5 must-read history books like The Military Experience in the Age of Reason by Christopher Duffy

Cover of The Military Experience in the Age of Reason by Christopher Duffy

The Military Experience in the Age of Reason

By: Christopher Duffy

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

War in the 18th century was a bloody business. A line of infantry would slowly march, to the beat o…

If you liked the history plot in The Military Experience in the Age of Reason by Christopher Duffy , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of The Thirty Years War by Anthony Grafton, C.V. Wedgwood

1. The Thirty Years War

By: Anthony Grafton , C.V. Wedgwood

4.18

Format: 520 pages, Paperback

Europe in 1618 was divided between Protestants and Catholics, and Bourbon and Hapsburg, as well as … read more

Similar categories in Anthony Grafton's The Thirty Years War book and Christopher Duffy's The Military Experience in the Age of Reason

  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
"The nationalist regrets the change; an ill-founded belief in the merits of purity blinds him to the virtues of the foreign and the hybrid."

-Anthony Grafton, The Thirty Years War

2. The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East

By: Eugene Rogan

3.60

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

In 1914 the Ottoman Empire was depleted of men and resources after years of war against Balkan nati… read more

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3. The Wars of Louis XIV 1667-1714

By: John A. Lynn

3.71

Format: 498 pages, Paperback

Warfare dominated the long reign of Louis XIV. From 1672, France was continuously at war for over 4… read more

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4. A Christmas Carol

By: Charles Dickens

4.08

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

'If I had my way, every idiot who goes around with Merry Christmas on his lips, would be boiled wit… read more

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"Hallo, my fine fellow!"

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

"God bless us, every one!"

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

"And how did little Tim behave?"

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

"Marley was dead: to begin with."

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

Cover of The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History by Alexander Mikaberidze

5. The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History

By: Alexander Mikaberidze

4.34

Format: 936 pages, Hardcover

Austerlitz, Wagram, Borodino, Trafalgar, Leipzig, Waterloo: these are the places most closely assoc… read more

Similar categories in Alexander Mikaberidze's The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History book and Christopher Duffy's The Military Experience in the Age of Reason

  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
Cover of King William's War: The First Contest for North America, 1689–1697 by Michael G. Laramie

6. King William's War: The First Contest for North America, 1689–1697

By: Michael G. Laramie

4.24

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Fought in New York, New England, and Canada, the conflict that began the long French and English st… read more

Similar categories in Michael G. Laramie's King William's War: The First Contest for North America, 1689–1697 book and Christopher Duffy's The Military Experience in the Age of Reason

  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Military Experience in the Age of Reason by Christopher Duffy

7. The Military Experience in the Age of Reason

By: Christopher Duffy

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

War in the 18th century was a bloody business. A line of infantry would slowly march, to the beat o… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Duffy's The Military Experience in the Age of Reason book and Christopher Duffy's The Military Experience in the Age of Reason

  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • 18th century
Cover of Queen Anne's War: The Second Contest for North America, 1702–1713 by Michael G. Laramie

8. Queen Anne's War: The Second Contest for North America, 1702–1713

By: Michael G. Laramie

4.48

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Although King William’s War (1689–1697) had established the basic disputes between New France and t… read more

Similar categories in Michael G. Laramie's Queen Anne's War: The Second Contest for North America, 1702–1713 book and Christopher Duffy's The Military Experience in the Age of Reason

  • history

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Waterloo: The True Story of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles

Bernard Cornwell

4.23

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Tom Holland

4.16

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Adrian Goldsworthy

4.19

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4.23

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