5 Top nonfiction books like Founder, Fighter, Saxon Queen: Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians by Margaret C. Jones

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Founder, Fighter, Saxon Queen: Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians

By: Margaret C. Jones

3.55

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Alfred the Great’s daughter defied all expectations of a well-bred Saxon princess. The first Saxon …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Founder, Fighter, Saxon Queen: Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians by Margaret C. Jones , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The Histories

By: Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola

4.01

Format: 716 pages, Paperback

David Grene, one of the best known translators of the Greek classics, splendidly captures the pecul… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
"Hippocleides doesn't care."

-Herodotus, The Histories

"So much, then, for the fish."

-Herodotus, The Histories

"La muerte es para el hombre el más deseado refugio."

-Herodotus, The Histories

"Muchos hombres opulentos son desdichados, y muchos que tienen hacienda moderada son dichosos."

-Herodotus, The Histories

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2. The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts

By: Joshua Hammer

3.82

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

To save precious centuries-old Arabic texts from Al Qaeda, a band of librarians in Timbuktu pulls o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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3. Richard III

By: William Shakespeare , John Jowett

3.37

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Richard III is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays on the stage and has been adapted successful… read more

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4. I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)

By: Robert Graves

3.44

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54. Set in the… read more

Similar categories in Robert Graves's I, Claudius (Claudius, #1) book and Margaret C. Jones's Founder, Fighter, Saxon Queen: Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians

  • historical
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5. The Red Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #3)

By: Philippa Gregory

4.00

Format: 205 pages, Hardcover

The second book in Philippa's stunning new trilogy, The Cousins' War, brings to life the story of M… read more

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  • historical
  • british literature

6. Sleeping Beauties

By: Stephen King , Owen King

3.76

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

In a future so real and near it might be now, something happens when women go to sleep; they become… read more

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7. The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1)

By: Bernard Cornwell

3.90

Format: 15 pages, Paperback

This is the story of the making of England in the 9th and 10th centuries, the years in which King A… read more

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8. Much Ado About Nothing

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Gail Kern Paster , None

3.92

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

The action is set in Sicily, where Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon, has recently defeated his half-brot… read more

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9. Dead Man's Ransom (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #9)

By: Ellis Peters

3.53

Format: None pages, Paperback

The year is 1141 and civil war continues to rage. When the sheriff of Shropshire is taken prisoner,… read more

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10. The Big Four (Hercule Poirot, #5)

By: Agatha Christie

3.68

Format: 113 pages, Paperback

Framed in the doorway of Poirot's bedroom stood an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dus… read more

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11. The Merciless Ones (Deathless, #2)

By: Namina Forna

3.90

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

It's been six months since Deka freed the goddesses in the ancient kingdom of Otera and discovered … read more

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"She herself threw other girls on the metaphorical and even physical pyre. I should be used to it now, the way women sometimes betray other women, the way they align themselves with men, if only to gu…"

-Namina Forna, The Merciless Ones (Deathless, #2)

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12. The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)

By: Namina Forna

4.00

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whet… read more

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"He's crying as he kills me"

-Namina Forna, The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)

"No matter my origins, there is worth in what I am."

-Namina Forna, The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)

"It's the ritual that gives legitimacy to the murder."

-Namina Forna, The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)

"Never forget: the same gift they praise you for now, they will kill you for later."

-Namina Forna, The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)

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13. Mister Magic

By: Kiersten White

3.59

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

Who is Mister Magic? Former child stars reunite to uncover the tragedy that ended their show—and di… read more

Similar categories in Kiersten White's Mister Magic book and Margaret C. Jones's Founder, Fighter, Saxon Queen: Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians

"Magic never forgets the taste of your friendship."

-Kiersten White, Mister Magic

"This version of him isn't perfect. None of them are. New isn't the same as perfect. Growing up isn't inherently loss, it's just change."

-Kiersten White, Mister Magic

"I think you've told me thank you more in the last day than anyone else has in years. It's like--when there's a stack of dishes, if my husband actually does them , I tell him thank you. But when I do …"

-Kiersten White, Mister Magic

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14. Invader (Agricola #1)

By: Simon Turney

4.56

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

The first volume in a thrilling new historical adventure series by Simon Turney, critically acclaim… read more

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  • historical
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15. The Falcon of Sparta

By: Conn Iggulden

4.15

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

In the Ancient World, one army was feared above all others. This is their story.When Cyrus, brother… read more

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  • historical
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16. Kemp: The Road to Crécy (Arrows of Albion #1)

By: Jonathan Lunn

4.24

Format: 437 pages, Kindle Edition

An epic Medieval adventure of the Hundred Years WarWhen Kemp joins the English army in order to avo… read more

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17. King Arthur's Wars: The Anglo-Saxon Conquest of England

By: Jim Storr

3.51

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

The story of an era shrouded in mystery, and the gradual changing of a nation’s cultural identity. … read more

Similar categories in Jim Storr's King Arthur's Wars: The Anglo-Saxon Conquest of England book and Margaret C. Jones's Founder, Fighter, Saxon Queen: Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • british literature
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18. Emperor's Lion (Imperial Assassin #5)

By: Alex Gough

4.47

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

A single death could plunge the Empire into chaos. Silus, member of Emperor Caracalla's elite assa… read more

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19. Richard III: Brother, Protector, King

By: Chris Skidmore

3.70

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The last Plantagenet king remains one of England's most famous and controversial monarchs. There ar… read more

Similar categories in Chris Skidmore's Richard III: Brother, Protector, King book and Margaret C. Jones's Founder, Fighter, Saxon Queen: Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians

  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction
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20. Founder, Fighter, Saxon Queen: Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians

By: Margaret C. Jones

3.55

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Alfred the Great’s daughter defied all expectations of a well-bred Saxon princess. The first Saxon … read more

Similar categories in Margaret C. Jones's Founder, Fighter, Saxon Queen: Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians book and Margaret C. Jones's Founder, Fighter, Saxon Queen: Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians

  • history
  • biography
  • british literature
  • historical
  • nonfiction

5 Best history books like Founder, Fighter, Saxon Queen: Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians by Margaret C. Jones

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Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola

4.01

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Joshua Hammer

3.82

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Jim Storr

3.51

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Richard III: Brother, Protector, King

Chris Skidmore

3.70

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Kamilah Cole

3.90

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Namina Forna

3.90

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Jordan Ifueko

4.33

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Jordan Ifueko

4.24

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