11 Top biography books like The King Who Had To Go: Edward VIII, Mrs Simpson and the Hidden Politics of the Abdication Crisis by Adrian Phillips

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The King Who Had To Go: Edward VIII, Mrs Simpson and the Hidden Politics of the Abdication Crisis

By: Adrian Phillips

3.63

Format: 518 pages, Kindle Edition

that has fascinated the public for decades. Unwilling to accept the idea of the twice-married Ameri…

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1. Brighton Rock

By: J.M. Coetzee , Graham Greene

3.73

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Pinkie, malign and ruthless, has kill… read more

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  • british literature
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2. 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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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • british literature
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3. Final Verdict: What Really Happened in the Rosenberg Case

By: Miriam Schneir , Walter Schneir

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A new narrative of the famed case that finally solves its remaining mysteries, by the author of the… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction

4. George V's Children

By: John van der Kiste

3.65

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

The six children of King George V and Queen Mary all lived to maturity except the youngest, Prince … read more

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5. The Brethren

By: John Grisham

3.76

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Trumble is a minimum-security federal prison, a "camp," home to the usual assortment of relatively … read more

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6. The Day Diana Died

By: Christopher Andersen

4.60

Format: 431 pages,

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7. A Game of Sorrows (Alexander Seaton, #2)

By: Shona MacLean

2.50

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

It is 1628, and Alexander Seaton's happily settled life as a university teacher in Aberdeen is shat… read more

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8. What Happened

By: Hillary Rodham Clinton

4.50

Format: 191 pages,

"In the past, for reasons I try to explain, I've often felt I had to be careful in public, like I w… read more

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9. The Constant Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #6)

By: Philippa Gregory

4.20

Format: 251 pages,

"I am Catalina, Princess of Spain, daughter of the two greatest monarchs the world has ever known..… read more

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10. 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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11. Chocolate Wars: The 150-Year Rivalry Between the World's Greatest Chocolate Makers

By: Deborah Cadbury

3.86

Format: 144 pages,

With a cast of characters that wouldn't be out of place in a Victorian novel, Chocolate Wars tells … read more

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12. King Edward VIII

By: Philip Ziegler

3.76

Format: 85 pages,

Reprint. Originally published: New York: Knopf, 1991. read more

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13. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • british literature
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14. Next in Line (William Warwick, #5)

By: Jeffrey Archer

4.18

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

London, 1988. Royal fever sweeps the nation as Britain falls in love with the ‘people’s princess’. … read more

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15. Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography

By: Billy Connolly

4.42

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

In his first full-length autobiography, comedy legend and national treasure Billy Connolly reveals … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
"Blessed are those who yodel - for they shall never be troubled by offers of work."

-Billy Connolly, Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography

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16. The Engine House (DCI Evan Warlow, #1)

By: Rhys Dylan

4.39

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

You can bury the bodies, but you can’t hide the truth. When a landslip on Pembrokeshire’s stunni… read more

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  • british literature
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17. Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America

By: Maggie Haberman

4.09

Format: 597 pages, Hardcover

From the Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times reporter who has defined Donald J. Trump's presidenc… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Trump is to business what professional wrestling is to sports: part of it, certainly, but also a cartoonish parody of it."

-Maggie Haberman, Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America

"[White House Chief of Staff and Four-Star General John] Kelly shared with [Mick} Mulvaney {who was appointed when Kelly resigned] his view that Trump was the most flawed person he had ever met."

-Maggie Haberman, Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America

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18. Love Will Tear Us Apart (Stranger Times, #3)

By: C.K. McDonnell

4.39

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Love can be a truly terrible thing.Marriages are tricky at the best of times, especially when one o… read more

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"It flicked through all the channels until it found a repeat of the 1990s show in which people in swimwear saved other people from drowning by running in slow motion towards them"

-C.K. McDonnell, Love Will Tear Us Apart (Stranger Times, #3)

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19. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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20. Outside

By: Ragnar Jónasson

3.02

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

With three million copies of his books sold worldwide, "world-class crime writer"( The Sunday Times… read more

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21. Silk Road

By: Colin Falconer

4.27

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Silk Road weaves a spellbinding tale of courage, danger and human frailty onto the vast tapestry of… read more

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"They found him in the cloister, lying on his back with ice in his beard. He was half conscious, muttering about a Templar knight, a secret commission from the Pope, and a beautiful woman on a white p…"

-Colin Falconer, Silk Road

"His fellow monks carried him back to his cell and laid him on the hard cot that had been his bed for the last twenty years. He was an old man now and there was nothing to be done. His eyes had the co…"

-Colin Falconer, Silk Road

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22. Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era

By: Laurence Leamer

3.83

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Laurence Leamer reveals the complex web of relationships and scan… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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23. Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor

By: Andrew Lownie

3.82

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Traitor King, by Sunday Times bestselling author Andrew Lownie, looks at the years following the ab… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • politics
  • nonfiction
"The problem was that the Duke wanted status not a job, to be recognised rather than to contribute."

-Andrew Lownie, Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor

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24. The Crown in Crisis: Countdown to the Abdication

By: Alexander Larman

3.74

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The thrilling and definitive account of the Abdication Crisis of 1936 On December 10, 1936, King E… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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25. Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing

By: Peter Robison

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A fast-paced look at the corporate dysfunction--the ruthless cost-cutting, toxic workplaces, and cu… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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26. Prince Philip Revealed: A Man of His Century

By: Ingrid Seward

3.81

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

For more than 70 years until his death on 9 April 2021, Prince Philip was the Queen's constant comp… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • british literature
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27. Six Minutes In May

By: Nicholas Shakespeare

4.03

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

London, early May 1940: Britain is at war and Neville Chamberlain’s government is about to fall. It… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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28. Rebel Prince: The Power, Passion and Defiance of Prince Charles

By: Tom Bower

3.64

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

Few heirs to the throne have suffered as much humiliation as Prince Charles. Despite his hard work … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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29. The King Who Had To Go: Edward VIII, Mrs Simpson and the Hidden Politics of the Abdication Crisis

By: Adrian Phillips

3.63

Format: 518 pages, Kindle Edition

that has fascinated the public for decades. Unwilling to accept the idea of the twice-married Ameri… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • 20th century
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30. Abdication

By: Brian Inglis

3.61

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

This book is concerned with that period of English history over eighty years ago in which a king fe… read more

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  • history

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Marc Morris

4.62

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4.11

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Jane Ridley

4.23

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Maggie Haberman

4.09

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Thomas Hardy , Tim Dolin , Margaret R. Higonnet

3.83

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Evelyn Waugh

3.76

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Brighton Rock

J.M. Coetzee , Graham Greene

3.73

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Kingsley Amis , David Lodge

4.73

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