6 must-read historical books like The Siege of Vienna: The Last Great Trial Between Cross and Crescent by John Stoye

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The Siege of Vienna: The Last Great Trial Between Cross and Crescent

By: John Stoye

3.56

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

"In his splendid study The Siege of Vienna , the Oxford historian John Stoye provides a detailed ac…

If you liked the historical plot in The Siege of Vienna: The Last Great Trial Between Cross and Crescent by John Stoye , here is a list of 6 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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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
"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. Ward No. 6 and Other Stories

By: Anton Chekhov , Constance Garnett , David Plante

4.30

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Ward No. 6 and Other Stories, by Anton Chekhov, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics (1899), as w… read more

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"Žemėje nėra nieko gero, kas pačioje savo pradžioje nebūtų buvę šlykštu."

-Anton Chekhov, Ward No. 6 and Other Stories

"My illness is only that in twenty years I have only found one intelligent man in the whole town, and he is mad."

-Anton Chekhov, Ward No. 6 and Other Stories

"However magnificent a dawn lighted up your life, you would yet in the end be nailed up in a coffin and thrown into a hole."

-Anton Chekhov, Ward No. 6 and Other Stories

"But you know dozens, hundreds of madmen are walking about in freedom because your ignorance is incapable of distinguishing them from the sane."

-Anton Chekhov, Ward No. 6 and Other Stories

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3. The Germans in Normandy

By: Richard Hargreaves

4.18

Format: 471 pages, Kindle Edition

This account of the D-Day invasion—from the German point of view—includes maps and photos.   The Al… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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4. The Longest Afternoon: The 400 Men Who Decided the Battle of Waterloo

By: Brendan Simms

3.60

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

In 1815, the deposed emperor Napoleon returned to France and threatened the already devastated and … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
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5. Nocturnal

By: Scott Sigler

4.12

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

Scott Sigler reinvented the alien-invasion story in his bestselling novels Infectedand Contagious..… read more

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6. Dogs of War (Dogs of War, #1)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.24

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

My name is Rex. I am a good dog. Rex is also seven foot tall at the shoulder, bulletproof, bris… read more

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  • war
"My name is Rex. I am a Good Dog."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Dogs of War (Dogs of War, #1)

"Sometimes it is hard because we have to make choices. I remember when having to make choices scared me more than anything else except Master being angry with me. Now I know that making choices is the…"

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Dogs of War (Dogs of War, #1)

"There are still fierce pressure groups shouting about letting go of humanity, but they are the same groups who cry that Bioforms are less than human. One day the world will be ready to accept that hu…"

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Dogs of War (Dogs of War, #1)

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7. Stormbird (Wars of the Roses, #1)

By: Conn Iggulden

4.33

Format: 25 pages, Hardcover

King Henry V - the great Lion of England - is long dead. In 1437, after years of regency, the pious… read more

Similar categories in Conn Iggulden's Stormbird (Wars of the Roses, #1) book and John Stoye's The Siege of Vienna: The Last Great Trial Between Cross and Crescent

  • historical
  • medieval
  • war

8. Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany

By: Shaun Whiteside , Norman Ohler

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this highly original book, a bestseller in Germany, Norman Ohler investigates the murky, chaotic… read more

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9. Burma '44: The Battle That Turned Britain's War in the East

By: James Holland

3.89

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

'A thrilling blow-by-blow account' The Times In February 1944, a rag-tag collection of clerks, driv… read more

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10. The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

By: Candice Millard

4.24

Format: None pages,

At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Dou… read more

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11. Centurion (Eagle, #8)

By: Simon Scarrow

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel featuring Roman army officers Macro and Cato on their most dangerous mission y… read more

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12. Shroud of Night

By: Andy Clark

3.75

Format: 263 pages, Paperback

An band of elite Chaos Space Marines from the Alpha Legion undertake a deadly stealth mission to in… read more

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13. 2034: A Novel of the Next World War

By: Elliot Ackerman

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Il 12 marzo 2034 il commodoro della Marina militare degli Stati Uniti – Sarah Hunt – si trova sul p… read more

Similar categories in Elliot Ackerman's 2034: A Novel of the Next World War book and John Stoye's The Siege of Vienna: The Last Great Trial Between Cross and Crescent

  • military fiction
  • war
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14. 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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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
"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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15. The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World

By: Tim Marshall

4.20

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

In this revelatory new book, Marshall explores ten regions that are set to shape global politics in… read more

Similar categories in Tim Marshall's The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World book and John Stoye's The Siege of Vienna: The Last Great Trial Between Cross and Crescent

  • nonfiction
  • history
"Vietnam is an irritation for China. For centuries the two have squabbled over territory, and unfortunately for both this is the one area to the south which has a border an army can get across without…"

-Tim Marshall, The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World

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16. Alien: Enemy of My Enemy

By: Mary SanGiovanni

3.72

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

While a moon hurtles toward certain destruction, taking with it a Weyland-Yutani bioweapons lab, ta… read more

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17. Valdor: Birth of the Imperium (The Horus Heresy: Characters)

By: Chris Wraight

4.14

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Explore the history of one of the most well known heroes of the Imperium in this awesome new novel … read more

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  • military fiction
"Knowledge is no crime." "In itself, no. But what is done with it, that can be."

-Chris Wraight, Valdor: Birth of the Imperium (The Horus Heresy: Characters)

"I lived , captain-general. It was short, and it was painful, but by the nine hells, I lived. I'd rather have it that way than yours - no joy, no hate, no fear. Unbreakable without growth, immortal wi…"

-Chris Wraight, Valdor: Birth of the Imperium (The Horus Heresy: Characters)

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18. The Lion: Son of the Forest (Warhammer 40,000)

By: Mike Brooks

4.42

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

The Lion. Son of the Emperor, brother of demigods and Primarch of the Dark Angels. Awakened. Return… read more

Similar categories in Mike Brooks's The Lion: Son of the Forest (Warhammer 40,000) book and John Stoye's The Siege of Vienna: The Last Great Trial Between Cross and Crescent

  • war
"I asked myself in the aftermath of the Siege of Terra whether the so-called victory was worth the cost. Now I wonder if we won at all."

-Mike Brooks, The Lion: Son of the Forest (Warhammer 40,000)

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19. Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921

By: Antony Beevor

3.90

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

An epic new account of the conflict that reshaped Eastern Europe and set the stage for the rest of … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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20. The End and the Death: Volume III (The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra)

By: Dan Abnett

4.48

Format: 507 pages, Hardcover

Siege of Terra Book 8, Part 3 It all comes down to this final confrontation – the Emperor versus… read more

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"And in the end. It's just a man killing his son with a stone...then the galaxy burns"

-Dan Abnett, The End and the Death: Volume III (The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra)

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21. Cadia Stands (Cadia #1)

By: Justin D. Hill

3.77

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The brutal war for Cadia is decided, as Lord Castellan Ursarkar Creed and the armies of the Imperiu… read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
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22. Aliens: Bishop

By: T.R. Napper

3.99

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

A direct sequel to Aliens and Alien 3 —Weyland-Yutani, the Colonial Marines, and Bishop’s creator a… read more

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23. Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America

By: Pekka Hämäläinen

4.05

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

There is an old, deeply rooted story about America that goes like this: Columbus “discovers” a stra… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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24. Day of Ascension

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

3.92

Format: None pages, None

A Genestealer Cults Novel The people of forge world Morod have found a new hope against despair … read more

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  • military fiction
  • war
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25. Mozart: The Reign of Love

By: Jan Swafford

4.33

Format: 832 pages, ebook

From the acclaimed composer and biographer Jan Swafford comes the definitive biography of one of th… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • european history
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26. Alien: Inferno's Fall

By: Philippa Ballantine

3.45

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

A gargantuan, horseshoe-shaped ship appears over the mining planet Shānmén, unleashing a black rain… read more

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27. Apocalypse (Toy Soldiers #1)

By: Devon C. Ford

4.13

Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition

A Zombie Survival Thriller The only thing worse than death, is living in hell on Earth. Disorde… read more

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28. Aliens vs. Predators: Ultimate Prey

By: Bryan Thomas Schmidt

3.97

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

Fifteen new and original stories for a first-of-its-kind anthology, set in the expanded Aliens vs. … read more

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29. The Trial of the Century

By: Gregg Jarrett

3.81

Format: None pages, Audiobook

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A gripping and comprehensive history of the iconic attorney Clarence Darrow and… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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30. The Ashes of Prospero (Space Marine Conquests #2)

By: Gav Thorpe

3.92

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A Space Marine Conquests novel Concerned by his Chapter’s diminishing numbers, Logan Grimnar ent… read more

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31. The Siege of Vienna: The Last Great Trial Between Cross and Crescent

By: John Stoye

3.56

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

"In his splendid study The Siege of Vienna , the Oxford historian John Stoye provides a detailed ac… read more

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  • history
  • 17th century
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • poland
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • medieval

10 must-read history books like The Siege of Vienna: The Last Great Trial Between Cross and Crescent by John Stoye

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Ron Chernow

4.16

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Richard Hargreaves

4.18

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The Longest Afternoon: The 400 Men Who Decided the Battle of Waterloo

Brendan Simms

3.60

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

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Bernard Cornwell

4.18

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Robyn Young

4.53

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Giles Kristian

3.90

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