14 Best history books like Who Loses, Who Wins: The Journals of Kenneth Rose: Volume Two 1979-2014 by Kenneth Rose

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Who Loses, Who Wins: The Journals of Kenneth Rose: Volume Two 1979-2014

By: Kenneth Rose

4.32

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Kenneth Rose was one of the most astute observers of the post-war Establishment. The wry and amusin…

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1. The Young Clementina

By: D.E. Stevenson

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Charlotte Dean enjoys nothing more than the solitude of her London flat and the monotonous days of … read more

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"Don't you worry. It doesn't do no good worrying over things—just sail in."

-D.E. Stevenson, The Young Clementina

"Friends that you have known for a long time and love very dearly never seem to grow old."

-D.E. Stevenson, The Young Clementina

"I can take a book in my hands and voyage across the world. China, Burma, Jamaica—the very sound of the words is an enchantment bringing me sights and sounds, and odors that my senses have never savor…"

-D.E. Stevenson, The Young Clementina

"Prayer did not come easily to me for I always feel that prayer is a silent thing, an opening of the heart. To ask for earthly benefits, to reel out a list of requirements and expect them to be suppli…"

-D.E. Stevenson, The Young Clementina

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2. Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)

By: Agatha Christie

4.18

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

Murder at the Vicaragemarks the debut of Agatha Christie's unflappable and much beloved female dete… read more

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3. Diaries 1942-1954

By: James Lees-Milne , Michael Bloch

4.39

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

James Lees-Milne (1908-97) made his name as the country house expert of the National Trust and for … read more

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4. Society's Queen

By: Anne de Courcy

3.72

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

At the age of 21, Edith Chaplin married one of the most eligible bachelors of the day, the eldest s… read more

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5. Heresy (Giordano Bruno, #1)

By: S.J. Parris

3.55

Format: 288 pages,

Masterfully blending true events with fiction, this blockbuster historical thriller delivers a page… read more

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6. Lord Edgware Dies (Hercule Poirot, #9)

By: Agatha Christie

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

Poirot had been present when Jane bragged of her plan to 'get rid of' her estranged husband. Now th… read more

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7. Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

By: Rachel Maddow

4.45

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful … read more

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"One big appeal of fascism, if nothing else, was its unapologetic embrace of cruelty. Cruelty towards others, coupled with hypersensitivity towards any slight to oneself."

-Rachel Maddow, Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

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8. Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman

By: Lucy Worsley

4.20

Format: 498 pages, Kindle Edition

A new, fascinating account of the life of Agatha Christie from celebrated literary and cultural his… read more

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9. George V: Never a Dull Moment

By: Jane Ridley

4.23

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

From one of the most beloved and distinguished historians of the British monarchy, here is a lively… read more

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10. The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

By: Tina Brown

4.03

Format: 571 pages, Hardcover

The gripping inside story of the British royal family’s battle to overcome the dramas of the Diana … read more

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"What Diana’s younger son was thinking only he can tell us, and doubtless will."

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

"Dacre's staff referred to his morning editorial meetings as the “Vagina Monologues,"

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

"Until he lost his hair, Prince William was probably the biggest heartthrob to be heir to the throne since the pre-obese Henry VIII."

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

"Philip had to apologize in 1999 after a walkabout at an Edinburgh electronics factory when he commented that a fuse box bursting with wires looked “as if it was put in by an Indian."

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

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11. Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War between the Windsors

By: Tom Bower

3.86

Format: 541 pages, Kindle Edition

The British Royal Family believed that the dizzy success of the Sussex wedding, watched and celebra… read more

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"Meghan, said Oprah, had been the target of ‘constant criticism [and] blatant sexist and racist remarks by British tabloids’. As she spoke, the screen was covered by a spread of apparently racist head…"

-Tom Bower, Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War between the Windsors

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12. Courtiers: Intrigue, Ambition, and the Power Players Behind the House of Windsor

By: Valentine Low

3.64

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The gripping account of how the Royal family really operates from the man who has spent years study… read more

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13. The Fair Miss Fortune

By: D.E. Stevenson

3.80

Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition

"There's something . . . I mean we simply must see Miss Fortune now. She isn't in bed, is she?" "N… read more

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14. The Road to Station X: From Debutante Ball to Fighter-Plane Factory to Bletchley Park, a Memoir of One Woman's Journey Through World War Two

By: Sarah Baring

4.00

Format: 179 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1938, Sarah Baring was enjoying life as a young debutante. Only a few years later, at the height… read more

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15. After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War

By: Helen Rappaport

3.77

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From Helen Rappaport, the New York Times bestselling author of The Romanov Sisters comes After the … read more

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"His wife, "who only demanded of life that it should amuse her"."

-Helen Rappaport, After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War

"(B)ut behind it all-- nothing: just vodka and the void. (Coco Chanel)"

-Helen Rappaport, After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War

"We lived side by side with life but were afraid of meeting it. (Maria Pavlovna)"

-Helen Rappaport, After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War

"(H)is action was merely "galvanizing the corpse" of an army that was already in retreat and heading for defeat."

-Helen Rappaport, After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War

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16. Chums: How A Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over The UK

By: Simon Kuper

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, David Cameron, George Osborne, Theresa May, Dominic Cummings, Daniel H… read more

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17. The Final Curtsey: A Royal Memoir by the Queen's Cousin

By: Margaret Rhodes

3.87

Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the intimate and revealing autobiography of Margaret Rhodes, the first cousin of Queen Eliz… read more

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18. Hitler's Aristocrats: The Secret Power Players in Britain and America Who Supported the Nazis, 1923–1941

By: Susan Ronald

3.97

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Susan Ronald, acclaimed author of Hitler's Art Thief takes readers into the shadowy world of the ar… read more

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19. A Class Act (Top of the Dale #3)

By: Gervase Phinn

4.44

Format: 475 pages, Kindle Edition

The third and final novel in the delightful Top of the Dales series from bestselling author Gervase… read more

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20. Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 3): 1943-57

By: Henry Channon

4.43

Format: 1161 pages, Kindle Edition

This third and final volume of the unexpurgated diaries of Sir Henry 'Chips' Channon begins as the … read more

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21. Who Loses, Who Wins: The Journals of Kenneth Rose: Volume Two 1979-2014

By: Kenneth Rose

4.32

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Kenneth Rose was one of the most astute observers of the post-war Establishment. The wry and amusin… read more

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22. In the Thick of It

By: Alan Duncan

3.61

Format: 594 pages, Kindle Edition

As Minister of State at the Foreign Office, Alan Duncan was once described as Boris Johnson’s ‘poop… read more

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29 must-read history books like Hitler's Aristocrats: The Secret Power Players in Britain and America Who Supported the Nazis, 1923–1941 by Susan Ronald

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The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill

Brad Meltzer

4.16

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Erik Larson

4.24

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Tom Clavin

3.63

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4.09

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