13 Top biography books like Forbidden Wife: The Life and Trials of Lady Augusta Murray by Julia Abel Smith

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Forbidden Wife: The Life and Trials of Lady Augusta Murray

By: Julia Abel Smith

3.99

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

On the night of 4 April 1793, two lovers were preparing to compel a cleric to perform a secret cere…

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Cover of The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier by Scott Zesch

1. The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier

By: Scott Zesch

3.73

Format: 238 pages, Hardcover

On New Year's Day in 1870, ten-year-old Adolph Korn was kidnapped by an Apache raiding party. Trade… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Law & Disorder: The Legendary FBI Profiler's Relentless Pursuit of Justice by None, Mark Olshaker

2. Law & Disorder: The Legendary FBI Profiler's Relentless Pursuit of Justice

By: None , Mark Olshaker

4.48

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

From law enforcement legend John Douglas, the FBI's pioneer of criminal profiling and the model for… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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3. Heavenfield (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #3)

By: L.J. Ross

4.34

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

When a man is found dead at the remote church of Heavenfield, DCI Ryan is the only other person for… read more

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4. Son of York

By: Amy Licence

3.68

Format: 189 pages,

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5. Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman

By: Lucy Worsley

4.20

Format: 498 pages, Kindle Edition

A new, fascinating account of the life of Agatha Christie from celebrated literary and cultural his… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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6. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

By: Rory Stewart

4.36

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"

-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

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7. Lost Heirs of the Medieval Crown: The Kings and Queens Who Never Were

By: J.F. Andrews

4.23

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

“A fascinating study of the also-rans and almost-made-its of medieval history . . . Beautifully wri… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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8. The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

By: Tina Brown

4.03

Format: 571 pages, Hardcover

The gripping inside story of the British royal family’s battle to overcome the dramas of the Diana … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"What Diana’s younger son was thinking only he can tell us, and doubtless will."

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

"Dacre's staff referred to his morning editorial meetings as the “Vagina Monologues,"

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

"Until he lost his hair, Prince William was probably the biggest heartthrob to be heir to the throne since the pre-obese Henry VIII."

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

"Philip had to apologize in 1999 after a walkabout at an Edinburgh electronics factory when he commented that a fuse box bursting with wires looked “as if it was put in by an Indian."

-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil

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9. The Fire and the Ore

By: Olivia Hawker

4.07

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

Three spirited wives in nineteenth-century Utah. One husband. A compelling novel of family, sisterh… read more

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10. The Whalebone Theatre

By: Joanna Quinn

4.06

Format: 558 pages, Hardcover

A transporting, irresistible debut novel that takes its heroine, Cristabel Seagrave, from a theatr… read more

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"Without passion we are only machines."

-Joanna Quinn, The Whalebone Theatre

"A place where exiles gather to talk of passion."

-Joanna Quinn, The Whalebone Theatre

"The men repeatedly request that she play Elgar’s “Nimrod"

-Joanna Quinn, The Whalebone Theatre

"It pleases her immensely that she has created this. It reminds her of playing with the cardboard theatre in the attic, how her favourite part was lying on the floor, doing the voices, making the char…"

-Joanna Quinn, The Whalebone Theatre

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11. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

By: Nikole Hannah-Jones

4.62

Format: 590 pages, Hardcover

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a revealing vision of the American past and present. … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War between the Windsors by Tom Bower

12. Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War between the Windsors

By: Tom Bower

3.86

Format: 541 pages, Kindle Edition

The British Royal Family believed that the dizzy success of the Sussex wedding, watched and celebra… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"Meghan, said Oprah, had been the target of ‘constant criticism [and] blatant sexist and racist remarks by British tabloids’. As she spoke, the screen was covered by a spread of apparently racist head…"

-Tom Bower, Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War between the Windsors

Cover of The Pirate Lord's Wife: A Novel of the Tudor Court (Ladies of the Golden Age) by Anne R. Bailey

13. The Pirate Lord's Wife: A Novel of the Tudor Court (Ladies of the Golden Age)

By: Anne R. Bailey

4.14

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

Historical fiction with a dash of romance for those who love the Tudors. Following your heart’s de… read more

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14. Cor Rotto: A Novel of Catherine Carey

By: Adrienne Dillard

4.10

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Catherine Carey has been dreaming the same dream for three years, since the bloody execution of her… read more

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15. Broken Faith: Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, One of America's Most Dangerous Cults

By: Mitch Weiss

4.15

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In 1979, Jane Whaley, a fiery preacher with a thick Southern drawl, attracted a small group of foll… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of American Mother: The True Story of a Troubled Family, Motherhood and the Cyanide Poisonings That Shook the World by Gregg Olsen

16. American Mother: The True Story of a Troubled Family, Motherhood and the Cyanide Poisonings That Shook the World

By: Gregg Olsen

3.55

Format: 497 pages, Kindle Edition

From the #1 bestselling author comes the shocking true-crime story of a mother and wife, her distur… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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17. Yellow Wife

By: Sadeqa Johnson

4.43

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Wench and Twelve Years a Slave, this harrowing story follows an enslaved woman … read more

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

18. 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

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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19. Lovers at the Museum

By: Isabel Allende

3.48

Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wind Knows My Name comes a mesmerizing tale of tw… read more

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Cover of Grimm Up North (DCI Harry Grimm, #1) by David J. Gatward

20. Grimm Up North (DCI Harry Grimm, #1)

By: David J. Gatward

4.25

Format: 238 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to Wensleydale, where the cheese is famous, the scenery beautiful, and the locals have murd… read more

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21. One Lost Soul (Hidden Norfolk #1)

By: J.M. Dalgliesh

4.08

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

The darkest secrets often hide in plain sight… When a body is found on a lonely cliff top path, … read more

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Cover of Sonny: The Last of the Old Time Mafia Bosses, John "Sonny" Franzese by S.J. Peddie

22. Sonny: The Last of the Old Time Mafia Bosses, John "Sonny" Franzese

By: S.J. Peddie

4.19

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

“Couldn’t put it down.” —Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguy (Goodfellas) and CasinoThe extraordina… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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23. The Lady's Gamble

By: Anne R. Bailey

4.29

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

The Tudor court is full of endless opportunities for power, love and...destruction. Elizabeth Se… read more

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24. The Bone Chests

By: Cat Jarman

4.06

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

From the brilliant bioarchaeologist and bestselling author of River Kings, a gripping new history o… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Lady Caroline Lamb: A Free Spirit by Antonia Fraser

25. Lady Caroline Lamb: A Free Spirit

By: Antonia Fraser

3.73

Format: 224 pages, ebook

The vivid and dramatic life of Lady Caroline Lamb, whose scandalous love affair with Lord Byron ove… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of In the Enemy's House: The Secret Saga of the FBI Agent and the Code Breaker Who Caught the Russian Spies by Howard Blum

26. In the Enemy's House: The Secret Saga of the FBI Agent and the Code Breaker Who Caught the Russian Spies

By: Howard Blum

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The New York Times bestselling author of Dark Invasion and The Last Goodnight once again illuminate… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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27. The Private Lives of Mayfair

By: Peter Thompson

3.48

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

The secret history of one of the most exclusive areas in the world. On the edge of Hyde Park, Mayfa… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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28. The Outrageous Queens

By: Marc Alexander

3.67

Format: 157 pages, Kindle Edition

Outrageous means immoderate, extravagant, extraordinary, violent, furious, grossly cruel, immoral, … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Never Shaken, Never Stirred: The Story of Ann Fleming and Laura, Duchess of Marlborough by Christopher Reindorp

29. Never Shaken, Never Stirred: The Story of Ann Fleming and Laura, Duchess of Marlborough

By: Christopher Reindorp

3.96

Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition

Glamorous, fun and packed with scandalous anecdotes and exclusive interviews, Never Shaken, Never S… read more

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30. Royal Murder

By: Marc Alexander

3.85

Format: 155 pages, Kindle Edition

‘And tell sad stories of the death of How some have deposed, some poisoned by their wives, some sl… read more

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  • history
Cover of Forbidden Wife: The Life and Trials of Lady Augusta Murray by Julia Abel Smith

31. Forbidden Wife: The Life and Trials of Lady Augusta Murray

By: Julia Abel Smith

3.99

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

On the night of 4 April 1793, two lovers were preparing to compel a cleric to perform a secret cere… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

19 must-read history books like Forbidden Wife: The Life and Trials of Lady Augusta Murray by Julia Abel Smith

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The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier

Scott Zesch

3.73

Transform Your Habits

Law & Disorder: The Legendary FBI Profiler's Relentless Pursuit of Justice

None , Mark Olshaker

4.48

Transform Your Habits

Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman

Lucy Worsley

4.20

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Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Rory Stewart

4.36

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The Bad Popes

E.R. Chamberlin

4.18

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Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

Jonathan Kennedy

3.94

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Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins–and WWII Heroes

Tim Brady

4.01

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The Grit in the Pearl: The Scandalous Life of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (The shocking true story behind A Very British Scandal, starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany)

Lyndsy Spence

3.55

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