La Duchesse: The Life of Marie de Vignerot—Cardinal Richelieu's Forgotten Heiress Who Shaped the Fate of France
By: Bronwen McShea
4.27
Format: 463 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. The Kitchen Madonna
By: Rumer Godden , Carol Barker
4.28
Format: 89 pages, Hardcover
Marta is unhappy. For quietly aloof Gregory and his sister Janet, Marta, with her thick Ukrainian a… read more
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2. The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
By: Raymond Chandler
4.19
Format: 379 pages, Paperback
Down-and-out drunk Terry Lennox has a problem: his millionaire wife is dead and he needs to get out… read more
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"To say goodbye is to die a little."-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
"I'm killing time and it's dying hard."-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
"I'm a native son, born in Santa Rosa."-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
"I was as hollow and empty as the spaces between stars."-Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
3. Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis
By: Michael Ward
4.33
Format: 347 pages, Hardcover
For over half a century, scholars have laboured to show that C. S. Lewis's famed but apparently dis… read more
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4. Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King
By: Antonia Fraser
4.35
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The self-proclaimed Sun King, Louis XIV ruled over the most glorious and extravagant court in seven… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- france
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5. The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
By: Robert Fagles , Aeschylus , William Bedell Stanford
4.01
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Alternate covers of this ISBN here, here, here, here. Most recent cover is here. In the Oresteia… read more
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"I cannot not grieve."-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
"Learning comes through pain."-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
"Do I not live? Badly, I know, but I live."-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
"Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know Except pain"-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
6. The Apostles: The Origin of the Church and Their Co-Workers
By: Pope Benedict XVI
4.08
Format: None pages,
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7. Peace Like a River
By: Leif Enger
4.09
Format: 315 pages,
Once in a great while, we encounter a novel in our voluminous reading that begs to be read aloud. L… read more
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8. A Lesson in Secrets (Maisie Dobbs, #8)
By: Jacqueline Winspear
0.00
Format: None pages,
In the summer of 1932, Maisie Dobbs' career goes in an exciting new direction when she accepts an u… read more
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9. He Leadeth Me
By: Walter J. Ciszek , Daniel L. Flaherty , Walter Ciszek
4.63
Format: 202 pages, Paperback
He Leadeth Me is the deeply moving personal story of one man's spiritual odyssey and the unflagging… read more
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"Solo puedo describir la experiencia de conversión como una sensación de «dejarse llevar», de renunciar a todo esfuerzo o incluso a mi deseo de tomar las riendas de mi propia vida. Aunque suene demasi…"-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me
"La humildad significa eso: aprender a aceptar el desánimo e incluso la derrota como enviados por Dios; aprender a perseverar y seguir adelante con el corazón en paz y confiando en Dios, seguros de qu…"-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me
"Durante esos largos de años de soledad y sufrimiento, Dios me condujo a una comprensión de la vida y de su amor que solo quienes la han experimentado son capaces de entender. Me despojó de muchos de …"-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me
"Quizá Dios tenga que recordarnos con tremenda claridad que eso es exactamente lo que quería decirnos con esas palabras aparentemente tan simples del Sermón de la Montaña: «No estéis preocupados por v…"-Walter J. Ciszek, He Leadeth Me
10. The End of Woman: How Smashing the Patriarchy Has Destroyed Us
By: Carrie Gress
4.20
Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition
Feminism Doesn’t Empower Women. It Erases Them. The bestselling author of Theology of Home, Carrie … read more
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11. The Cellist (Gabriel Allon, #21)
By: Daniel Silva
4.00
Format: 477 pages, Kindle Edition
From Daniel Silva, the internationally acclaimed number one New York Times best-selling author, com… read more
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"Intentionally rude and vulgar, he took pleasure in the discomfort of others."-Daniel Silva, The Cellist (Gabriel Allon, #21)
"Russia will never be a democracy again, Allon. We cannot live as normal people."-Daniel Silva, The Cellist (Gabriel Allon, #21)
"You know the old Russian proverb, Allon. What’s mine is mine, and what’s yours is mine."-Daniel Silva, The Cellist (Gabriel Allon, #21)
"A politically divided and destabilized America - an America drifting toward white nationalism, authoritarianism, and isolationism - will pose no challenge (...). Page 467."-Daniel Silva, The Cellist (Gabriel Allon, #21)
12. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
By: Jonathan Kennedy
3.94
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An account of how the major transformations in history—from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth o… read more
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"Pathogens thrive on inequality and injustice."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"Across the whole of the Americas, the introduction of infectious diseases from Europe resulted in a 90 percent fall in the population, from about 60.5 million in 1500 to 6 million a century later."-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
"There is one universally incorrect choice: do nothing. This didn't work when humans thought that plagues were a punishment sent by angry gods. Nor does a laissez-faire approach help stop disease when…"-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
13. London Rules (Slough House, #5)
By: Mick Herron
4.34
Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition
The fifth entry in CWA Gold dagger-winning Slough House series.London Rules might not be written do… read more
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"hate crime pollutes the soul, but only the souls of those who commit it"-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)
"you're all crazy," Flyte said. "we prefer the term"Alternatively sane"."-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)
"Conspiracy theory is bloomed at the rate of one hundred and forty characters a second."-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)
"He eyed her critically. "You look like all your birthdays came at once." "I look happy to you?" "No, old. Am I the only one round here speaks English?"-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)
14. 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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15. The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of British History at Hampton Court
By: Gareth Russell
4.21
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
The popular and “scrupulous historian” (Daily Mail , London) Gareth Russell presents five hundred y… read more
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16. The Princes in the Tower: Solving History's Greatest Cold Case
By: Philippa Langley
3.67
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1483, Edward V (age twelve) and his brother Richard, Duke of York (age nine), disappeared from t… read more
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17. A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire
By: Emma Southon
4.23
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum comes a wildly entertai… read more
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18. 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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19. Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Children of Edward I
By: Kelcey Wilson-Lee
4.13
Format: 364 pages, Hardcover
Virginal, chaste, humble, patiently waiting for rescue by brave knights and handsome princes: this … read more
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20. Soldiers Don't Go Mad: A True Story of Friendship, Poetry, and Mental Illness During the First World War
By: Charles Glass
4.12
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant and poignant history of the friendship between two great war poets, Siegfried Sassoon a… read more
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21. In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters
By: Nancy Goldstone
4.16
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
The vibrant, sprawling saga of Empress Maria Theresa—one of the most renowned women rulers in histo… read more
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22. Shakespeare's Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissance
By: Ramie Targoff
3.91
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
This remarkable work about women writers in the English Renaissance explodes our notion of the Shak… read more
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23. The House of Dudley: A New History of Tudor England
By: Joanne Paul
4.17
Format: 506 pages, Hardcover
Told for the very first time, this is the shocking and extraordinary story of the most-conniving an… read more
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24. The Queen and the Mistress: The Women of Edward III
By: Gemma Hollman
4.02
Format: 336 pages, ebook
The riveting story of two women whose divergent personalities and positions impacted the court of E… read more
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25. In the Eye of the Storm: A Biography of Gregory the Great
By: Sigrid Grabner
4.20
Format: 279 pages, Paperback
Rome in the year A.D. 590. A plague is tearing through the city. Pope Pelagius II is dead. Outside … read more
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26. Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant
By: John Reeves
3.81
Format: 352 pages, ebook
Presenting an original, thought-provoking look at Ulysses S. Grant, Soldier of Destiny evokes the l… read more
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27. Forgotten Warriors: The Long History of Women in Combat
By: Sarah Percy
4.00
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The definitive history of women in war, revealing how women have always been an essential part of c… read more
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28. Queens of a Fallen World: The Lost Women of Augustine's Confessions
By: Kate Cooper
3.77
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2023 The vibrant and surprising lives of the women in Augustine's Con… read more
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29. Battle for the Island Kingdom: England's Destiny 1000–1066
By: Don Hollway
4.33
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A rich history of the years leading up to 1066 when Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Normans vied for the … read more
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30. La Duchesse: The Life of Marie de Vignerot—Cardinal Richelieu's Forgotten Heiress Who Shaped the Fate of France
By: Bronwen McShea
4.27
Format: 463 pages, Kindle Edition
A rich portrait of a compelling, complex woman who emerged from a sheltered rural childhood into th… read more
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