7 Top biography books like Talleyrand: Betrayer and Saviour of France by Robin Harris

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Talleyrand: Betrayer and Saviour of France

By: Robin Harris

4.02

Format: 387 pages, Kindle Edition

Born in 1754, Prince Talleyrand was brilliant, witty and always dangerous. He survived the French …

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1. Napoleon: A Life

By: Andrew Roberts

4.23

Format: 976 pages, Paperback

The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • france
  • european history
  • nonfiction
"I am very happy to see the enemy wish to avoid our coming to him. – Napoleon"

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

"I have beaten the Russian and Austrian army commanded by the two emperors. I am a little tired."

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

"His constant references to the ancient world have the effect of giving ordinary soldiers a sense of their lives."

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

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2. Gai-Jin (Asian Saga, #3)

By: James Clavell

3.00

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

The heir to the magnificent English trading company, the Noble House...the directdescendant of the … read more

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3. The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1)

By: Robert A. Caro

4.36

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

This is the story of the rise to national power of a desperately poor young man from the Texas Hill… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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4. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

By: William L. Shirer

4.21

Format: 1147 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Hitler boasted that The Third Reich would last a thousand years. It lasted only 12. But those 12 ye… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • european history
"One of them was Fritz Thyssen, one of the earliest and biggest contributors to the party. Fleeing the "Nazi regime has ruined German industry." And to all he met abroad he proclaimed, "What a fool ( …"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

"To some Germans and, no doubt, to most foreigners it appeared that a charlatan had come to power in Berlin. To the majority of Germans Hitler had — or would shortly assume — the aura of a truly chari…"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

"In our new age of terrifying, lethal gadgets, which supplanted so swiftly the old one, the first great aggressive war, if it should come, will be launched by suicidal little madmen pressing an electr…"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

"Adolf Hitler is probably the last of the great adventurer-conquerors in the tradition of Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon, and the Third Reich the last of the empires which set out on the path taken ea…"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

5. Noble House (Asian Saga, #5)

By: James Clavell

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Librarian's Note: An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found  The tai-pan, Ian Dunross, struggl… read more

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6. Fatal Purity: Robespierre and the French Revolution

By: Ruth Scurr

3.67

Format: 542 pages, Paperback

Since his execution by guillotine in July 1794, Maximilien Robespierre has been contested terrain f… read more

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7. Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)

By: James Clavell

4.30

Format: 732 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Set in the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong in the 1840s, Tai-Pan is the story of Dirk S… read more

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"There can only be one Tai-Pan."

-James Clavell, Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)

"You live by the lash and you'll die by it."

-James Clavell, Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)

"Only a real man has the right to stand at the pinnacle."

-James Clavell, Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)

"Gods are like people. They believe anything if you tell them right way."

-James Clavell, Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)

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8. The Trials of Empire (Empire of the Wolf, #3)

By: Richard Swan

4.11

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The third novel in an epic fantasy trilogy, which follows the tale of Sir Konrad Vonvalt, an Empero… read more

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9. The Justice of Kings (Empire of the Wolf, #1)

By: Richard Swan

4.01

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

Action, intrigue, and magic collide in this epic fantasy following Sir Konrad Vonvalt, an Emperor's… read more

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10. The Tyranny of Faith (Empire of the Wolf, #2)

By: Richard Swan

4.30

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

From a major new debut author in epic fantasy comes the second book in a trilogy where action, intr… read more

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11. Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918

By: Katja Hoyer

4.17

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Before 1871, Germany was not a nation but an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • european history
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12. Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age

By: Stephen R. Platt

4.32

Format: 555 pages, Kindle Edition

As China reclaims its position as a world power, Imperial Twilight looks back to tell the story of … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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13. Orbital

By: Samantha Harvey

3.73

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

A slender novel of epic power, Orbital  deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men … read more

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"Maybe we're the new dinosaurs and need to watch out."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"The past comes, the future, the past, the future. It's always now, it's never now."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"Raw space is a panther, feral and primal; they dream it stalking through their quarters."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"That's all this great human endeavor of space exploration really is, he thinks, an animal migration, a bid for survival. A looping song sent into the open, a territorial animal song."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

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14. The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III

By: Andrew Roberts

4.25

Format: 784 pages, Hardcover

The last king of America, George III, has been ridiculed as a complete disaster who frittered away … read more

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  • european history
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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15. The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion

By: Sean Carroll

3.96

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The most trusted explainer of the most mind-boggling concepts pulls back the veil of mystery that h… read more

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  • nonfiction
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16. Metternich: The First European

By: Desmond Seward

3.92

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

While the European Union is a relatively new phenomenon, it is not a new idea. Klemens von Metterni… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • european history
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17. The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China

By: Kevin Rudd

4.27

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A war between China and the US would be catastrophic, deadly, and destructive. Unfortunately, it is… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of A Certain Idea of France: The Life of Charles de Gaulle by Julian T. Jackson

18. A Certain Idea of France: The Life of Charles de Gaulle

By: Julian T. Jackson

4.42

Format: 887 pages, Hardcover

In six weeks in 1940, France's armies were decisively beaten by Germany. A junior French general, r… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • france
  • european history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture by Sudhir Hazareesingh

19. Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture

By: Sudhir Hazareesingh

3.85

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The Haitian revolution began in the French colony of Saint-Domingue with a slave revolt in November… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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20. The Settler (The Lion and the Leopard Trilogy, #1)

By: Brian Duncan

4.11

Format: 425 pages, Kindle Edition

Loves and wars in the cauldron of Southern Africa in 1890-1902, where a young Englishman and his Am… read more

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21. Talleyrand: Betrayer and Saviour of France

By: Robin Harris

4.02

Format: 387 pages, Kindle Edition

Born in 1754, Prince Talleyrand was brilliant, witty and always dangerous. He survived the French … read more

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  • biography
  • france
  • european history
  • nonfiction

11 Best history books like Talleyrand: Betrayer and Saviour of France by Robin Harris

Transform Your Habits

Napoleon: A Life

Andrew Roberts

4.23

Transform Your Habits

The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #1)

Robert A. Caro

4.36

Transform Your Habits

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

William L. Shirer

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918

Katja Hoyer

4.17

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9 Best audiobook books like Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918 by Katja Hoyer

Transform Your Habits

Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar

Tom Holland

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age

Tom Holland

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849

Christopher Clark

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918

Katja Hoyer

4.17

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