17 Top nonfiction books like Duel of Eagles: The Greatest Book on the Batte of Britain Ever Written by Peter Townsend

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Duel of Eagles: The Greatest Book on the Batte of Britain Ever Written

By: Peter Townsend

4.19

Format: 455 pages, Hardcover

Dogfights in the sky, ruthless political maneuvers, legendary heroes of the air like Richthofen (th…

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Cover of The Fall of Berlin 1945 by Antony Beevor

1. The Fall of Berlin 1945

By: Antony Beevor

4.29

Format: 490 pages, Paperback

The Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Reich in January 1945.… read more

Similar categories in Antony Beevor's The Fall of Berlin 1945 book and Peter Townsend's Duel of Eagles: The Greatest Book on the Batte of Britain Ever Written

  • history
  • military fiction
  • germany
  • military history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"Sé practico: regala un ataúd"

-Antony Beevor, The Fall of Berlin 1945

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2. The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

By: Michael Shaara

4.33

Format: 345 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fought for two drea… read more

Similar categories in Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) book and Peter Townsend's Duel of Eagles: The Greatest Book on the Batte of Britain Ever Written

  • military fiction
  • war
"Never let them see you run."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

"Southern women like their men religious and a little mad."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

"He was one of those, like Stuart, who looked on war as God's greatest game."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

"…[W]e have a country here where the past cannot keep a good man in chains, and that's the nature of the war."

-Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

Cover of Death in the Clouds (Hercule Poirot, #12) by Agatha Christie

3. Death in the Clouds (Hercule Poirot, #12)

By: Agatha Christie

3.96

Format: 325 pages, Paperback

A woman is killed by a poisoned dart in the enclosed confines of a commercial passeneger plane... F… read more

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4. Night Film

By: Marisha Pessl

3.78

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

On a damp October night, 24-year-old Ashley Cordova is found dead in an abandoned warehouse in lowe… read more

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"Freak the ferocious out."

-Marisha Pessl, Night Film

"Moe was a triple threat."

-Marisha Pessl, Night Film

"Sovereign. Deadly. Perfect."

-Marisha Pessl, Night Film

" Everyone smiles for a photograph. "

-Marisha Pessl, Night Film

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5. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

By: Stephen E. Ambrose

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

As good a rifle company as any, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, US Army, kept getting tough … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
"We know how to win wars. We must learn now to win peace..."

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

"We can't make you do anything, but we can make you wish you had. - Army saying"

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

"Chickenshit is so called - instead of horse- or bull- or elephant shit - because it is small-minded and ignoble and takes the trivial seriously."

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

"Within Easy Company they had made the best friends they had ever had, or would ever have. They were prepared to die for each other; more important, they were prepared to kill for each other."

-Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

Cover of The Royal Stuarts: A History of the Family That Shaped Britain by Allan Massie

6. The Royal Stuarts: A History of the Family That Shaped Britain

By: Allan Massie

3.69

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

"Compelling...A masterly feat...A magnificent, sweeping, authoritative, warm yet wry history." --Th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji, Sōji Shimada, Ho-Ling Wong

7. The Decagon House Murders

By: Yukito Ayatsuji , Sōji Shimada , Ho-Ling Wong

2.50

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Students from a university mystery club decide to visit an island which was the site of a grisly mu… read more

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8. Reach for the Sky

By: Paul Brickhill

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The inspirational story of Douglas Bader, DSO, DFC. read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
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9. The Gestapo: A History of Horror

By: Mervyn Savill , Jacques Delarue

4.04

Format: 417 pages, Paperback

From 1933 to 1945, the Gestapo was Nazi Germany's chief instrument of counter-espionage, political … read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction

10. Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer

By: James L. Swanson

3.78

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

A fascinating tale of murder, intrigue, and betrayal. A gripping hour-by-hour account told through … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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11. Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain

By: Len Deighton

3.91

Format: 736 pages,

It was the battle that proved Great Britain was a vital force in World War II. It inspired Churchil… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of Peter the Great: His Life and World by Robert K. Massie

12. Peter the Great: His Life and World

By: Robert K. Massie

4.14

Format: 909 pages, Paperback

Against the monumental canvas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and Russia, unfolds the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

13. A Thousand Shall Fall: The True Story of a Canadian Bomber Pilot in World War Two

By: Murray Peden

3.14

Format: 54 pages, Paperback

During World War II, Canada trained tens of thousands of airmen under the British Commonwealth Air … read more

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Cover of A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II by Larry Alexander, Adam Makos

14. A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

By: Larry Alexander , Adam Makos

4.36

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Four days before Christmas 1943, a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly over wartime Germ… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
"You fight by rules to keep your humanity"

-Larry Alexander, A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

15. Blitzkrieg: Myth, Reality, and Hitler's Lightning War: France 1940

By: Lloyd Clark

4.17

Format: 267 pages,

In the spring of 1940, the Germans launched a military offensive in France and the Low Countries th… read more

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16. Making It So

By: Patrick Stewart

4.33

Format: 469 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart! From h… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Stewart's Making It So book and Peter Townsend's Duel of Eagles: The Greatest Book on the Batte of Britain Ever Written

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War by Malcolm Gladwell

17. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

By: Malcolm Gladwell

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war In The Bomber Ma… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
"Revolutions are birthed in conversation, argument, validation, proximity, and the look in your listener’s eye that tells you you’re on to something."

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

"I'm drawn again and again to obsessives. I like them. I like the idea that someone could push away all the concerns and details that make up everyday life and just zero in on one thing - the thing th…"

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

"The more you invest in a set of beliefs - the greater the sacrifice you make in the service of that conviction - the more resistant you will be to evidence that suggests that you are mistaken. You do…"

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

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18. The Defector (Apollo Murders, #2)

By: Chris Hadfield

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author, astronaut, and fighter pilot Chris Hadfield comes a rivetin… read more

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  • military fiction
Cover of Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties by David de Jong

19. Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties

By: David de Jong

4.21

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions off the horrors… read more

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  • history
  • germany
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
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20. Out of the Desert

By: Tom Walker

4.27

Format: 196 pages, ebook

Young, ambitious Royal Air Force pilot Peter Denhay is posted to an operational bomber squadron at … read more

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21. The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters

By: Susan Page

3.90

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of the most successful female broadcaster of all time—Barbara Walters—a wo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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22. The Final Flight

By: James Blatch

4.46

Format: 530 pages, Kindle Edition

A deadly crash, a government conspiracy, a lone pilot with one chance to uncover the truth. Proj… read more

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23. Luck of the Draw

By: Frank Murphy

4.22

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “In the pursuit of authenticity, of accurate history and und… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat (Pierre Clostermann's Air War Collection Book 1) by Pierre Clostermann

24. The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat (Pierre Clostermann's Air War Collection Book 1)

By: Pierre Clostermann

4.57

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

'THE BIG SHOW is as close as you'll ever get to fighting for your life from the cockpit of a Spitfi… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
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25. Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War II

By: James Holland

4.30

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces based in Britain and Italy l… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
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26. Duel of Eagles: The Greatest Book on the Batte of Britain Ever Written

By: Peter Townsend

4.19

Format: 455 pages, Hardcover

Dogfights in the sky, ruthless political maneuvers, legendary heroes of the air like Richthofen (th… read more

Similar categories in Peter Townsend's Duel of Eagles: The Greatest Book on the Batte of Britain Ever Written book and Peter Townsend's Duel of Eagles: The Greatest Book on the Batte of Britain Ever Written

  • history
  • military fiction
  • germany
  • military history
  • war
  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
  • france
  • battle of britain

17 must-read history books like Duel of Eagles: The Greatest Book on the Batte of Britain Ever Written by Peter Townsend

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The Fall of Berlin 1945

Antony Beevor

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

Stephen E. Ambrose

4.43

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The Royal Stuarts: A History of the Family That Shaped Britain

Allan Massie

3.69

Reach for the Sky

Paul Brickhill

3.82

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Into the Silk: The Dramatic True Stories of Airmen Who Baled Out — And Lived (Developments in Aviation Book 1)

Ian Mackersey

4.24

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Duel of Eagles: The Classic Pilot's Account of the Battle of Britain (Peter Townsend's Air War Collection Book 1)

Peter Townsend

4.55

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Walker, R.N.: The Greatest U-Boat Hunter of the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two)

Terence Robertson

4.61

Transform Your Habits

The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat (Pierre Clostermann's Air War Collection Book 1)

Pierre Clostermann

4.57

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