11 must-read historical fiction books like The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (Josephine Bonaparte, #1) by Sandra Gulland

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The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (Josephine Bonaparte, #1)

By: Sandra Gulland

3.00

Format: None pages,

Young Josephine Bonaparte shines at the center of a new, sweeping, romantic work of historical fict…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (Josephine Bonaparte, #1) by Sandra Gulland , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. The Second Empress: A Novel of Napoleon's Court

By: Michelle Moran

3.86

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

National bestselling author Michelle Moran returns to Paris, this time under the rule of Emperor Na… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Moran's The Second Empress: A Novel of Napoleon's Court book and Sandra Gulland's The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (Josephine Bonaparte, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • france
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"The Empress Marie-Louise once asked me if I believed in ghosts. 'I find it hard to believe in something I've never seen,' I told her. But perhaps ghosts aren't meant to be seen. Perhaps they are mean…"

-Michelle Moran, The Second Empress: A Novel of Napoleon's Court

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2. White Houses

By: Amy Bloom

3.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Based on truth, the "sensuous, captivating account of a forbidden affair between two women" (People… read more

Similar categories in Amy Bloom's White Houses book and Sandra Gulland's The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (Josephine Bonaparte, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Those of us who knew him and needed him didn't want to stop grieving, for fear we'd step forward, toward the future, and entirely lose the trace, the smell, and the feel of him."

-Amy Bloom, White Houses

"Every couple has the same five arguments in their lifetime, which is really just the one, over and over, until people die or divorce. What it is depends on who you are and what your parents did to yo…"

-Amy Bloom, White Houses

"We used to say, we’re no beauties, because it was impossible to tell the truth. In bed, we were beauties. We were goddesses. We were the little girls we’d never been: loved, saucy, delighted, and del…"

-Amy Bloom, White Houses

"We think- oh, we will never forget these northern lights, but we do. What we remember is only the curling picture in the left-hand drawer (Presque Isle, Maine, 1934) or a gorgeous half-page photo in …"

-Amy Bloom, White Houses

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3. The Last Full Measure (The Civil War Trilogy, #3)

By: Jeff Shaara

4.09

Format: 148 pages,

In the Pulitzer prize-winning classic The Killer Angels,Michael Shaara created the finest Civil War… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Shaara's The Last Full Measure (The Civil War Trilogy, #3) book and Sandra Gulland's The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (Josephine Bonaparte, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (Josephine Bonaparte, #1) by Sandra Gulland

4. The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (Josephine Bonaparte, #1)

By: Sandra Gulland

3.00

Format: None pages,

Young Josephine Bonaparte shines at the center of a new, sweeping, romantic work of historical fict… read more

Similar categories in Sandra Gulland's The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (Josephine Bonaparte, #1) book and Sandra Gulland's The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (Josephine Bonaparte, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • french revolution
  • france
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 18th century
Cover of Falls the Shadow  (Welsh Princes, #2) by Sharon Kay Penman

5. Falls the Shadow (Welsh Princes, #2)

By: Sharon Kay Penman

4.55

Format: 160 pages,

This is Simon de Montfort's story--and the story of King Henry III, as weak and changeable as Montf… read more

Similar categories in Sharon Kay Penman's Falls the Shadow (Welsh Princes, #2) book and Sandra Gulland's The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (Josephine Bonaparte, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Sharpe's Gold (Sharpe, #9) by Bernard Cornwell

6. Sharpe's Gold (Sharpe, #9)

By: Bernard Cornwell

3.50

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

With Wellington outnumbered, the bankrupt army's only hope of avoiding, collapse is a hidden cache … read more

Similar categories in Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe's Gold (Sharpe, #9) book and Sandra Gulland's The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (Josephine Bonaparte, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

7. Splendor (Luxe, #4)

By: Anna Godbersen

3.45

Format: 105 pages,

New Beginnings. Shocking Revelations. Unexpected Endings. As spring turns into summer, Elizabeth re… read more

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8. Elizabeth I

By: Margaret George

3.04

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

New York Timesbestselling author Margaret George captures history's most enthralling queen-as she c… read more

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9. The Dark Monk (The Hangman's Daughter, #2)

By: Oliver Pötzsch , Lee Chadeayne

4.16

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

1660: Winter has settled thick over a sleepy village in the Bavarian Alps, ensuring every farmer an… read more

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10. Russka: The Novel of Russia

By: Edward Rutherfurd

4.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Impressive." THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD Spanning 1800 years of Russia's history, people, polti… read more

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11. Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914 (Royal Diaries #5)

By: Carolyn Meyer

3.25

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Carolyn Meyer introduces readers to the unforgettable Anastasia Romanov whose … read more

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12. The Cure for Dreaming

By: Cat Winters

3.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Olivia Mead is a headstrong, independent girl--a suffragist--in an age that prefers its girls to be… read more

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13. One Came Home

By: Amy Timberlake

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A Newbery Honor Book An ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book Winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Be… read more

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14. Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

By: Yvonne Korshak

4.29

Format: 557 pages, Kindle Edition

STEP ASIDE, ANTONY AND PERICLES AND ASPASIA —THE LOVE STORY THAT SHAPED HISTORY Two lovers cres… read more

Similar categories in Yvonne Korshak's Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece book and Sandra Gulland's The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (Josephine Bonaparte, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Temples are for the gods,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"Do you know the song Violet Crowned Athens?"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"But  Phidias was better than most men since he made beautiful sculptures. He was even making one of her—well, he called it “Athena,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

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15. His Forefathers and Mick

By: Michael G. Kramer

4.36

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

"His forefathers and Mick", traces the riveting saga of the Kramer family across three tumultuous g… read more

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"Adrian blew his whistle and shouted, “Attack and put too death all those who oppose the fatherland!"

-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

"Kurt said, “I have always wanted to wipe that self-satisfied smug look from the face of thee Prussian Pickle!"

-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

"Heinrich replied, “The fact that Kramer’s radio station has  been wiped out by the British Navy in now classified information!"

-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

"Fritz Kramer said, “I cannot see why my treatment of my Chinese workers as equals should cause any German, American or British person any concern."

-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

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16. Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

By: K. Ritz

4.33

Format: 410 pages, Paperback

Synopsis: For five years Me’acca Mysuth Sheever has lived among his “sworn enemies,” pretending to … read more

Similar categories in K. Ritz's Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master book and Sandra Gulland's The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (Josephine Bonaparte, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"At what point does faith become insanity?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Mead. O sweet elixir, Ye bless the lips and steal the wits. "

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it."

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

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17. Isabella Warrior Queen

By: Michael G. Kramer

4.30

Format: None pages, ebook

The complete story of Isabella, her husband King Edward II, their son who was King Edward III and t… read more

Similar categories in Michael G. Kramer's Isabella Warrior Queen book and Sandra Gulland's The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (Josephine Bonaparte, #1)

  • historical
"Eliza answered, “My Lady, that was Sir Roger Mortimer!"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

"Cynthia said, “How are things going for you with this birth?"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

"When speaking to her husband, Isabella replied, Mon tresdoutz coer, (My very sweet heart) please do that and perhaps I shall be able to continue to perform official functions on your behalf!"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

"On the 16th of Febuary 1312, when Isabella was aged sixteen years, the couple were at their hunting lodge when Edward suddenly took Isabella into his arms and began to kiss her and pay her a lot of a…"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

Cover of Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series) by Carolyn M. Bowen

18. Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series)

By: Carolyn M. Bowen

4.36

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

None read more

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"He wanted a stiff drink to get through the evening, for he knew they’d be wailing, and her family coming unglued."

-Carolyn M. Bowen, Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series)

"Elpidio sensed that David had more to say but was holding back due to their friendship. He wondered why David had gone along with Emiliana's seemingly impulsive ideas."

-Carolyn M. Bowen, Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series)

"He didn't want to give the cartel any time to persuade Emiliana into accepting a more enticing offer. He had reservations about her loyalty and feared she might make a deal without Elpidio's consent."

-Carolyn M. Bowen, Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series)

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19. Prairie Lotus

By: Linda Sue Park

4.29

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Prairie Lotus is a book about a girl determined to fit in and realize her dreams: getting an educat… read more

Similar categories in Linda Sue Park's Prairie Lotus book and Sandra Gulland's The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (Josephine Bonaparte, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Victor's Blessing by Barbara Sontheimer

20. Victor's Blessing

By: Barbara Sontheimer

4.34

Format: 582 pages, Paperback

Victor Gant, a 6'5" half-Osage blacksmith is an unusual hero for a Civil War love story. But Victor… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Sontheimer's Victor's Blessing book and Sandra Gulland's The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (Josephine Bonaparte, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Then wake up my sweet,  wake up knowing that your future is to be happy, and that your heart will heal."

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"Victor's tortured eyes blazed down at her, and for a moment she was afraid.  Then he leaned down and dissolved into tears in the arms of Celena who was only six."

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"He turned and smiled resolvedly at her.  He knew no one else would ever understand that for Arvellen, sex only had to do with friendship and of pleasing one another, and nothing at all to do with wha…"

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"I'm afraid!" She cried breaking free from his embrace. But this time, he refused to let her go.  "No, no, no, you're not afraid of me!  What am I...a foot and half taller than you and out weigh you b…"

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

Cover of The Winter Palace (Catherine #1) by Eva Stachniak

21. The Winter Palace (Catherine #1)

By: Eva Stachniak

3.60

Format: None pages, Audio CD

From award-winning author Eva Stachniak comes this passionate novel that illuminates, as only ficti… read more

Similar categories in Eva Stachniak's The Winter Palace (Catherine #1) book and Sandra Gulland's The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (Josephine Bonaparte, #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • 18th century
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Where does destiny end and choice begin?"

-Eva Stachniak, The Winter Palace (Catherine #1)

"If you don't love, you cannot be betrayed."

-Eva Stachniak, The Winter Palace (Catherine #1)

"If a tree is bent, every goat will jump on it."

-Eva Stachniak, The Winter Palace (Catherine #1)

"I was a tongue, a gazette. The bearer of "the truth of the whispers." I knew of hollowed books, trunks with false bottoms, and the meanders of secret corridors. I knew how to open hidden drawers in y…"

-Eva Stachniak, The Winter Palace (Catherine #1)

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