8 Best biography memoir books like The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family by Olivia Williams

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The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

By: Olivia Williams

3.61

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

THE STORY OF THE SAVOY HOTEL'S FOUNDERS, THROUGH A CENTURY OF LUXURY."For The Gondoliers-themed bir…

If you liked the biography memoir plot in The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family by Olivia Williams , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of British History at Hampton Court by Gareth Russell

1. The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of British History at Hampton Court

By: Gareth Russell

4.21

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The popular and “scrupulous historian” (Daily Mail , London) Gareth Russell presents five hundred y… read more

Similar categories in Gareth Russell's The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of British History at Hampton Court book and Olivia Williams's The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

  • architecture
  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of It Takes a Town by Aoife Clifford

2. It Takes a Town

By: Aoife Clifford

3.63

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

So many people had reason to hate her, but did anyone have reason to kill her?   Everyone dies fa… read more

Similar categories in Aoife Clifford's It Takes a Town book and Olivia Williams's The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

  • audiobook
Cover of Wives Like Us by Plum Sykes

3. Wives Like Us

By: Plum Sykes

3.55

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Take a grand English country house, one (heartbroken) American divorcee, three rich wives, two tyco… read more

Similar categories in Plum Sykes's Wives Like Us book and Olivia Williams's The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

  • audiobook
  • british literature
Cover of The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne

4. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

By: Griffin Dunne

4.19

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin,… read more

Similar categories in Griffin Dunne's The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir book and Olivia Williams's The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"At the moment when Mrs. Griffin had been notified of her husband’s death, she was in bed with her lover at the Hotel del Coronado in California, and took the news that she was a widow rather well. Sh…"

-Griffin Dunne, The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

Cover of When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion by Julie Satow

5. 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 Olivia Williams's The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner by Natalie Dykstra

6. Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner

By: Natalie Dykstra

4.05

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

The vivid and masterful story of an American original—a formidable art collector and builder of one… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Dykstra's Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner book and Olivia Williams's The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age by Kathleen Sheppard

7. Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age

By: Kathleen Sheppard

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The never-before-told story of the women Egyptologists who paved the way of exploration in Egypt an… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Sheppard's Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age book and Olivia Williams's The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue by Dean Jobb

8. A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue

By: Dean Jobb

4.02

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

“A master of narrative nonfiction … in this mesmerizing tale about a Jazz Age gentlemanly thief, Jo… read more

Similar categories in Dean Jobb's A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue book and Olivia Williams's The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed by Maureen Callahan

9. Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed

By: Maureen Callahan

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan, a fierce, character-driven exposé of the real Kenn… read more

Similar categories in Maureen Callahan's Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed book and Olivia Williams's The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss by Margalit Fox

10. The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss

By: Margalit Fox

3.48

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A Jewish mother of four, a gracious society hostess, a beloved member of her community—and the firs… read more

Similar categories in Margalit Fox's The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss book and Olivia Williams's The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge, #6) by Allison Montclair

11. Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge, #6)

By: Allison Montclair

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In post-WWII London, the matchmakers of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau are involved in yet another … read more

Similar categories in Allison Montclair's Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge, #6) book and Olivia Williams's The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • british literature
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12. 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 Olivia Williams's The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

  • audiobook
  • 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

Cover of Diary of an MP's Wife: Inside and Outside Power by Sasha Swire

13. Diary of an MP's Wife: Inside and Outside Power

By: Sasha Swire

3.47

Format: 591 pages, Kindle Edition

What is it like to be a wife of a politician in modern-day Britain? Sasha Swire finally lifts the l… read more

Similar categories in Sasha Swire's Diary of an MP's Wife: Inside and Outside Power book and Olivia Williams's The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family by Olivia Williams

14. The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

By: Olivia Williams

3.61

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

THE STORY OF THE SAVOY HOTEL'S FOUNDERS, THROUGH A CENTURY OF LUXURY."For The Gondoliers-themed bir… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Williams's The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family book and Olivia Williams's The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

  • music
  • architecture
  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of The Royal Rebel (Jeanette of Kent duology) by Elizabeth Chadwick

15. The Royal Rebel (Jeanette of Kent duology)

By: Elizabeth Chadwick

4.47

Format: 466 pages, Kindle Edition

From the much-loved bestselling author of historical fiction comes a brand new tale of royalty, riv… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Chadwick's The Royal Rebel (Jeanette of Kent duology) book and Olivia Williams's The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

  • historical
Cover of Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King by Dan Jones

16. Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King

By: Dan Jones

4.61

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author returns with a biography examining the dramatic life and unpa… read more

Similar categories in Dan Jones's Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King book and Olivia Williams's The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Empresses of Seventh Avenue: World War II, New York City, and the Birth of American Fashion by Nancy MacDonell

17. Empresses of Seventh Avenue: World War II, New York City, and the Birth of American Fashion

By: Nancy MacDonell

4.10

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of The Barbizon and The Girls of Atomic City, fashion historian and journalist Nan… read more

Similar categories in Nancy MacDonell's Empresses of Seventh Avenue: World War II, New York City, and the Birth of American Fashion book and Olivia Williams's The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
Cover of Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue by Sonia Purnell

18. Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue

By: Sonia Purnell

4.34

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, a re-exam… read more

Similar categories in Sonia Purnell's Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue book and Olivia Williams's The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
Cover of Connie: A Memoir by Connie Chung

19. Connie: A Memoir

By: Connie Chung

4.37

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In an industry dominated by white men, Connie Chung stood alone, the first and only Asian woman to … read more

Similar categories in Connie Chung's Connie: A Memoir book and Olivia Williams's The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of What I Ate in One Year (And Related Thoughts) by Stanley Tucci

20. What I Ate in One Year (And Related Thoughts)

By: Stanley Tucci

4.07

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From Stanley Tucci, award-winning actor and New York Times bestselling author, a deliciously unique… read more

Similar categories in Stanley Tucci's What I Ate in One Year (And Related Thoughts) book and Olivia Williams's The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Carson the Magnificent: An Intimate Portrait by Bill Zehme

21. Carson the Magnificent: An Intimate Portrait

By: Bill Zehme

3.56

Format: None pages, Audio CD

A much-anticipated biography—twenty years in the making—of the entertainer who redefined late-night… read more

Similar categories in Bill Zehme's Carson the Magnificent: An Intimate Portrait book and Olivia Williams's The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

18 best-selling audiobook books like The Secret Life of the Savoy: and the D'Oyly Carte family by Olivia Williams

Transform Your Habits

The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of British History at Hampton Court

Gareth Russell

4.21

Transform Your Habits

It Takes a Town

Aoife Clifford

3.63

Transform Your Habits

Wives Like Us

Plum Sykes

3.55

Transform Your Habits

The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

Griffin Dunne

4.19

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18 Top audiobook books like Connie: A Memoir by Connie Chung

Transform Your Habits

You Never Know: A Memoir

Tom Selleck

4.05

Transform Your Habits

The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir

Griffin Dunne

4.19

Transform Your Habits

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

Nancy Pelosi

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Lovely One: A Memoir

Ketanji Brown Jackson

4.64

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