12 Top historical books like Edward IV (The English Monarchs Series) by Charles Derek Ross

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Edward IV (The English Monarchs Series)

By: Charles Derek Ross

3.78

Format: 510 pages, Paperback

In his own time Edward IV was seen as an able and successful king who rescued England from the mise…

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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
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
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2. The Canterville Ghost

By: Oscar Wilde , Inga Moore

3.88

Format: 126 pages, Hardcover

This is Oscar Wilde's tale of the American family moved into a British mansion, Canterville Chase, … read more

Similar categories in Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost book and Charles Derek Ross's Edward IV (The English Monarchs Series)

"Love is stronger than death is"

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

"Oh, I hate the cheap severity of abstract ethics!"

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

"You can have your secret as long as I have your heart[.]"

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

"To his alert mind and ears, every experience was education."

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

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3. The Castle of Otranto

By: Horace Walpole

3.18

Format: 125 pages, Paperback

First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otranto purported to be a translation of an I… read more

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  • british literature
"My soul abhors a falsehood"

-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto

"This life is but a pilgrimage."

-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto

"Heaven mocks the short-sighted views of man."

-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto

"I fear no bad angel, and have offended no good one."

-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto

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

By: Dan Jones

4.27

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

The fifteenth century experienced the longest and bloodiest series of civil wars in British history… read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
"Rebels depend on willful gullibility."

-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

"Extravagance was a political necessity."

-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

"Much of the outward business of kingship came naturally."

-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

"As with many tragedies, our story opens in a moment of triumph."

-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

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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
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
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6. The Sunne in Splendour

By: Sharon Kay Penman

3.65

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

A glorious novel of the controversial Richard III - a monarch betrayed in life by his allies and be… read more

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  • historical
  • medieval
  • 15th century
  • british literature
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7. The Princes in the Tower

By: Alison Weir

3.80

Format: 319 pages, Paperback

Despite five centuries of investigation by historians, the sinister deaths of the boy king Edward V… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
  • 15th century
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8. Castles: Their History and Evolution in Medieval Britain

By: Marc Morris

4.22

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Beginning with their introduction in the eleventh century, and ending with their widespread abandon… read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
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9. 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
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval

10. Hidden Bodies: A Novel

By: Caroline Kepnes

3.65

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Hidden Bodies marks the return of a voice that Stephen King described as original and hypnotic, and… read more

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11. The Man in the Iron Mask (The D'Artagnan Romances, #3.3)

By: Alexandre Dumas , Francine du Plessix Gray , Joachim Neugroschel

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

A swashbuckling novel of political intrigue. In the concluding installment of Alexandre Dumas's cel… read more

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12. Fyrvaktaren (Patrik Hedström, #7)

By: Camilla Läckberg

3.97

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Det ar en ljus forsommarnatt. En kvinna kastar sig in i sin bil, handerna pa ratten ar blodiga. Med… read more

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13. Between Two Fires

By: Christopher Buehlman

4.27

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The year is 1348. Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a dead Norman village… read more

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  • historical
  • medieval
"The only thing I say to God is my daughter's names; and it is not a prayer, it's a rebuke."

-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires

"He was being kissed now by his own mouth, not as lovers kiss, with tongues, but as true lovers kiss, sharing breath."

-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires

"A dark-haired little boy just in pants stood bewildered near the blaze, saying, as if there had been some mistake, "We live here. We live here."

-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires

"But it will be harder for you if you remember. Love is always harder. Love means weathering blows for another’s sake and not counting them. Love is loss of self, loss of other, and faith in the death…"

-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires

14. 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

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15. King John

By: William Shakespeare , Paul Werstine

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatises the reign of John, King of England (ru… read more

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16. Night School (Jack Reacher #21)

By: Lee Child , Dick Hill

4.28

Format: 120 pages, Audio CD

It's 1996, and Reacher is still in the army. In the morning they give him a medal, and in the after… read more

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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
  • medieval
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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
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
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19. Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs

By: Camilla Townsend

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In November 1519, Hernando Cortés walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingd… read more

Similar categories in Camilla Townsend's Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs book and Charles Derek Ross's Edward IV (The English Monarchs Series)

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
"Letters and diaries sometimes bring us close to grand moments or touching scenes in the history of Euro-Americans, but harkening back to the thoughts and feelings of the less powerful, we meet only s…"

-Camilla Townsend, Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs

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20. Henry VII and the Tudor Pretenders: Simnel, Warbeck, and Warwick

By: Nathen Amin

4.37

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

On 22 August 1485, Henry Tudor emerged from the Battle of Bosworth victorious, his disparate army v… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • british literature
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21. Edward IV (The English Monarchs Series)

By: Charles Derek Ross

3.78

Format: 510 pages, Paperback

In his own time Edward IV was seen as an able and successful king who rescued England from the mise… read more

Similar categories in Charles Derek Ross's Edward IV (The English Monarchs Series) book and Charles Derek Ross's Edward IV (The English Monarchs Series)

  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
  • 15th century

11 must-read history books like Edward IV (The English Monarchs Series) by Charles Derek Ross

Transform Your Habits

Magna Carta: The Birth of Liberty

Dan Jones

4.02

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

King John: Treachery and Tyranny in Medieval England: The Road to Magna Carta

Marc Morris

5.00

Transform Your Habits

The Princes in the Tower

Alison Weir

3.80

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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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