15 best-selling biography books like The Invisible Emperor: Napoleon on Elba by Mark Braude

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The Invisible Emperor: Napoleon on Elba

By: Mark Braude

3.93

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Few historical figures are as well-known as Napoleon Bonaparte, and yet the Emperor's ten-month exi…

If you liked the biography plot in The Invisible Emperor: Napoleon on Elba by Mark Braude , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Alexander the Great

By: Philip Freeman

4.31

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

In the first authoritative biography of Alexander the Great written for a general audience in a gen… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
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2. Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West

By: Tom Holland

4.16

Format: 418 pages, Hardcover

In the fifth century BC, a global superpower was determined to bring truth and order to what it reg… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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3. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"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

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4. The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

By: Michael Shaara

4.33

Format: 345 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fought for two drea… read more

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"Never let them see you run."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

"Southern women like their men religious and a little mad."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

"He was one of those, like Stuart, who looked on war as God's greatest game."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

"…[W]e have a country here where the past cannot keep a good man in chains, and that's the nature of the war."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

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5. Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series)

By: Nathaniel Philbrick

4.12

Format: 427 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of In The Heart of the Sea, comes a surprising account o… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Midshipman Edward Pellew was in the British boat right behind Arnold's. The American general had escaped, but in his haste he had left behind his stock and buckle, which Pellew took as a keepsake. Ye…"

-Nathaniel Philbrick, Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series)

"In an October 6 letter to Lord Stirling, he set forth the principle that would guide his increasingly sophisticated intelligence-gathering efforts. "As we are often obliged to reason the designs of t…"

-Nathaniel Philbrick, Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series)

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6. Augustus: First Emperor of Rome

By: Adrian Goldsworthy

4.28

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

The dramatic story of Augustus, Rome’s first emperor, who plunged into Rome’s violent power struggl… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
"Personal hatreds and rivalry loomed larger in most senator's minds than the good of the Republic. [A big problem then and now]"

-Adrian Goldsworthy, Augustus: First Emperor of Rome

"For what is the life of a man, if it is not interwoven with the life of former generations by as sense of history. [Cicero, quoted by Goldsworthy in his Augustus]"

-Adrian Goldsworthy, Augustus: First Emperor of Rome

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7. 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
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • france
  • nonfiction
  • european history
"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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8. Truman

By: David McCullough

3.31

Format: 267 pages, Paperback

The Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Harry S. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
Cover of American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon Meacham

9. American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

By: Jon Meacham

3.44

Format: 336 pages,

Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this r… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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10. Caesar: Life of a Colossus

By: Adrian Goldsworthy

4.22

Format: 583 pages, Hardcover

Tracing the extraordinary trajectory of the great Roman emperor’s life, Goldsworthy covers not only… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
"Caesar was a serial seducer of married women."

-Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus

"Pompey contented himself with repulsing the attack and made no attempt to assault Caesar's line. This was widely felt to have been a mistake... and Caesar declared that the enemy 'would have won toda…"

-Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus

11. The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

By: Candice Millard

4.24

Format: None pages,

At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Dou… read more

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12. The Quartermaster: Montgomery C. Meigs, Lincoln’s General, Master Builder of the Union Army

By: Robert O'Harrow

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"The lively story of the Civil War's most unlikely--and most uncelebrated--genius." --The Wall Stre… read more

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13. Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President

By: Candice Millard

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

James A. Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Born into abject po… 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. 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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16. Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party

By: Jonathan Karl

4.28

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

An extraordinary view into the politics of our times, Tired of Winning explores how Donald Trump re… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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17. Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

By: Neil Price

4.18

Format: 656 pages, Hardcover

The Viking Age - between 750 and 1050 - saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples.… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • european history
"The Viking mind is far away from us today, but occasionally just about tangible."

-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

"Free will existed, but exercising it inevitably led to becoming the person you always, really, had been."

-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

"History is nothing if not a suppositional discipline, sometimes akin to a sort of speculative fiction of the past."

-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

"There is a sense in which this viewpoint is looking through the wrong end of the historical telescope, defining (and often judging) a people solely by the consequences of their actions rather than th…"

-Neil Price, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

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18. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

By: Hampton Sides

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
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19. Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

By: Edmund Conway

4.52

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"You can get anything you want from anywhere in the world at a bargain price, but don't [whatever you do] expect to understand how it was made or how it got to you."

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"Brothers and sisters,’ said the man. ‘I want to tell you this. The greatest thing on earth is to have the love of God in your heart, and the next greatest thing is to have electricity in your house.’…"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"To say that concrete is everywhere is hardly an exaggeration. Despite the fact that we only began mass producing this mixture of sand, aggregates and cement just over a century ago, there are now mor…"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"A few years ago some geologists sifted through the data [and] estimated that the amount of sand, soil and rock we humans mine and quarry and dredge each year is some 24 times greater than the amount …"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

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20. Sharpe's Command (Sharpe, #14)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns to the early years of the nineteenth cen… read more

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21. Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine

By: Barry S. Strauss

3.97

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Barry Strauss tells the story of the Roman Empire from rise to reinvention, from Augustus, who foun… read more

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  • european history
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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22. Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar

By: Tom Holland

4.15

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

Author and historian Tom Holland returns to his roots in Roman history and the audience he cultivat… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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23. Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age

By: Tom Holland

4.22

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that b… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • european history
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24. Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution

By: Mike Duncan

4.52

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Storm Before the Storm and host of the Revolutions podcast comes… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • france
  • european history
  • nonfiction
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25. Flash Point (Jack Ryan Jr.)

By: Don Bentley

4.42

Format: 430 pages, Kindle Edition

One split second is all it can take . . .Jack Ryan, Jr. finds himself at the scene of a conspiracy … read more

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26. In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire

By: Laurence Bergreen

3.91

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

In this grand and thrilling narrative, the acclaimed biographer of Magellan and Columbus brings ali… read more

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  • european history
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation by Brenda Wineapple

27. The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation

By: Brenda Wineapple

4.07

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

America's first presidential impeachment: A prize-winning author tells the story of the efforts by … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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28. Killer in the Kremlin: The Explosive Account of Putin's Reign of Terror

By: John Sweeney

4.24

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

A gripping and explosive account of Vladimir Putin's tyranny, charting his rise from spy to tsar, e… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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29. The Invisible Emperor: Napoleon on Elba

By: Mark Braude

3.93

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Few historical figures are as well-known as Napoleon Bonaparte, and yet the Emperor's ten-month exi… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • france
  • nonfiction
  • european history
Cover of The Battle of the Berezina: Napoleon's Great Escape by Alexander Mikaberidze

30. The Battle of the Berezina: Napoleon's Great Escape

By: Alexander Mikaberidze

4.19

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

In the winter of 1812, Napoleon's army retreated from Moscow under appalling conditions, hunted by … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • france
  • history
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31. Precipice

By: Robert Harris

4.23

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the… read more

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"There were twelve deliveries a day in London in 1914. It would be in his hands by mid-afternoon. Pg5"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"The worst crises in politics always occurred, in his experience, when two unrelated problems struck at once. The difficulties weren’t doubled, or even squared, but cubed. Pg345"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"Major Hankey, secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, was brought in by Bongie, and placed in front of him on the table the large red and blue leather-bound volume known as the War Book, he o…"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

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4.16

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4.22

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4.28

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President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier

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4.30

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4.16

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