5 must-read european history books like The Shadow Emperor: A Biography of Napoleon III by Alan Schom

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The Shadow Emperor: A Biography of Napoleon III

By: Alan Schom

3.65

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

A breakout biography of Louis-Napoleon III, whose controversial achievements have polarized histori…

If you liked the european history plot in The Shadow Emperor: A Biography of Napoleon III by Alan Schom , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Washington: A Life

By: Ron Chernow

4.16

Format: 904 pages, Hardcover

The celebrated Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of America. With a brea… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Many mickles make a muckle."

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

"Washington grew as a leader because he engaged in searching self- criticism. “I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors,"

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

"I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others must do this, because he is thereby enabled to correct his faults or remove the prejudices whic…"

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

"An essential difference between the American and French revolutions was that the American version allowed a search for many truths, while French zealots tried to impose a single sacred truth that all…"

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

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2. The Balkans: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers 1804 - 1999

By: Misha Glenny

4.09

Format: 752 pages, Paperback

This unique and lively history of Balkan geopolitics since the early nineteenth century gives reade… read more

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  • history
  • 19th century
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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3. Napoleon: A Life

By: Andrew Roberts

4.23

Format: 976 pages, Paperback

The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • france
  • nonfiction
  • european history
"I am very happy to see the enemy wish to avoid our coming to him. – Napoleon"

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

"I have beaten the Russian and Austrian army commanded by the two emperors. I am a little tired."

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

"His constant references to the ancient world have the effect of giving ordinary soldiers a sense of their lives."

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

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4. Dance Dance Dance

By: Haruki Murakami

4.05

Format: 393 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition here. High-class call girls billed to Mastercard. A psychic 13-year-old … read more

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"I often dream about the Dolphin Hotel."

-Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance

"What we seek is some kind of compensation for what we put up with."

-Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance

"I'm your phantom dance partner. I'm your shadow. I'm not anything more."

-Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance

"We keep moving. And as we do, the things around us, well, they disappear."

-Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance

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5. Long Walk to Freedom

By: Nelson Mandela

3.78

Format: 479 pages, Paperback

The book that inspired the major new motion picture Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Nelson Mandela i… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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6. Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang

By: James A. Millward

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Eurasian Crossroadsis the first comprehensive history of Xinjiang, the vast central Eurasian region… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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7. The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1)

By: Robert A. Caro

4.36

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

This is the story of the rise to national power of a desperately poor young man from the Texas Hill… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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8. Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

By: Herbert P. Bix

3.52

Format: None pages, Paperback

Winner of the Pulitzer PrizeIn this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herb… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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9. The Civil War: A Narrative

By: Shelby Foote

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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10. Swords and Deviltry (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #1)

By: Fritz Leiber

4.33

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

For the first time-the story of how the greatest heroes in fantastic literature first met. 'The two… read more

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11. The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

By: Yukio Mishima , Ivan Morris

4.48

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

In The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, celebrated Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima creates a haunting… read more

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12. Pandora's Star

By: Peter F. Hamilton

4.19

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The year is 2380. The Intersolar Commonwealth, a sphere of stars some four hundred light-years in d… read more

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13. The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All The Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better

By: Tyler Cowen

3.43

Format: None pages, ebook

America is in disarray and our economy is failing us. We have been through the biggest financial cr… read more

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14. The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

By: Yukio Mishima , John Nathan

3.85

Format: 181 pages, Paperback

This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780679750154 The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the… read more

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"إن الخطر، هو الحياة"

-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

"To Ryuji the smile seemed as brittle as fine glass crystal and very dangerous"

-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

"The only people in this world I really trust are my fans - even if they do forget you so fast."

-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

"حتى وإن أبحرت سنوات عديدة، لن تعتاد يوماً على العواصف، وفي كل مرة تتساءل إن كنت ستودع الحياة"."

-Yukio Mishima, The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

15. Pagans: The End of Traditional Religion and the Rise of Christianity

By: None

3.88

Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition

A provocative and contrarian religious history that charts the rise of Christianity from the point … read more

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16. Light in August

By: William Faulkner

3.89

Format: 704 pages,

Light in August, a novel that contrasts stark tragedy with hopeful perseverance in the face of mort… read more

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17. Gravity's Rainbow

By: Thomas Pynchon , Andrés Ibáñez , None

3.97

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 1973 National Book Award, Gravity's Rainbow is a postmodern epic, a work as exhaustiv… read more

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18. Lord Jim

By: Joseph Conrad

5.00

Format: 30 pages, Paperback

Haunted by the memory of a moment of lost nerve during a disastrous voyage, Jim submits to condemna… read more

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19. The Romanovs: 1613-1918

By: Simon Sebag Montefiore

3.17

Format: None pages,

The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surfac… read more

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20. Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

By: Patrick O'Brian

4.07

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Ardent, gregarious British naval officer Jack Aubrey is elated to be given his first appointment as… read more

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  • military fiction
"Most men find [peace] entirely unlike what they had expected - like love..."

-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

"The Navy speaks in symbols and you may suit what meaning you choose to the words."

-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

"How wonderfully strange,' he thought, 'to be upset by this trifle; yet I am upset."

-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

"What's wrong with (Captain) Jack Aubrey?" "Everything, since he has a command and I have not."

-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

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21. 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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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"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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22. Persians: The Age of the Great Kings

By: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

4.06

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A stunning portrait of the magnificent splendor and enduring legacy of ancient Persia  The Achaemen… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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23. Nuclear War: A Scenario

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more

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  • politics
  • military fiction
  • history
  • nonfiction
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

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24. Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control

By: Stephen Kinzer

4.09

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of All the Shah's Men and The Brothers tells the astonishing story of the ma… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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25. The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

By: Steve Coll

4.44

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-… read more

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  • politics
  • military fiction
  • history
  • nonfiction
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26. The Last Emperor of Mexico: The Dramatic Story of the Habsburg Archduke Who Created a Kingdom in the New World

By: Edward Shawcross

4.26

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The true operatic tragedy of Maximilian and Carlota, the European aristocrats who stumbled into pow… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • 19th century
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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27. Dungeons & Dragons: The Fallbacks: Bound for Ruin

By: Jaleigh Johnson

3.79

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Meet the newest Dungeons & Dragons party in the first epic adventure of The Fallbacks. To become… read more

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28. Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power

By: Timothy W. Ryback

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally acclaimed author of Hitler’s Private Library , a dramatic recounting of th… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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29. House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France

By: Justine Firnhaber-Baker

4.30

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The definitive history of the Capetians, the crusading dynasty that made the French crown the wealt… read more

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  • history
  • france
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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30. The Shadow Emperor: A Biography of Napoleon III

By: Alan Schom

3.65

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

A breakout biography of Louis-Napoleon III, whose controversial achievements have polarized histori… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • 19th century
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • france
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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31. Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King

By: Dan Jones

4.61

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author returns with a biography examining the dramatic life and unpa… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

18 best-selling history books like The Shadow Emperor: A Biography of Napoleon III by Alan Schom

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Washington: A Life

Ron Chernow

4.16

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Misha Glenny

4.09

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Napoleon: A Life

Andrew Roberts

4.23

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Long Walk to Freedom

Nelson Mandela

3.78

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Tim Weiner

3.94

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Tom O'Neill

4.03

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Gary Webb

4.29

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