11 best-selling historical books like Alvesdon by James Holland

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Alvesdon

By: James Holland

4.28

Format: 435 pages, Kindle Edition

Wiltshire, 1939In the small village of Alvesdon, the Castell family and their farm have been staple…

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1. An Officer and a Spy

By: Robert Harris

3.73

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Robert Harris returns to the thrilling historical fiction he has so brilliantly made his own. This … read more

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2. The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter Wimsey, #11)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

3.94

Format: 450 pages, Hardcover

When a disfigured corpse is discovered in a country parish, the local rector pleads with Lord Peter… read more

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3. Napoleon's Spy

By: Ben Kane

4.04

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

'An epic tale that never loses sight of the raw experience of the hero. I loved Napoleon's Spy' Sim… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire

By: Michael Palin

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, H… read more

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  • historical
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5. Shanghai

By: Joseph Kanon

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this dazzling thriller, New York Times bestselling author Joseph Kanon gives us his richest sett… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. Munich Wolf

By: Rory Clements

4.24

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

The gripping new 2024 thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The English Führer. In t… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. The Secrets of Sainte Madeleine

By: Tilly Bagshawe

4.19

Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition

ONE FAMILY GENERATIONS OF SECRETS IT’S TIME TO ESCAPE TO THE CHATEAU . . . Elise is a true da… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. Arthur (The Arthurian Tales, #3)

By: Giles Kristian

4.58

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

Years have passed since the clash of shieldwalls echoed across the land. The Saxons are now the lor… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. The Last Roundhead (Sir Blandford Candy Adventure Series Book 1)

By: Jemahl Evans

4.00

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

BOOK ONE OF THE SIR BLANDFORD CANDY ADVENTURE SERIES “The research is impeccable and the writing fu… read more

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  • historical fiction
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10. 1945: Victory in the West

By: Peter Caddick-Adams

4.55

Format: 651 pages, Kindle Edition

'Magisterial . . . [a] fine, balanced and superb account. It deserves to be read for many years to … read more

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11. Blood Roses (The Warsaw Quartet #1)

By: Douglas Jackson

4.35

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

As the Nazis roll into Warsaw, a serial killer is unleashed… September 1939. A city ruled by fear. … read more

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  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. Alvesdon

By: James Holland

4.28

Format: 435 pages, Kindle Edition

Wiltshire, 1939In the small village of Alvesdon, the Castell family and their farm have been staple… read more

Similar categories in James Holland's Alvesdon book and James Holland's Alvesdon

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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13. Dark Frontier

By: Matthew Harffy

4.44

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling historical western set in 1890s Oregon, from the author of the critically acclaimed Ber… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
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14. Small Bomb at Dimperley

By: Lissa Evans

4.43

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

It's 1945, and Corporal Valentine Vere-Thissett, aged 23, is on his way home. But ‘home’ is Dimperl… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. Precipice

By: Robert Harris

4.23

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"There were twelve deliveries a day in London in 1914. It would be in his hands by mid-afternoon. Pg5"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"The worst crises in politics always occurred, in his experience, when two unrelated problems struck at once. The difficulties weren’t doubled, or even squared, but cubed. Pg345"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"Major Hankey, secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, was brought in by Bongie, and placed in front of him on the table the large red and blue leather-bound volume known as the War Book, he o…"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

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16. Operation Biting: The 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler's Radar

By: Max Hastings

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Operation Biting was one of the most thrilling British commando raids of World War II, and probably… read more

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  • world war ii
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17. Gabriel's Moon

By: William Boyd

4.33

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In his most exhilarating novel yet, Britain’s greatest storyteller transports you from the vibrant … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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18. Tom Clancy Shadow State (A Jack Ryan Jr. Novel Book 12)

By: M.P. Woodward

4.57

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

Surviving a helicopter crash in the Vietnamese Highlands is only the start of the challenges facing… read more

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  • fiction
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19. The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World

By: Ben Macintyre

4.51

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling tick-tock recounting one of the most harrowing hostage situations and daring rescue att… read more

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  • historical
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20. Midnight in Vienna

By: Jane Thynne

4.13

Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition

Historical espionage at its very best. Set in 1938 in London and Vienna, a tense and atmospheric th… read more

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21. Arnhem: Black Tuesday

By: Al Murray

4.50

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Battle of Arnhem is one of the best-known stories in British military history: a daring but thw… read more

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  • world war ii

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4.19

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Conn Iggulden

4.39

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Bernard Cornwell

4.15

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4.04

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4.16

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