6 best-selling nonfiction books like Never Greater Slaughter: Brunanburh and the Birth of England by Michael Livingston

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Never Greater Slaughter: Brunanburh and the Birth of England

By: Michael Livingston

4.11

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

'No one has done more than Michael Livingston to revive memories of the battle, and you could not h…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Never Greater Slaughter: Brunanburh and the Birth of England by Michael Livingston , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)

By: Raymond Chandler

4.10

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

Marlowe's about to give up on a completely routine case when he finds himself in the wrong place at… read more

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"She was a cute as a washtub."

-Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)

"It was a nice walk, if you liked grunting."

-Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)

"She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket."

-Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)

"The coffee shop smell was strong enough to build a garage on."

-Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)

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2. Interesting Times (Discworld, #17; Rincewind, #5)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Mighty battles! Revolution! Death! War! (and his sons Terror and Panic, and daughter Clancy) The… read more

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  • audiobook
"Er wollte sagen: Wie könnt ihr so nett und gleichzeitig so dumm sein?"

-Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times (Discworld, #17; Rincewind, #5)

"So funktioniert die Geschichte leider nicht. Erst das Blut, dann der Verstand."

-Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times (Discworld, #17; Rincewind, #5)

"Und jetzt sink auf die Knie, wenn du nicht auf andere Weise kleiner werden willst."

-Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times (Discworld, #17; Rincewind, #5)

"Der Mann schien für seine Freunde mindestens ebenso gefährlich zu sein wie für seine Feinde."

-Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times (Discworld, #17; Rincewind, #5)

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3. Stone of Farewell (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #2)

By: Tad Williams

3.63

Format: None pages,

The second book in the trilogy that launched one of the most important fantasy writers of our time.… read more

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4. The Damned of Petersburg

By: Ralph Peters

3.62

Format: 192 pages,

GLORY TURNED GRIM... ...and warfare changed forever. As Grant pinned Lee to Petersburg and Richmond… read more

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5. Blood from a Stone (Commissario Brunetti, #14)

By: Donna Leon

4.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

A pitch-perfect mystery, an alluring portrait of contemporary Venice, and an elucidating eye into t… read more

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6. High Tide at Gettysburg

By: Glenn Tucker

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

High Tide at Gettysburg tells the story of the Army of Virginia. How near the South came to victory… read more

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7. Scars of Independence: America's Violent Birth

By: Holger Hoock

4.20

Format: 251 pages, Hardcover

A magisterial new work that rewrites the story of America's founding The American Revolution is oft… read more

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8. Sword Song (The Saxon Stories, #4)

By: Bernard Cornwell

3.77

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"Bernard Cornwell ranks as the current alpha male of testoterone-enriched historical fiction....Thi… read more

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9. 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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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
  • 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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10. 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
  • anglo saxon
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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11. 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
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
  • audiobook
Cover of Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs, #1) by Dan Jones

12. Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs, #1)

By: Dan Jones

3.92

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling historian makes his historical fiction debut with an explosive novel… read more

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  • audiobook
  • medieval
  • war
  • british literature
"What matters is that you did not know the story. And the reason you did not...is that our ancestor William - through his deeds of arms, his force of personality and his vast conquests - had achieved …"

-Dan Jones, Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs, #1)

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13. A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters

By: Andrew H. Knoll

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Odds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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14. War Lord (The Saxon Stories, #13)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.60

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

IN THE FINAL RECKONING, CHOOSE YOUR SIDE CAREFULLY… The epic conclusion to the globally bestsell… read more

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  • audiobook
  • medieval
  • war
  • british literature
"All men have enemies, otherwise they're not men"

-Bernard Cornwell, War Lord (The Saxon Stories, #13)

"I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred, who was the son of Uhtred, and his father was also called Uhtred, and they were all lords of Bebbanburg. I am that too, though these days folk call me the Lord of the Nort…"

-Bernard Cornwell, War Lord (The Saxon Stories, #13)

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15. Wolves of Winter (Essex Dogs Trilogy)

By: Dan Jones

4.16

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The epic sequel to Essex Dogs, continuing the New York Times bestselling historian's trilogy of nov… read more

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  • audiobook
  • medieval
  • war
  • british literature
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16. The Last Emperox (The Interdependency, #3)

By: John Scalzi

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The collapse of The Flow, the interstellar pathway between the planets of the Interdependency, has … read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of The Red Prince: The Life of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster by Helen  Carr

17. The Red Prince: The Life of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster

By: Helen Carr

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Gaunt was son of Edward III, brother to the Black Prince, father to Henry IV and the sire of all th… read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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18. War of the Wolf (The Saxon Stories, #11)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.36

Format: 352 pages, ebook

Bernard Cornwell’s epic story of the making of England continues in this eleventh installment in th… read more

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  • audiobook
  • medieval
  • war
  • british literature
"Wyrd bið ful āræd."

-Bernard Cornwell, War of the Wolf (The Saxon Stories, #11)

"Truth is ever feeble against passionate falsehood."

-Bernard Cornwell, War of the Wolf (The Saxon Stories, #11)

"The gods are not kind to us, any more than children are kind to their toys. We are here to amuse the gods, and at times it amuses them to be unkind."

-Bernard Cornwell, War of the Wolf (The Saxon Stories, #11)

"Los dioses no velan por nosotros, no más desde luego de lo que los niños cuidan de sus juguetes. Si estamos aquí, es sólo para procurarles buenos ratos; a veces, hasta se complacen en jugarnos jugarr…"

-Bernard Cornwell, War of the Wolf (The Saxon Stories, #11)

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19. Uhtred's Feast: Inside the World of The Last Kingdom

By: Bernard Cornwell

3.81

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In this engaging social history New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, “the most proli… read more

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  • audiobook
  • anglo saxon
  • british literature
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20. A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33)

By: Donna Leon

4.05

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

In the thirty-third installment of Donna Leon’s magnificent series, Commissario Guido Brunetti conf… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Never Greater Slaughter: Brunanburh and the Birth of England by Michael Livingston

21. Never Greater Slaughter: Brunanburh and the Birth of England

By: Michael Livingston

4.11

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

'No one has done more than Michael Livingston to revive memories of the battle, and you could not h… read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • anglo saxon
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
  • archaeology
  • audiobook

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4.24

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4.34

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4.04

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4.33

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