22 must-read history books like Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy by Tessa Dunlop

Cover of Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy by Tessa Dunlop

Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

By: Tessa Dunlop

3.68

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

This deeply moving story explores the attractions—and the tensions—that defined the most extraordin…

If you liked the history plot in Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy by Tessa Dunlop , here is a list of 22 books like this:

Cover of Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir by Clint Hill, Lisa McCubbin Hill, Lisa McCubbin

1. Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir

By: Clint Hill , Lisa McCubbin Hill , Lisa McCubbin

4.24

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir by Clint Hill that Kirkus Reviews called “clear and honest… read more

Similar categories in Clint Hill's Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"We had been through so much together, mrs. Kennedy and me. More than anyone can imagine. More than anyone can ever know."

-Clint Hill, Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir

"it's been a long time since i've thought about that night, that wonderful raucous night. I can still see the president s surprise and amusement while opening gifts. I can still hear the music, the gu…"

-Clint Hill, Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir

Cover of Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge by Eleanor Herman

2. Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge

By: Eleanor Herman

3.69

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Throughout the centuries, royal mistresses have been worshiped, feared, envied, and reviled. They s… read more

Similar categories in Eleanor Herman's Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford by Clint Hill, Lisa McCubbin Hill

3. Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford

By: Clint Hill , Lisa McCubbin Hill

4.27

Format: 451 pages, Hardcover

A rare and fascinating portrait of the American presidency from the #1 New York Times bestselling a… read more

Similar categories in Clint Hill's Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"If there was one thing I had learned. . . it was that politics was a damn dirty business."

-Clint Hill, Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford

Cover of Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot by J. Randy Taraborrelli

4. Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot

By: J. Randy Taraborrelli

4.31

Format: None pages, Paperback

Jacqueline Bouvier. Ethel Skakel. Joan Bennett. Three women who married into America's royal family… read more

Similar categories in J. Randy Taraborrelli's Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown by Anne Glenconner

5. Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown

By: Anne Glenconner

4.06

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary memoir of drama, tragedy, and royal secrets by Anne Glenconner--a close member of … read more

Similar categories in Anne Glenconner's Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
"According to Princess Margaret, "You can't possibly have a picnic without your butler."

-Anne Glenconner, Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown

"One of the protocols of being in the company of a member of the Royal Family is that if they are standing, you have to stand - you can't sit down until they do. They seem to do an awful lot of standi…"

-Anne Glenconner, Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown

Cover of Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench

6. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

By: Judi Dench

4.56

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Discover the work of the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it bef… read more

Similar categories in Judi Dench's Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"There's magic to be mined in mistakes."

-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

"[Judi Dench, referring to departed colleagues] Where are all those people? Can't believe it. How can it happen? They were so alive and -- so present, so vital. That's why we have to love the now, hav…"

-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

Cover of Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon by Kate Andersen Brower

7. Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon

By: Kate Andersen Brower

4.16

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Residence and First Women, the first ever auth… read more

Similar categories in Kate Andersen Brower's Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder by Edward Humes

8. The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder

By: Edward Humes

4.27

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

After 30 years, Detective Jim Scharf arrested a teenage couple's murderer—and exposed a looming bat… read more

Similar categories in Edward Humes's The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Team of Five: The Presidents Club in the Age of Trump by Kate Andersen Brower

9. Team of Five: The Presidents Club in the Age of Trump

By: Kate Andersen Brower

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

USA Today Bestseller From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Residence and First Wome… read more

Similar categories in Kate Andersen Brower's Team of Five: The Presidents Club in the Age of Trump book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael        Schulman

10. Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears

By: Michael Schulman

4.09

Format: 589 pages, Hardcover

The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively histor… read more

Similar categories in Michael Schulman's Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Courtiers: Intrigue, Ambition, and the Power Players Behind the House of Windsor by Valentine Low

11. Courtiers: Intrigue, Ambition, and the Power Players Behind the House of Windsor

By: Valentine Low

3.64

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The gripping account of how the Royal family really operates from the man who has spent years study… read more

Similar categories in Valentine Low's Courtiers: Intrigue, Ambition, and the Power Players Behind the House of Windsor book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
Cover of The King: The Life of Charles III by Christopher Andersen

12. The King: The Life of Charles III

By: Christopher Andersen

3.94

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Christopher Andersen comes a vivid and unsparing yet symp… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Andersen's The King: The Life of Charles III book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
Cover of Gilded Youth: A History of Growing Up In the Royal Family: From the Plantagenets to the Cambridges by Tom Quinn

13. Gilded Youth: A History of Growing Up In the Royal Family: From the Plantagenets to the Cambridges

By: Tom Quinn

3.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A colorful, fascinating look at growing up in the royal family over the centuries, from the Plantag… read more

Similar categories in Tom Quinn's Gilded Youth: A History of Growing Up In the Royal Family: From the Plantagenets to the Cambridges book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • history
  • nonfiction
  • british literature
Cover of The Romanov Brides by Clare McHugh

14. The Romanov Brides

By: Clare McHugh

3.91

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From the author of A Most English Princess comes a rich novel about young Princess Alix of Hesse—th… read more

Similar categories in Clare McHugh's The Romanov Brides book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • historical
Cover of The Final Curtsey: A Royal Memoir by the Queen's Cousin by Margaret Rhodes

15. The Final Curtsey: A Royal Memoir by the Queen's Cousin

By: Margaret Rhodes

3.87

Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the intimate and revealing autobiography of Margaret Rhodes, the first cousin of Queen Eliz… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Rhodes's The Final Curtsey: A Royal Memoir by the Queen's Cousin book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
Cover of Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff: Declutter, Downsize, and Move Forward with Your Life by Matt Paxton

16. Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff: Declutter, Downsize, and Move Forward with Your Life

By: Matt Paxton

3.76

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

America's top cleaning expert and star of the hit series Legacy List with Matt Paxton distills his … read more

Similar categories in Matt Paxton's Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff: Declutter, Downsize, and Move Forward with Your Life book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • nonfiction
Cover of My Mama, Cass: A Memoir by Owen Elliot-Kugell

17. My Mama, Cass: A Memoir

By: Owen Elliot-Kugell

3.96

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

A long-awaited, myth-busting, and deeply affecting memoir by the daughter of legendary rock star “M… read more

Similar categories in Owen Elliot-Kugell's My Mama, Cass: A Memoir book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait by Gyles Brandreth

18. 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

Similar categories in Gyles Brandreth's Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • british literature
Cover of Cecily by Annie Garthwaite

19. Cecily

By: Annie Garthwaite

4.11

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

"Rebellion?" The word is a spark. They can start a fire with it, or smother it in their fingertips… read more

Similar categories in Annie Garthwaite's Cecily book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • historical
  • british literature
Cover of The Turn of Midnight (Black Death, #2) by Minette Walters

20. The Turn of Midnight (Black Death, #2)

By: Minette Walters

3.99

Format: 472 pages, Kindle Edition

As the year 1349 approaches, the Black Death continues its devastating course across England. In Do… read more

Similar categories in Minette Walters's The Turn of Midnight (Black Death, #2) book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • historical
  • british literature
"After being shown the demesne by Pikeman, and consulting with him at length, the elders had expressed their willingness to bring their fellows to live and work in Bourne on the same terms that My Lor…"

-Minette Walters, The Turn of Midnight (Black Death, #2)

"After being shown the demesne by Pikeman, and consulting with him at length, the elders had expressed their willingness to bring their fellows to live and work in Bourne on the same terms that My Lor…"

-Minette Walters, The Turn of Midnight (Black Death, #2)

Cover of George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy by Sally Bedell Smith

21. 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

Similar categories in Sally Bedell Smith's George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • marriage
  • nonfiction
Cover of My Mother and I by Ingrid Seward

22. My Mother and I

By: Ingrid Seward

3.95

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

The story of the real relationship between King Charles III and his mother, by the esteemed royal b… read more

Similar categories in Ingrid Seward's My Mother and I book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of The Windsors at War: The King, His Brother, and a Family Divided by Alexander Larman

23. The Windsors at War: The King, His Brother, and a Family Divided

By: Alexander Larman

3.95

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The next volume in Alexander Larman's biographical chronicle of the Windsor family, as they go to w… read more

Similar categories in Alexander Larman's The Windsors at War: The King, His Brother, and a Family Divided book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion by Julie Satow

24. When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion

By: Julie Satow

4.06

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

A glittering, glamorous portrait of the golden age of American department stores and of three visio… read more

Similar categories in Julie Satow's When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6) by Kate Atkinson

25. Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6)

By: Kate Atkinson

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The stage is set. Marooned overnight by a snowstorm in a grand country house are a cast of characte… read more

Similar categories in Kate Atkinson's Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6) book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • british literature
Cover of Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp by Michelle    Moran

26. Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp

By: Michelle Moran

4.30

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Maria von Trapp. You know the name and the iconic songs, but do you know her real story? This dram… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Moran's Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • historical
Cover of JFK Jr.: An Intimate Oral Biography by RoseMarie Terenzio

27. JFK Jr.: An Intimate Oral Biography

By: RoseMarie Terenzio

4.43

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The first oral biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. is an extraordinarily intimate, comprehensive look … read more

Similar categories in RoseMarie Terenzio's JFK Jr.: An Intimate Oral Biography book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy by Tessa Dunlop

28. Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

By: Tessa Dunlop

3.68

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

This deeply moving story explores the attractions—and the tensions—that defined the most extraordin… read more

Similar categories in Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • marriage
  • nonfiction
Cover of Catherine, the Princess of Wales: A Biography of the Future Queen by Robert Jobson

29. Catherine, the Princess of Wales: A Biography of the Future Queen

By: Robert Jobson

3.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Through the author’s extensive connections within the royal household, this dynamic new biography t… read more

Similar categories in Robert Jobson's Catherine, the Princess of Wales: A Biography of the Future Queen book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • british literature
Cover of The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House by Nancy Pelosi

30. The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House

By: Nancy Pelosi

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from ho… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Pelosi's The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Precipice by Robert Harris

31. Precipice

By: Robert Harris

4.23

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the… read more

Similar categories in Robert Harris's Precipice book and Tessa Dunlop's Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy

  • historical
  • british literature
"There were twelve deliveries a day in London in 1914. It would be in his hands by mid-afternoon. Pg5"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"The worst crises in politics always occurred, in his experience, when two unrelated problems struck at once. The difficulties weren’t doubled, or even squared, but cubed. Pg345"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"Major Hankey, secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, was brought in by Bongie, and placed in front of him on the table the large red and blue leather-bound volume known as the War Book, he o…"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

19 best-selling historical books like Elizabeth & Philip: A Story of Young Love, Marriage, and Monarchy by Tessa Dunlop

Transform Your Habits

Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir

Clint Hill , Lisa McCubbin Hill , Lisa McCubbin

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge

Eleanor Herman

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford

Clint Hill , Lisa McCubbin Hill

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown

Anne Glenconner

4.06

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21 best-selling fiction books like Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6) by Kate Atkinson

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The Last Word

Elly Griffiths

3.92

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Here One Moment

Liane Moriarty

4.15

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Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)

Elizabeth Strout

4.46

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The Cracked Mirror

Chris Brookmyre

4.07

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