5 best-selling european history books like Magna Carta: The Birth of Liberty by Dan Jones

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Magna Carta: The Birth of Liberty

By: Dan Jones

4.02

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Plantagenets, a short, lively, action-packed h…

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1. Magna Carta: The Birth of Liberty

By: Dan Jones

4.02

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Plantagenets, a short, lively, action-packed h… read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • politics
  • law
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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2. Conquistadors

By: Michael Wood

3.97

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The Spanish conquest of the Americas in the sixteenth century was one of the most cataclysmic event… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
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3. The Ingenious Mr Pyke: Inventor, Fugitive, Spy

By: Henry Hemming

3.58

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

This is the extraordinary story of Geoffrey Pyke, an inventor, war reporter, escaped prisoner, camp… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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4. 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
  • british literature
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
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5. King John: Treachery and Tyranny in Medieval England: The Road to Magna Carta

By: Marc Morris

5.00

Format: 362 pages, Hardcover

A rousing and authoritative new biography of the notorious King John, by Wall Street Journalbestsel… read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
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6. The Norman Conquest

By: Marc Morris

4.62

Format: None pages,

An epic tale, with violence at its heart, and a triumph of narrative history. The Norman Conquestst… read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • medieval
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7. The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty

By: G.J. Meyer

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

For the first time in decades, here, in a single volume, is a fresh look at the fabled Tudor dynast… read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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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
  • british literature
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
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9. The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation

By: Ian Mortimer

3.50

Format: 185 pages, Paperback

He ordered his uncle to be beheaded; he usurped his father's throne; he taxed his people more than … read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval

10. Queens of the Conquest: England’s Medieval Queens

By: Alison Weir

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The story of England's medieval queens is vivid and stirring, packed with tragedy, high drama and e… read more

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11. Devil's Brood (Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine, #3)

By: Sharon Kay Penman

2.00

Format: 28 pages,

The long-awaited and highly anticipated final volume in Penman's trilogy of Henry II and Eleanor of… read more

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12. Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization

By: Lars Brownworth

4.60

Format: 200 pages,

"A hugely entertaining and often moving portrait of a civilization to which the modern West owes an… read more

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13. 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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  • history
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • medieval
  • audiobook
"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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14. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

By: Erik Larson

4.24

Format: 565 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"

-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

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15. Queens of the Crusades (England's Medieval Queens, #2)

By: Alison Weir

3.97

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

Packed with incredible true stories and legendary medieval intrigue, this epic narrative history ch… read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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16. The Last Campaign: Sherman, Geronimo and the War for America

By: H.W. Brands

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling historian and Pulitzer-prize finalist H. W. Brands follows the lives and battles of Gen… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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17. The Anglo-Saxons A History of the Beginnings of England: 400–1066

By: Marc Morris

4.34

Format: 508 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping and original history of the Anglo-Saxons by national bestselling author Marc Morris. … read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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18. The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream

By: Charles Spencer

4.06

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The sinking of the White Ship is one of the greatest disasters in English history. Here, Sunday Tim… read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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19. The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium

By: Barry S. Strauss

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A “splendid” ( The Wall Street Journal ) account of one of history’s most important and yet little-… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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20. Lost Heirs of the Medieval Crown: The Kings and Queens Who Never Were

By: J.F. Andrews

4.23

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

“A fascinating study of the also-rans and almost-made-its of medieval history . . . Beautifully wri… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • politics
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • medieval
  • audiobook

11 Top history books like Magna Carta: The Birth of Liberty by Dan Jones

Transform Your Habits

Magna Carta: The Birth of Liberty

Dan Jones

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Conquistadors

Michael Wood

3.97

Transform Your Habits

The Ingenious Mr Pyke: Inventor, Fugitive, Spy

Henry Hemming

3.58

Transform Your Habits

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

Ian Mortimer

4.29

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14 must-read audiobook books like The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream by Charles Spencer

Transform Your Habits

The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

Dan Jones

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages

Dan Jones

4.41

Transform Your Habits

The Anglo-Saxons A History of the Beginnings of England: 400–1066

Marc Morris

4.34

Transform Your Habits

The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream

Charles Spencer

4.06

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