Richard III: The Self-Made King (Yale English Monarchs)
By: Michael Hicks
3.59
Format: 388 pages, Hardcover
The definitive biography and assessment of the wily and formidable prince who unexpectedly became m…
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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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2. Hitler's Children: Sons and Daughters of Third Reich Leaders
By: Gerald Posner
3.98
Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition
“A mesmerizing, blood-chilling book . . . The contrast between innocent childhood experience, and t… read more
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3. Imprudent King: A New Life of Philip II
By: Geoffrey Parker
3.95
Format: 456 pages, Hardcover
A vast archive of documents, unread since the sixteenth century, revises the portrait of Spain’s be… read more
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4. Queen Victoria's Mysterious Daughter: A Biography of Princess Louise
By: Lucinda Hawksley
3.80
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The secrets of Queen Victoria's sixth child, Princess Louise, may be destined to remain hidden fore… read more
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5. The Hungry Empire: How Britain’s Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World
By: Lizzie Collingham
3.95
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The glamorous daughter of an African chief shares a pineapple with a slave trader… Surveyors in Bri… read more
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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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"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
7. King John: Treachery and Tyranny in Medieval England: The Road to Magna Carta
By: Marc Morris
5.00
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
A rousing and authoritative new biography of the notorious King John, by Wall Street Journalbestsel… read more
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8. The Sunne in Splendour
By: Sharon Kay Penman
3.65
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
A glorious novel of the controversial Richard III - a monarch betrayed in life by his allies and be… read more
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9. Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and His Scandalous Duchess
By: Alison Weir
3.79
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In her remarkable new book, Alison Weir recounts one of the greatest love stories of medieval Engla… read more
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10. 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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11. The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
By: Susan Wise Bauer
3.42
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
This is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting his… read more
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12. House of Beaufort: The Bastard Line that Captured the Crown
By: Nathen Amin
4.11
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Wars of the Roses were a tumultous period in English history, with family fighting family for t… read more
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13. 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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14. The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
By: Dan Jones
3.25
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
The first Plantagenet king inherited a blood-soaked kingdom from the Normans and transformed it int… read more
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15. The Life of Elizabeth I
By: Alison Weir
3.88
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER Perhaps the most influential sovereign England has ever known, Queen Eliza… read more
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16. A Night to Remember
By: Walter Lord , Nathaniel Philbrick
3.67
Format: 208 pages,
The classic minute-by-minute account of the sinking of the Titanic, in a 50th anniversary edition w… read more
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17. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
By: David Mitchell
4.16
Format: 433 pages, ebook
A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more
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"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
18. 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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19. Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self
By: Andrea Wulf
4.18
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
From the best-selling author of The Invention of Nature comes an exhilarating story about a remarka… read more
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20. The Last White Rose (Tudor Rose #1)
By: Alison Weir
4.09
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Alison Weir explores the life of Henry VIII's mother, Elizabeth, … read more
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21. The Black Prince: England's Greatest Medieval Warrior
By: Michael Jones
4.07
Format: 488 pages, Hardcover
As a child he was given his own suit of armor; at the age of sixteen, he helped defeat the French a… read more
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22. Royal Witches: Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth-Century England
By: Gemma Hollman
3.80
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Until the mass hysteria of the seventeenth century, accusations of witchcraft in England were rare.… read more
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23. Ladies-in-Waiting: Women Who Served Anne Boleyn
By: Sylvia Barbara Soberton
4.01
Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition
“An expertly researched and compelling story. Sylvia Barbara Soberton brings to life the court of A… read more
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24. Ibn Khaldun: An Intellectual Biography
By: Robert Irwin
3.66
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
The definitive account of the life and thought of the medieval Arab genius who wrote the MuqaddimaI… read more
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25. The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society
By: Eleanor Janega
4.07
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
What makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love, and be? In this vibrant, high-spirited h… read more
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26. The Regency Years: During Which Jane Austen Writes, Napoleon Fights, Byron Makes Love, and Britain Becomes Modern
By: Robert Morrison
3.90
Format: 366 pages, Hardcover
The Victorians are often credited with ushering in our current era, yet the seeds of change were pl… read more
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27. Richard III: The Self-Made King (Yale English Monarchs)
By: Michael Hicks
3.59
Format: 388 pages, Hardcover
The definitive biography and assessment of the wily and formidable prince who unexpectedly became m… read more
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28. 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
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29. The Siege of Acre, 1189-1191: Saladin, Richard the Lionheart, and the Battle That Decided the Third Crusade
By: John D. Hosler
4.06
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The first comprehensive history of the most decisive military campaign of the Third Crusade and one… read more
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