12 must-read history books like The Great Tours: Greece and Turkey, from Athens to Istanbul by John R. Hale

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The Great Tours: Greece and Turkey, from Athens to Istanbul

By: John R. Hale

4.30

Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length 12 hours and 24 minutes The shimmering turquoise waters and lost worlds of the …

If you liked the history plot in The Great Tours: Greece and Turkey, from Athens to Istanbul by John R. Hale , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. The Woman in White

By: Wilkie Collins , Matthew Sweet

4.01

Format: 672 pages, Paperback

Librarian note: Alternate covers can be found here and here. 'In one moment, every drop of blood… read more

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"I am a bundle of nerves dressed up to look like a man!"

-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

"... our endurance must end, and our resistance begin, to-day."

-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

"You don’t have to speak at all— I know what you’d say… - Laura"

-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

"My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody."

-Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

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2. Living the French Revolution and the Age of Napoleon

By: None , Suzanne M. Desan

4.26

Format: 24 pages, Audible Audio

The 25 years between the onset of the French Revolution in 1789 and the Bourbon Restoration after N… read more

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  • history
Cover of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard

3. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

By: Mary Beard

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

New York TimesBestseller * National Book Critics Circle Finalist * Wall Street JournalBest Books of… read more

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  • history

4. Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World

By: Anthony Doerr

3.64

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The Shell Collector and About Grace comes an evocative memoir of t… read more

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  • travel
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5. The Odyssey of Homer (Great Courses, #302)

By: Elizabeth Vandiver

4.04

Format: None pages,

Keats compared discovering Homer to "finding a new planet." What is it in Homer's great works--and … read more

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  • history
Cover of Alexander the Great and the Macedonian Empire by Kenneth W. Harl

6. Alexander the Great and the Macedonian Empire

By: Kenneth W. Harl

3.82

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Alexander the Great - one of the most renowned figures in antiquity - has inspired everything from … read more

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  • history

7. The History of Ancient Egypt (The Great Courses #350)

By: Bob Brier

0.00

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

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8. The Early Middle Ages

By: Philip Daileader

4.20

Format: None pages, Audiobook

We often call them the "Dark Ages," he era which spanned the decline and fall of Rome's western emp… read more

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9. Augustine: Philosopher and Saint

By: Phillip Cary

4.25

Format: None pages,

Long before he was declared a saint by the Church, Augustine gained profound influence as both a Ch… read more

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10. Rome And The Barbarians: Parts I, II, & III VHS and Books

By: Kenneth W. Harl

3.89

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

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11. 1066: The Year That Changed Everything

By: Jennifer Paxton

3.57

Format: 432 pages, Audio CD

If you were to look back at hundreds of years of history in search of the one critical moment after… read more

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12. Great Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt (Great Courses, #3588)

By: Bob Brier

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Audio CD

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13. Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

By: James Clavell

4.41

Format: 1152 pages, Paperback

After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and e… read more

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"I can't use hope against swords."

-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

"What is pain to a man? A privilege!"

-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

"Tomorrow does not exist. There is only now ."

-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

"Horses are far worse than men for treachery..."

-James Clavell, Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)

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14. England: From the Fall of Rome to the Norman Conquest

By: Jennifer Paxton

4.28

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Great Courses Plus Dr. Jennifer Paxton is Assistant Director of the University Honors Program and … read more

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  • history
Cover of The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries by Neil deGrasse Tyson

15. The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries

By: Neil deGrasse Tyson

4.16

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

Everything we now know about the universe-from the behavior of quarks to the birth of entire galaxi… read more

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  • history
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16. Ancient Writing and the History of the Alphabet

By: John McWhorter

3.99

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

The ubiquity of the written word in our everyday lives can make it easy to forget how recent the de… read more

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  • history
Cover of Archaeology: An Introduction to the World's Greatest Sites by Eric H. Cline

17. Archaeology: An Introduction to the World's Greatest Sites

By: Eric H. Cline

4.18

Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length: 12 hours and 41 minutes The work of archaeologists has commanded worldwide att… read more

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  • history
Cover of Between the Rivers: The History of Ancient Mesopotamia by Alexis Q. Castor

18. Between the Rivers: The History of Ancient Mesopotamia

By: Alexis Q. Castor

3.69

Format: 374 pages, Audible Audio

18 hours All cultures lie in the shadow of ancient Mesopotamia-the land between the Tigris and E… read more

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  • history
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19. Understanding the New Testament

By: David Brakke

3.94

Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio

The New Testament is a fascinating book - the canonical root of Christian history and theology. Yet… read more

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  • history
Cover of The Great Tours: Greece and Turkey, from Athens to Istanbul by John R. Hale

20. The Great Tours: Greece and Turkey, from Athens to Istanbul

By: John R. Hale

4.30

Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio

Listening Length 12 hours and 24 minutes The shimmering turquoise waters and lost worlds of the … read more

Similar categories in John R. Hale's The Great Tours: Greece and Turkey, from Athens to Istanbul book and John R. Hale's The Great Tours: Greece and Turkey, from Athens to Istanbul

  • travel
  • history
Cover of Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty by Hillary Rodham Clinton

21. Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty

By: Hillary Rodham Clinton

4.25

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

What would it be like to sit down for an impassioned, entertaining conversation with Hillary Clinto… read more

Similar categories in Hillary Rodham Clinton's Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty book and John R. Hale's The Great Tours: Greece and Turkey, from Athens to Istanbul

  • history

25 Top audiobook books like Ancient Writing and the History of the Alphabet by John McWhorter

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Herodotus: The Father of History

Elizabeth Vandiver

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Great Mythologies of the World

Kathryn McClymond , Grant L. Voth , Julius H. Bailey , None

3.90

Transform Your Habits

The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found

Mary Beard

3.63

Transform Your Habits

England: From the Fall of Rome to the Norman Conquest

Jennifer Paxton

4.28

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