6 must-read nonfiction books like George I: Elector and King by Ragnhild Hatton

Cover of George I: Elector and King by Ragnhild Hatton

George I: Elector and King

By: Ragnhild Hatton

3.68

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

In 1714 George Ludwig, the 58-year-old elector of Brunswick-Luneburg, became, as George I, the firs…

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Cover of Edward VI: The Lost King of England by Chris Skidmore

1. Edward VI: The Lost King of England

By: Chris Skidmore

3.91

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

The birth of Edward on October 12, 1537, ended his father’s twenty-seven-year wait for an heir. Nin… read more

Similar categories in Chris Skidmore's Edward VI: The Lost King of England book and Ragnhild Hatton's George I: Elector and King

  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • nonfiction
  • european history
Cover of Ungrateful Daughters: The Stuart Princesses Who Stole Their Father's Crown by Maureen  Waller

2. Ungrateful Daughters: The Stuart Princesses Who Stole Their Father's Crown

By: Maureen Waller

3.71

Format: 192 pages,

In 1688, the birth of a Prince of Wales ignited a family quarrel--and a revolution. James II's driv… read more

Similar categories in Maureen Waller's Ungrateful Daughters: The Stuart Princesses Who Stole Their Father's Crown book and Ragnhild Hatton's George I: Elector and King

  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • politics
  • nonfiction
Cover of William III & Mary II: Partners in Revolution by Jonathan Keates

3. William III & Mary II: Partners in Revolution

By: Jonathan Keates

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

William III (1689-1702) & Mary II (1689-94) (Britain's only ever 'joint monarchs') changed the cour… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • british literature
Cover of Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion by Anne Somerset

4. Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion

By: Anne Somerset

4.11

Format: 15 pages, Hardcover

She ascended the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1702, at age thirty-seven, Britain's l… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • nonfiction
  • 18th century

5. The Cradle King: The Life of James VI and I, The First Monarch of a United Great Britain

By: Alan Stewart

3.62

Format: 171 pages,

As the son of Mary Queen of Scots, born into her 'bloody nest', James had the most precarious of ch… read more

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6. King John

By: William Shakespeare , Paul Werstine

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatises the reign of John, King of England (ru… read more

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7. The Kindly Ones (A Dance to the Music of Time, #6)

By: Anthony Powell

4.23

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A Dance to the Music of Time – his brilliant 12-novel sequence, which chronicles the lives of over … read more

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  • british literature

8. William and Mary: Heroes of the Glorious Revolution

By: John van der Kiste

3.86

Format: 157 pages, Paperback

William III and Mary II are the only joint reigning sovereigns in English history. Brought to power… read more

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9. Mothering Sunday

By: Graham Swift

4.25

Format: 179 pages, Hardcover

A luminous, intensely moving tale that begins with a secret lovers' assignation in the spring of 19… read more

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Cover of Daughters of the Winter Queen: Four Remarkable Sisters, the Crown of Bohemia, and the Enduring Legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots by Nancy  Goldstone

10. Daughters of the Winter Queen: Four Remarkable Sisters, the Crown of Bohemia, and the Enduring Legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots

By: Nancy Goldstone

4.07

Format: 481 pages, Hardcover

De dochters van de Winterkoningin van Nancy Goldstone is een prachtig geschiedenisverhaal met een l… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • germany
  • nonfiction
  • european history
"Philosophy is one of those subjects, like astrophysics and neurosurgery, that are not for the fainthearted. To delve into the absolutes of the human experience, to seek to advance the progress of enl…"

-Nancy Goldstone, Daughters of the Winter Queen: Four Remarkable Sisters, the Crown of Bohemia, and the Enduring Legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots

Cover of George I: Elector and King by Ragnhild Hatton

11. George I: Elector and King

By: Ragnhild Hatton

3.68

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

In 1714 George Ludwig, the 58-year-old elector of Brunswick-Luneburg, became, as George I, the firs… read more

Similar categories in Ragnhild Hatton's George I: Elector and King book and Ragnhild Hatton's George I: Elector and King

  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • politics
  • germany
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • 18th century

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3.94

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3.30

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