13 Best history books like Culloden by Trevor Royle

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Culloden

By: Trevor Royle

3.32

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

The Battle of Culloden in 1746 has gone down in history as the last major battle fought on British …

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1. Magna Carta: The Birth of Liberty

By: Dan Jones

4.02

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Plantagenets, a short, lively, action-packed h… read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
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2. Heretic (The Grail Quest, #3)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.18

Format: 412 pages, Mass Market Paperback

From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the sequel to The Archer’s Tale and Vagabo… read more

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  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • audiobook
"Fiat voluntas tua,"

-Bernard Cornwell, Heretic (The Grail Quest, #3)

"Acho que o Santo Graal é um sonho que os homens têm, um sonho de que é possível tornar o mundo perfeito. Se ele existisse, todos nós teríamos sabido que o sonho não pode se transformar em realidade."

-Bernard Cornwell, Heretic (The Grail Quest, #3)

"-"I have kept the faith, Planchard." -"Then you are the only man who has" Planchard said, "and it is an heretical faith." -"They crucified Christ for heresy" Vexille said, "so to be named a heretic i…"

-Bernard Cornwell, Heretic (The Grail Quest, #3)

"It would cause nothing but madness, Thomas thought. Men would fight for it, lie for it, cheat for it, betray for it and die for it. The Church would make money from it. It would cause nothing but evi…"

-Bernard Cornwell, Heretic (The Grail Quest, #3)

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3. Washington: A Life

By: Ron Chernow

4.16

Format: 904 pages, Hardcover

The celebrated Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of America. With a brea… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"Many mickles make a muckle."

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

"Washington grew as a leader because he engaged in searching self- criticism. “I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors,"

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

"I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others must do this, because he is thereby enabled to correct his faults or remove the prejudices whic…"

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

"An essential difference between the American and French revolutions was that the American version allowed a search for many truths, while French zealots tried to impose a single sacred truth that all…"

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

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4. Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors (The History of England, #1)

By: Peter Ackroyd

4.04

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Peter Ackroyd, whose work has always been underpinned by a profound interest in and understanding o… read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
"History is about longing and belonging. It is about the need for permanence and the perception of continuity. It concerns the atavistic desire to find deep sources of identity. We live again in the t…"

-Peter Ackroyd, Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors (The History of England, #1)

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5. How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe 

By: Thomas Cahill

3.81

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

From the fall of Rome to the rise of Charlemagne - the "dark ages" - learning, scholarship, and cul… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
"Each one of us will die, naked and alone, on some battlefield not of our own choosing."

-Thomas Cahill, How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe 

"Like the Jews before them, the Irish enshrined literacy as their central religious act."

-Thomas Cahill, How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe 

"By the mid-seventeenth century, the visible image has assumed far greater reality than the invisible thought."

-Thomas Cahill, How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe 

"Well, they may not be civilized, but they certainly are confident—and this confidence is one of the open-handed pleasures of early Irish literature."

-Thomas Cahill, How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe 

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6. The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

By: Dan Jones

4.27

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

The fifteenth century experienced the longest and bloodiest series of civil wars in British history… read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
"Rebels depend on willful gullibility."

-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

"Extravagance was a political necessity."

-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

"Much of the outward business of kingship came naturally."

-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

"As with many tragedies, our story opens in a moment of triumph."

-Dan Jones, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

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7. Nightmares and Dreamscapes

By: Stephen King

3.94

Format: None pages, Paperback

Many people who write about horror literature maintain that mood is its most important element. Kin… read more

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8. American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

By: Jon Meacham

3.44

Format: 336 pages,

Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this r… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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9. Copperhead (The Starbuck Chronicles, #2)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.30

Format: None pages, Paperback

The beloved Confederate Captain Nate Starbuck returns to the front lines of the Civil War in this s… read more

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  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
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10. The Archer's Tale (The Grail Quest, #1)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.30

Format: None pages, Paperback

From New York Timesbestselling author Bernard Cornwell, now available in paperback--the first book … read more

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  • historical
  • war
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11. Vagabond (The Grail Quest, #2)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.30

Format: None pages, Paperback

From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the sequel to The Archer's Tale--the spell… read more

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  • historical
  • war
Cover of Battle Flag (The Starbuck Chronicles, #3) by Bernard Cornwell

12. Battle Flag (The Starbuck Chronicles, #3)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.30

Format: None pages, Paperback

From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell,the third installment in The Starbuck Chron… read more

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  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
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13. Azincourt

By: Bernard Cornwell

3.94

Format: 456 pages, Hardcover

Agincourt is one of the epic battles of history. It was fought by two badly matched armies that met… read more

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  • historical
  • war
  • british literature

14. The Black Book (Inspector Rebus, #5)

By: Ian Rankin

3.97

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Five years ago, a mysterious fire burned Edinburgh's seed Central Hotel to ashes. Long-forgotten an… read more

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15. The White King: Charles I, Traitor, Murderer, Martyr

By: Leanda de Lisle

4.67

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times Bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the tragic stor… read more

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16. Memnoch the Devil (The Vampire Chronicles, #5)

By: Anne Rice

5.00

Format: 646 pages, Hardcover

In the fifth Vampire Chronicle, Lestat is searching for Dora, the beautiful and charismatic mortal … read more

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17. Four Past Midnight

By: Stephen King

4.14

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

You are strapped in an airline seat on a flight beyond hell. You are forced into a hunt for the mos… read more

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18. The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, The Power Behind Five English Thrones

By: Thomas Asbridge

3.00

Format: 146 pages, Hardcover

A thrillingly intimate portrait of one of history's most illustrious knights - William Marshal - th… read more

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19. Grant

By: Ron Chernow

4.40

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize-winner and biographer of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and John D. Rockefel… read more

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20. The Bloody Ground (The Starbuck Chronicles, #4)

By: Bernard Cornwell

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Battle of Antietam, 1862 In this fourth, final, and rousing installment of Nathaniel Starbuck's Civ… read more

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21. The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream

By: Charles Spencer

4.06

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The sinking of the White Ship is one of the greatest disasters in English history. Here, Sunday Tim… read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
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22. The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

By: Anna Keay

4.39

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

‘The execution of the king took place on a bleak, bitterly cold afternoon in January. As the execut… read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
"This book was born of ignorance."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

"... he was not one to let other people's feelings get in the way when he knew he was right."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

"He warned his pious daughter Bridget of the dangers of self-criticism and the overwhelming importance of love."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

"As in many parts of the country, people's desire for peace and prosperity was stronger than their loyalty to one regime or another."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

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23. Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs, #1)

By: Dan Jones

3.92

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling historian makes his historical fiction debut with an explosive novel… read more

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  • audiobook
  • historical
  • war
  • british literature
"What matters is that you did not know the story. And the reason you did not...is that our ancestor William - through his deeds of arms, his force of personality and his vast conquests - had achieved …"

-Dan Jones, Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs, #1)

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24. Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944

By: Antony Beevor

4.21

Format: 459 pages, Hardcover

The great airborne battle for the bridges in 1944 by Britain's Number One bestselling historian … read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
"It is only when one faces death, observed one of the men there, that one realises the great value of life."

-Antony Beevor, Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944

"The smell of roasted flesh permeated the air for hours afterwards with the stench of oily-black smoke from the blazing vehicles . Gräbner's body was never identified among all the other carbonized co…"

-Antony Beevor, Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944

"Many historians, with an ‘if only’ approach to the British defeat, have focused so much on different aspects of Operation Market Garden which went wrong that they have tended to overlook the central …"

-Antony Beevor, Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944

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25. The Late Mrs. Willoughby (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #2)

By: Claudia Gray

3.91

Format: 385 pages, Paperback

The suspenseful sequel to The Murder of Mr. Wickham, which sees Jonathan Darcy and Juliet Tilney re… read more

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  • historical
  • audiobook
"...she said to Brandon, "If I am found out in Scotland - or if George and I decide Edinburgh is not to our taste - we might always set out for the United States of America." "You need not stoop to ba…"

-Claudia Gray, The Late Mrs. Willoughby (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #2)

"...Willoughby had sequestered himself in his room. Jonathan half wondered if he had pushed heavy furniture against the door to keep himself safe, then realized this could not be so. That would keep o…"

-Claudia Gray, The Late Mrs. Willoughby (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #2)

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26. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

By: Katja Hoyer

4.23

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
"Some of the “songs"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"

-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990

Cover of There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History by Rory Carroll

27. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History

By: Rory Carroll

4.38

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
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28. The Crown in Crisis: Countdown to the Abdication

By: Alexander Larman

3.74

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The thrilling and definitive account of the Abdication Crisis of 1936 On December 10, 1936, King E… read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
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29. Uhtred's Feast: Inside the World of The Last Kingdom

By: Bernard Cornwell

3.81

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In this engaging social history New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, “the most proli… read more

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  • audiobook
  • historical
  • british literature
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30. The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh

By: Claudia Gray

4.10

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

The third book in the Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney Mystery series, which finds the amateur sleuths facin… read more

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  • audiobook
  • historical
  • british literature
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31. Culloden

By: Trevor Royle

3.32

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

The Battle of Culloden in 1746 has gone down in history as the last major battle fought on British … read more

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  • history
  • british literature
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • scotland
  • audiobook

17 best-selling audiobook books like Culloden by Trevor Royle

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Magna Carta: The Birth of Liberty

Dan Jones

4.02

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Heretic (The Grail Quest, #3)

Bernard Cornwell

4.18

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Washington: A Life

Ron Chernow

4.16

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Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors (The History of England, #1)

Peter Ackroyd

4.04

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Empire (The Golden Age #2)

Conn Iggulden

4.39

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Napoleon's Spy

Ben Kane

4.04

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The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Jeff Shaara

4.33

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Wolves of Winter (Essex Dogs Trilogy)

Dan Jones

4.16

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