c… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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2. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

By: Mary Beard

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

New York TimesBestseller * National Book Critics Circle Finalist * Wall Street JournalBest Books of… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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3. Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

By: Timothy Snyder

4.38

Format: 524 pages, Hardcover

Americans call the Second World War “The Good War.” But before it even began, America’s wartime al… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • european history
"Now we will live!"

-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

"Closure is a false harmony, a siren song masquerading as a swan song."

-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

"The vast majority of Jews killed in the Holocaust never saw a concentration camp."

-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

"When meaning is drawn from killing, the risk is that more killing would bring about more meaning."

-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

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4. Das Boot

By: Lothar-Günther Buchheim , None

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

It is autumn, 1941, and a German U-boat commander and his crew set out on yet another hazardous pat… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war

5. A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1)

By: Ellis Peters

4.39

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Ellis Peters' introduction to the murderous medieval world of Brother Cadfael... A Morbid Taste for… read more

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6. 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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7. 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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8. Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II

By: Evan Thomas

4.41

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A riveting, immersive account of the agonizing decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan--a cru… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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9. Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs, #1)

By: Dan Jones

3.92

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling historian makes his historical fiction debut with an explosive novel… read more

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  • war
  • british literature
"What matters is that you did not know the story. And the reason you did not...is that our ancestor William - through his deeds of arms, his force of personality and his vast conquests - had achieved …"

-Dan Jones, Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs, #1)

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10. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

By: Mary Beard

4.11

Format: 493 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more

Similar categories in Mary Beard's Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World book and Colin Martin's Armada: The Spanish Enterprise and England’s Deliverance in 1588

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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11. Fall Out: A Year of Political Mayhem

By: Tim Shipman

4.31

Format: 593 pages, Kindle Edition

The unmissable inside story of the most dramatic general election campaign in modern history and Th… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • british literature
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12. The Abyss: Nuclear Crisis Cuba 1962

By: Max Hastings

4.40

Format: 538 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Max Hastings offers a welcome re-evaluation of one of the most gripping and tens… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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13. A Village in the Third Reich

By: Julia Boyd

4.25

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

New from the author of Travellers in the Third Reich—the Sunday Times Top Three bestseller and Wate… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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14. The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World

By: Malcolm Gaskill

3.72

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the frontier town of Springfield in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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15. An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford

By: Richard Norton Smith

4.46

Format: 992 pages, Hardcover

From the preeminent presidential scholar and acclaimed biographer of historical figures including G… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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16. The Western Front: A History of the Great War, 1914-1918

By: Nick Lloyd

4.30

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR'A tour de force of scholarship, analysi… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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17. Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America

By: Pekka Hämäläinen

4.05

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

There is an old, deeply rooted story about America that goes like this: Columbus “discovers” a stra… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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18. The Eastern Front: A History of the First World War

By: Nick Lloyd

4.38

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The definitive history of the Eastern Front in the First World War, from the acclaimed military his… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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19. The Dutch Revolt

By: Geoffrey Parker

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

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  • history
  • spain
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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20. Armada: The Spanish Enterprise and England’s Deliverance in 1588

By: Colin Martin

4.17

Format: 718 pages, Hardcover

The definitive history of the Spanish Armada, lavishly illustrated and fully revised In July 1588 t… read more

Similar categories in Colin Martin's Armada: The Spanish Enterprise and England’s Deliverance in 1588 book and Colin Martin's Armada: The Spanish Enterprise and England’s Deliverance in 1588

  • history
  • british literature
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • spain
  • spanish history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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21. Armies of Deliverance: A New History of the Civil War

By: Elizabeth R. Varon

4.12

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Loyal Americans marched off to war in 1861 not to conquer the South but to liberate it. So argues E… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • military history
  • nonfiction

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3.72

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Mary Beard

3.59

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Timothy Snyder

4.38

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Jonathan Eig

4.67

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Rory Stewart

4.36

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David Mitchell

4.16

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Anna Keay

4.39

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