12 must-read nonfiction books like Oliver Cromwell by John Buchan

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Oliver Cromwell

By: John Buchan

3.70

Format: 550 pages, Paperback

Buchan sets out to redress popular opinion of this English soldier and statesman. His biography ac…

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1. Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth

By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien

2.43

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Unfinished Talesis a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth t… read more

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2. A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain

By: Marc Morris

3.95

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

This is the first major biography for a generation of a truly formidable king - a man born to rule … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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3. The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation

By: Ian Mortimer

3.50

Format: 185 pages, Paperback

He ordered his uncle to be beheaded; he usurped his father's throne; he taxed his people more than … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

4. Battle Cry of Freedom

By: James M. McPherson

3.91

Format: None pages, Paperback

Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, B… read more

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5. The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself

By: Michael A. Singer

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

What would it be like to free yourself from limitations and soar beyond your boundaries? What can y… read more

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6. River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile

By: Candice Millard

3.84

Format: 349 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of RIVER OF DOUBT and DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC, the stirr… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"..the charm of the scenery was perhaps enhanced by the reflection that my eyes might never look upon it again....Masses of brown-purple clouds covered the quarter of the heavens where the sun was abo…"

-Candice Millard, River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile

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7. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

By: David Graeber

4.20

Format: 692 pages, Hardcover

A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions abo… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"Humans - from this other perspective, which is just as extreme in its own way - are at best an arbitrary constellation of cultural elements, perhaps assembled according to some prevailing spirit, cod…"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

"One might ask, how could that most basic element of all human freedoms, the freedom to make promises and commitments and thus build relationships, be turned into its very opposite: into peonage, serf…"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

"There is an obvious objection to evolutionary models which assume that our strongest social ties are based on close biological kinship: many humans just don’t like their families very much. And this …"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

"In the Middle Ages, most people in other parts of the world who actually knew anything about northern Europe at all considered it an obscure and uninviting backwater full of religious fanatics who, a…"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

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8. The Making of the Modern Middle East: A Personal History

By: Jeremy Bowen

4.38

Format: 465 pages, Kindle Edition

A Sunday Times Paperback of the YearA Spectator and New Statesman Book of the Year‘An illuminating … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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9. Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942

By: Max Hastings

4.25

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Renowned historian Max Hastings recreates one of the most thrilling events of World War II: Operati… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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10. Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

By: Stephen Fry

4.35

Format: 414 pages, Hardcover

The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty,… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"His reward is the eternal fame that is both priceless and worthless"

-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

"Bij onze geboorte ligt ons lot al vast, en niemand heeft ooit het zijne kunnen ontlopen (Hektor)"

-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

"Forget him. What is treasure? Or Briseis, or honor, or anything? Next to the life of the one I loved best and dearest? My beloved, my only Patroclus."

-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

"Zelfs de onsterfelijke goden waren niet bij machte zich te verhouden tot, mee te leven met, nakomelingen te verwekken bij en het lot te bepalen van zo'n aanzwellende schare eerzuchtige, vernuftige en…"

-Stephen Fry, Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)

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11. Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe

By: Rachel Chrastil

3.84

Format: 485 pages, Hardcover

'Compassionate and thought-provoking history' Daily Telegraph'Superb on the human consequences of w… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Chrastil's Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe book and John Buchan's Oliver Cromwell

  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Edward III: A Heroic Failure (Penguin Monarchs) by Jonathan Sumption

12. Edward III: A Heroic Failure (Penguin Monarchs)

By: Jonathan Sumption

3.79

Format: 115 pages, Hardcover

Edward III lived through bloody and turbulent times. His father was deposed by his mother and her l… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Bohemond of Taranto: Crusader and Conqueror by Georgios Theotokis

13. Bohemond of Taranto: Crusader and Conqueror

By: Georgios Theotokis

3.90

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Bohemond of Taranto, Lord of Antioch, unofficial leader of the First Crusade, was a man of boundles… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Tragedy at Dieppe: Operation Jubilee, August 19, 1942 (Canadian Battle) by Mark Zuehlke

14. Tragedy at Dieppe: Operation Jubilee, August 19, 1942 (Canadian Battle)

By: Mark Zuehlke

4.14

Format: 420 pages, Hardcover

Now in paper! The gripping story of the Canadian Army's disastrous raid on Dieppe -- the tenth inst… read more

Similar categories in Mark Zuehlke's Tragedy at Dieppe: Operation Jubilee, August 19, 1942 (Canadian Battle) book and John Buchan's Oliver Cromwell

  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Oliver Cromwell by John Buchan

15. Oliver Cromwell

By: John Buchan

3.70

Format: 550 pages, Paperback

Buchan sets out to redress popular opinion of this English soldier and statesman. His biography ac… read more

Similar categories in John Buchan's Oliver Cromwell book and John Buchan's Oliver Cromwell

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • church history

12 Best history books like Oliver Cromwell by John Buchan

Transform Your Habits

A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain

Marc Morris

3.95

Transform Your Habits

The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation

Ian Mortimer

3.50

Transform Your Habits

River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile

Candice Millard

3.84

Transform Your Habits

The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

David Graeber

4.20

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19 best-selling history books like Tragedy at Dieppe: Operation Jubilee, August 19, 1942 (Canadian Battle) by Mark Zuehlke

Transform Your Habits

Beyond Good and Evil

Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale

4.02

Transform Your Habits

The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon

Alex Kershaw

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Winston's War: Churchill, 1940-1945

Max Hastings

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory

Ben Macintyre

4.25

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