9 must-read medieval books like Arise, England: Six Kings and the Making of the English State by Caroline Burt

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Arise, England: Six Kings and the Making of the English State

By: Caroline Burt

4.13

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Between 1199 and 1399, the story of politics in England was full of high drama. These two centuries…

If you liked the medieval plot in Arise, England: Six Kings and the Making of the English State by Caroline Burt , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Napoleon: A Life

By: Andrew Roberts

4.23

Format: 976 pages, Paperback

The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"I am very happy to see the enemy wish to avoid our coming to him. – Napoleon"

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

"I have beaten the Russian and Austrian army commanded by the two emperors. I am a little tired."

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

"His constant references to the ancient world have the effect of giving ordinary soldiers a sense of their lives."

-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life

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2. The Norman Conquest

By: Marc Morris

4.62

Format: None pages,

An epic tale, with violence at its heart, and a triumph of narrative history. The Norman Conquestst… read more

Similar categories in Marc Morris's The Norman Conquest book and Caroline Burt's Arise, England: Six Kings and the Making of the English State

  • medieval
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • british literature
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3. The Coming of the Third Reich

By: Richard J. Evans

3.44

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

From one of the world's most distinguished historians, a magisterial new reckoning with Hitler's ri… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

4. The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam

By: Douglas Murray

4.19

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The Strange Death of Europeis a highly personal account of a continent and culture caught in the ac… read more

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5. Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution

By: Simon Schama

3.80

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Instead of a dying Old Regime, Schama presents an ebullient country, vital & inventive, infatuated … read more

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6. Act of Oblivion

By: Robert Harris

4.07

Format: 463 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, Munich, and Conclave comes this spellbi… read more

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  • british literature
"He had no idea where they would go, or what they would do, or what dangers lay ahead. But with their love, and their Bible, with their absolute certainty in the power of the Lord and the protection o…"

-Robert Harris, Act of Oblivion

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7. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

By: Rory Stewart

4.36

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • british literature
"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"

-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

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8. Every Move You Make

By: C.L. Taylor

3.90

Format: 422 pages, Kindle Edition

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer… Alexandra, Lucy, Bridget, River and Natalie. Fi… read more

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9. Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

By: David H. Petraeus

4.06

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

Two leading authorities—an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strate… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
"A recurring theme of this book is that money spent on deterrence is seldom wasted, especially when considered against the costs incurred when the deterrence fails."

-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

"Hybrid warfare particularly appeals to China and Russia, since they are much more able to control the information their populaces receive than are their Western adversaries. A 1999 book, Unrestricted…"

-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

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10. 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
  • nonfiction
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11. The Woman Who Lied

By: Claire Douglas

4.00

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Emilia Ward is just an ordinary mum living happily in suburban London with her husband and two chil… read more

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12. The Passionate Tudor: A Novel of Queen Mary I

By: Alison Weir

4.02

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the dramatic and poig… read more

Similar categories in Alison Weir's The Passionate Tudor: A Novel of Queen Mary I book and Caroline Burt's Arise, England: Six Kings and the Making of the English State

  • medieval
  • british literature
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13. 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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  • medieval
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • british literature
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14. Henry III: The Rise to Power and Personal Rule, 1207-1258

By: David Arscott Carpenter

4.46

Format: 765 pages, Hardcover

The first in a ground-breaking two-volume history of Henry III’s rule, from when he first assumed t… read more

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  • medieval
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • british literature
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15. 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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  • medieval
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • british literature
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16. 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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  • medieval
  • nonfiction
  • history
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17. Triumph and Illusion: The Hundred Years War, Volume 5

By: Jonathan Sumption

4.68

Format: 1006 pages, Hardcover

Triumph and Illusion is the final volume of Jonathan Sumption's epic history of the Hundred Years W… read more

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  • medieval
  • history
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18. Truss at 10: How Not to Be Prime Minister

By: Anthony Seldon

4.36

Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition

Liz Truss's disastrous premiership was the shortest and most chaotic in British history. In the spa… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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19. 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

Similar categories in Dan Jones's Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King book and Caroline Burt's Arise, England: Six Kings and the Making of the English State

  • medieval
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • british literature
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20. Arise, England: Six Kings and the Making of the English State

By: Caroline Burt

4.13

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Between 1199 and 1399, the story of politics in England was full of high drama. These two centuries… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Burt's Arise, England: Six Kings and the Making of the English State book and Caroline Burt's Arise, England: Six Kings and the Making of the English State

  • medieval
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • british literature

14 best-selling history books like Arise, England: Six Kings and the Making of the English State by Caroline Burt

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Napoleon: A Life

Andrew Roberts

4.23

Transform Your Habits

The Norman Conquest

Marc Morris

4.62

Transform Your Habits

The Coming of the Third Reich

Richard J. Evans

3.44

Transform Your Habits

Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Rory Stewart

4.36

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

Dan Jones

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England's Self-made King

Ian Mortimer

4.29

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King John: Treachery and Tyranny in Medieval England: The Road to Magna Carta

Marc Morris

5.00

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The Norman Conquest

Marc Morris

4.62

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