Catherine de' Medici: The Life and Times of the Serpent Queen
By: Mary Hollingsworth
3.77
Format: 580 pages, Kindle Edition
A new biography of Catherine de' Medici, the most powerful woman in sixteenth-century Europe, whose…
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1. Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France
By: Leonie Frieda
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Poisoner, despot, necromancer -- the dark legend of Catherine de Medici is centuries old. In this c… read more
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- italy
- history
- biography
- historical
- nonfiction
- france
2. Sinister Graves (Cash Blackbear Mysteries, #3)
By: Marcie R. Rendon
3.97
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Set in 1970s Minnesota on the White Earth Reservation, Pinckley Prize–winner Marcie R. Rendon’s gri… read more
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- historical
- audiobook
3. Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe
By: John Guy
4.16
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
“A fierce, scholarly tour-de-force. . . . Hunting the Falcon brilliantly shows how time, circumst… read more
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- history
- biography
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
4. The Anglo-Saxons A History of the Beginnings of England: 400–1066
By: Marc Morris
4.34
Format: 508 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping and original history of the Anglo-Saxons by national bestselling author Marc Morris. … read more
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- history
- world history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
5. The Final Year of Anne Boleyn
By: Natalie Grueninger
4.32
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
There are few women in English history more famous or controversial than Queen Anne Boleyn. She was… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Try me good king, but let me have a lawful trial, and let not my sworn enemies sit as my accusers and judges… My last and only request shall be, that myself may only bear the burden of your grace’s d…"-Natalie Grueninger, The Final Year of Anne Boleyn
6. Queens of the Age of Chivalry (England's Medieval Queens Book 3)
By: Alison Weir
4.22
Format: 478 pages, Kindle Edition
From one of Britain's best selling historians, a sweeping and magisterial history of the extraordin… read more
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- history
- biography
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
7. Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History
By: Tracy Borman
4.26
Format: 302 pages, Hardcover
Anne Boleyn is a subject of enduring fascination. By far the most famous of Henry VIII's six wives,… read more
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- history
- biography
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
8. Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power
By: Leah Redmond Chang
4.18
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The boldly original, dramatic intertwined story of Catherine de’ Medici, Elisabeth de Valois, and M… read more
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- history
- biography
- historical
- france
- nonfiction
- audiobook
9. White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy
By: Thomas F. Schaller
3.82
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens — who are also the least lik… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
10. Drastic Measures
By: Dayton Ward
3.64
Format: 400 pages, ebook
An original novel based upon the explosive new Star Trek TV series on CBS All Access! It is 2246… read more
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- audiobook
"No matter how fast our ships can go, space is still very big."-Dayton Ward, Drastic Measures
"We will remember, but we will also proceed forward, as we always have."-Dayton Ward, Drastic Measures
"It doesn’t matter what planet you’re on, there’s nothing like biting into a crisp Fuji apple first thing in the morning."-Dayton Ward, Drastic Measures
11. House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France
By: Justine Firnhaber-Baker
4.30
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The definitive history of the Capetians, the crusading dynasty that made the French crown the wealt… read more
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- history
- biography
- historical
- france
- nonfiction
12. Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6)
By: Kate Atkinson
4.09
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The stage is set. Marooned overnight by a snowstorm in a grand country house are a cast of characte… read more
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13. The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)
By: Ann Cleeves
4.47
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
As New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves's beloved Vera series explodes in popularity in print and … read more
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- audiobook
14. How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History
By: Josephine Quinn
4.12
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
An award-winning Oxford history professor overturns the way the West thinks about itself, tracing i… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- world history
- audiobook
15. We Solve Murders (We Solve Murders, #1)
By: Richard Osman
4.33
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A brand new series. An iconic new detective duo. And a puzzling new murder to solve... Steve Whe… read more
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- audiobook
16. The Bright Sword
By: Lev Grossman
4.06
Format: 673 pages, Hardcover
A gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, onl… read more
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- historical
- audiobook
"One day you will see that it is a mistake to love an empire, or a throne, or a crown, because those things cannot love. They can only die."-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword
"God doesn't come when you snap your fingers, He comes when you're ready for Him." Nimue snapped her delicate fingers, producing a strikingly loud pop in the quiet. "That's the difference between a sp…"-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword
17. The Cleopatras: The Forgotten Queens of Egypt
By: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
4.03
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The definitive story of the seven Cleopatras, the powerful goddess-queens of ancient Egypt One o… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
18. Thorns, Lust, and Glory: The Betrayal of Anne Boleyn
By: Estelle Paranque
4.21
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking and beautifully written biography of Queen Anne Boleyn, the ill-fated second wife … read more
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- history
- biography
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
19. The Thistle and The Rose: The Extraordinary Life of Margaret Tudor
By: Linda Porter
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Margaret, the first Tudor princess and queen consort and queen regent of Scotland, is the forgotten… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
20. The Missing Thread: A Women's History of the Ancient World
By: Daisy Dunn
4.01
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Spanning 3,000 years, from the birth of Minoan Crete to the death of the Julio-Claudian dynasty in … read more
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- history
- biography
- world history
- historical
- nonfiction
21. Creation Lake
By: Rachel Kushner
3.67
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From Rachel Kushner, a Booker Prize finalist, two-time National Book Award finalist, and “one of th… read more
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- france
- audiobook
"Charisma does not originate inside the person called "charismatic." It comes from the need of others to believe that special people exist."-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
"Plus, Lucien said, a lot of them had come from other social milieus and had tattoos from earlier lives, since people who change affinities are the same kinds of people who are attracted to the perman…"-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
"My biker and these tramps, as people who organize their life around some subculture or other: People can sometimes pretend so thoroughly that they forget they are pretending. At which point, it could…"-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
"I could sense him gathering a false hindsight that afternoon in the Place des Vosges, shaping a retrospective narrative, the thing a person tells himself about fate, about how everything had seemed f…"-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
22. 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
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- historical
- audiobook
"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
23. The Stone Witch of Florence
By: Anna Rasche
4.04
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Ancient sorcery. Magic gemstones. Only one woman can save a city in ruins… 1348. As the Black Pl… read more
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- italy
- historical
24. Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great
By: Rachel Kousser
4.10
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A riveting biography of Alexander the Great’s final years, when the leader’s insatiable desire to c… read more
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- history
- biography
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
25. All His Spies: The Secret World of Robert Cecil
By: Stephen Alford
3.82
Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition
From the acclaimed author of The Watchers, the untold story of Robert Cecil - the ultimate Tudor sp… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
26. 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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- history
- biography
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
27. Catherine de' Medici: The Life and Times of the Serpent Queen
By: Mary Hollingsworth
3.77
Format: 580 pages, Kindle Edition
A new biography of Catherine de' Medici, the most powerful woman in sixteenth-century Europe, whose… read more
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- italy
- history
- biography
- world history
- historical
- nonfiction
- france
- audiobook
28. The Bog Wife
By: Kay Chronister
4.03
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this atmospheric Appalachian gothic, the Haddesley siblings of West Virginia must unearth long-b… read more
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29. Model Home
By: Rivers Solomon
4.06
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to Rivers Solomon's dark and wondrous Model Home, a new kind of haunted-house novel. The… read more
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30. Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II
By: Elyse Graham
3.88
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The riveting, untold story of the scholars, librarians, and university professors who were recruite… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"She was also a woman, which for him was a plus."-Elyse Graham, Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II
"... because knowledge is, itself, a kind of magic, regardless of whether you get it from the stars or from the sublunary hermeneutics of the human fields of learning."-Elyse Graham, Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II
"The historical record often neglects certain kinds of stories. For example, in the Library of Congress, OSS veterans helped catalogue the OSS records; this was a good service to the country, but they…"-Elyse Graham, Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II
31. The Grey Wolf (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #19)
By: Louise Penny
4.44
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The 19th mystery in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Armand Gamache series. Relentless phone ca… read more
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- audiobook
