Queen Victoria and The Romanovs: Sixty Years of Mutual Distrust
By: Coryne Hall
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Despite their frequent visits to England, Queen Victoria never quite trusted the Romanovs. In her l…
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1. Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors (The History of England, #1)
By: Peter Ackroyd
4.04
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
Peter Ackroyd, whose work has always been underpinned by a profound interest in and understanding o… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- european history
- british literature
"History is about longing and belonging. It is about the need for permanence and the perception of continuity. It concerns the atavistic desire to find deep sources of identity. We live again in the t…"-Peter Ackroyd, Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors (The History of England, #1)
2. Queen Victoria's Matchmaking: The Royal Marriages that Shaped Europe
By: Deborah Cadbury
4.04
Format: 382 pages, Hardcover
A captivating exploration of the role in which Queen Victoria exerted most international power and … read more
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- 19th century
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3. The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
By: Dan Jones
4.27
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
The fifteenth century experienced the longest and bloodiest series of civil wars in British history… read more
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- european history
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"Rebels depend on willful gullibility."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
"Extravagance was a political necessity."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
"Much of the outward business of kingship came naturally."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
"As with many tragedies, our story opens in a moment of triumph."-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
4. De Profundis
By: Oscar Wilde , Richard Ellmann
4.03
Format: 246 pages,
De Profundis (Latin: "from the depths") is a 50,000 word letter written by Oscar Wilde during his i… read more
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- nonfiction
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5. Victoria: A Life
By: A.N. Wilson
3.93
Format: None pages, Hardcover
When Queen Victoria died in 1901, she had ruled for nearly sixty-four years. She was a mother of ni… read more
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- history
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6. The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
By: Helen Rappaport
3.99
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
They were the Princess Dianas of their day--perhaps the most photographed and talked about young ro… read more
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7. The Romanovs: The Final Chapter
By: Robert K. Massie
3.80
Format: 654 pages, Paperback
In July 1991, nine skeletons were exhumed from a shallow mass grave near Ekaterinburg, Siberia, a f… read more
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8. Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire
By: Amanda Foreman
4.18
Format: 342 pages, Paperback
The winner of Britain's prestigious Whitbread Prize and a bestseller there for months, this wonderf… read more
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9. The History of Love
By: Nicole Krauss
4.39
Format: None pages,
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found Fourteen-year-old Alma Singer is trying t… read more
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10. The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
By: Dan Jones
3.25
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
The first Plantagenet king inherited a blood-soaked kingdom from the Normans and transformed it int… read more
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11. Tudors: The History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I (The History of England, #2)
By: Peter Ackroyd
4.53
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Rich in detail and atmosphere and told in vivid prose, Tudors recounts the transformation of Englan… read more
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12. 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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13. The Mayor of Maxwell Street
By: Avery Cunningham
3.56
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
When a rich Black debutante enlists the help of a low-level speakeasy manager to identify the head … read more
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14. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
By: David Mitchell
4.16
Format: 433 pages, ebook
A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more
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- biography
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"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
15. The New Life
By: Tom Crewe
3.77
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
Two Victorian marriages, two dangerous love affairs, one extraordinary partnership . . .London, 189… read more
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"Science requires a rational audience."-Tom Crewe, The New Life
"True development does not respect comfort."-Tom Crewe, The New Life
"We British are used to being ruthless, of course, but only the men. The women aren't. We don't grab. We shouldn't . But we have to, to make some room for ourselves."-Tom Crewe, The New Life
"...John wondered if she would ever be so unthinkingly imperious again; whether her childish powers of command would survive the dislocation from home, the knowledge of her smallness in the greater wo…"-Tom Crewe, The New Life
16. River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Road
By: Cat Jarman
4.06
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant new history that dramatically reassesses how far the Viking world extended. Dr Cat Ja… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- european history
17. Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918
By: Katja Hoyer
4.17
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Before 1871, Germany was not a nation but an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable… read more
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- german literature
- history
- 19th century
- nonfiction
- european history
18. The Wives: A Memoir
By: Simone Gorrindo
3.79
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A captivating memoir that tells the story of one woman’s experience of joining a community of army … read more
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- biography
19. The Story of Russia
By: Orlando Figes
4.27
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
“This is the essential backstory, the history book that you need if you want to understand modern R… read more
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- russia
- history
- nonfiction
- russian history
- european history
20. Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century
By: Stephen Galloway
3.75
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST A New York Times Bestseller "A "well rou… read more
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21. Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story.
By: Robert Hardman
3.92
Format: 456 pages, Kindle Edition
The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller‘Fascinating . . . The book everyone is talking about’ – Daily Mai… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- history
- british literature
"He's a very charming person - very warm and very friendly...I admire the way he interacts with people. That, to me, speaks to the measure of our King."-Robert Hardman, Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story.
22. Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor
By: Andrew Lownie
3.82
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
Traitor King, by Sunday Times bestselling author Andrew Lownie, looks at the years following the ab… read more
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- biography
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- british literature
"The problem was that the Duke wanted status not a job, to be recognised rather than to contribute."-Andrew Lownie, Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor
23. Messalina: Empress, Adulteress, Libertine: The Story of the Most Notorious Woman of the Roman World
By: Honor Cargill-Martin
4.06
Format: 432 pages, ebook
The shocking and scandalous story of Messalina—the third wife of Emperor Claudius—one of the most c… read more
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24. After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War
By: Helen Rappaport
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From Helen Rappaport, the New York Times bestselling author of The Romanov Sisters comes After the … read more
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- history
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- romanovs
- nonfiction
- european history
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"His wife, "who only demanded of life that it should amuse her"."-Helen Rappaport, After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War
"(B)ut behind it all-- nothing: just vodka and the void. (Coco Chanel)"-Helen Rappaport, After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War
"We lived side by side with life but were afraid of meeting it. (Maria Pavlovna)"-Helen Rappaport, After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War
"(H)is action was merely "galvanizing the corpse" of an army that was already in retreat and heading for defeat."-Helen Rappaport, After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War
25. The Queen's Fortune
By: Allison Pataki
4.22
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping novel about the extraordinary woman who captured Napoleon’s heart, created a dynasty, an… read more
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"A crown is both a great gift and an onerous burden."-Allison Pataki, The Queen's Fortune
"Love is in no way essential to a successful marriage"-Allison Pataki, The Queen's Fortune
"Frivolity is destructive, and complacency is corrosive"-Allison Pataki, The Queen's Fortune
"Ambition is never content, even at the summit of greatness."-Allison Pataki, The Queen's Fortune
26. Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait
By: Gyles Brandreth
4.41
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
A personal account of the life and character of Britain's longest-reigning monarch, from the writer… read more
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- british literature
27. George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy
By: Sally Bedell Smith
4.28
Format: 736 pages, Hardcover
A revelatory account of how King George VI and Queen Elizabeth's loving marriage saved the monarchy… read more
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- biography
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- british literature
28. The House of Dudley: A New History of Tudor England
By: Joanne Paul
4.17
Format: 506 pages, Hardcover
Told for the very first time, this is the shocking and extraordinary story of the most-conniving an… read more
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- british literature
29. Prince Albert: The Man Who Saved the Monarchy
By: A.N. Wilson
3.86
Format: 464 pages, Kindle Edition
In this companion biography to the acclaimed Victoria, A. N. Wilson offers a deeply textured and am… read more
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- biography
- british literature
- 19th century
- nonfiction
30. The Life and Death of Ella Grand Duchess of Russia: A Romanov Tragedy
By: Christopher Warwick
4.12
Format: 373 pages, Kindle Edition
Originally published in hardback as Ella: Princess, Saint and Martyr, the definitive biography of G… read more
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- history
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- romanovs
- nonfiction
31. Queen Victoria and The Romanovs: Sixty Years of Mutual Distrust
By: Coryne Hall
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Despite their frequent visits to England, Queen Victoria never quite trusted the Romanovs. In her l… read more
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- 19th century
- romanovs
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