6 must-read european history books like Christina, Queen of Sweden: The Restless Life of a European Eccentric by Veronica Buckley

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Christina, Queen of Sweden: The Restless Life of a European Eccentric

By: Veronica Buckley

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

She was born on a bitterly cold December night in 1626 and, in the candlelight, mistakenly declared…

If you liked the european history plot in Christina, Queen of Sweden: The Restless Life of a European Eccentric by Veronica Buckley , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. The Bad Popes

By: E.R. Chamberlin

4.18

Format: 306 pages,

Let yourself be swept up by this colorful, panoramic story of seven men who ruled the Church of Rom… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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2. Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and His Scandalous Duchess

By: Alison Weir

3.79

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In her remarkable new book, Alison Weir recounts one of the greatest love stories of medieval Engla… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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3. Isabella: The Warrior Queen

By: Kirstin Downey

4.15

Format: 399 pages, Hardcover

An engrossing and revolutionary biography of Isabella of Castile, the controversial Queen of Spain … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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4. Christina, Queen of Sweden: The Restless Life of a European Eccentric

By: Veronica Buckley

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

She was born on a bitterly cold December night in 1626 and, in the candlelight, mistakenly declared… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • sweden
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5. Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion

By: Anne Somerset

4.11

Format: 15 pages, Hardcover

She ascended the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1702, at age thirty-seven, Britain's l… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction

6. Saratoga Trunk

By: Edna Ferber , None

3.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

The basis for the classic film starring Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman, Saratoga Trunkunfolds the s… read more

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7. The Prestige

By: Christopher Priest

3.81

Format: 263 pages, Paperback

In 1878, two young stage magicians clash in the dark during the course of a fraudulent seance. From… read more

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8. The King in Yellow

By: Robert W. Chambers

3.55

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

One of the leading examples of Victorian-gothic horror, The King in Yellow is a collection of ten i… read more

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"Selby never knew why, but he suddenly began to buy flowers."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

"Strange in the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But Stranger still is Lost Carcosa."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

"I pray God will curse the writer, as the writer has cursed the world with this beautiful, stupendous creation, terrible in its simplicity, irresistible in its truth..."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

"No, he is not vicious, nor is he in the least demented. His mind is a wonder chamber, from which he can extract treasures that you and I would give years of our life to acquire."

-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

9. The Romanovs: 1613-1918

By: Simon Sebag Montefiore

3.17

Format: None pages,

The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surfac… read more

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10. Queens of the Crusades (England's Medieval Queens, #2)

By: Alison Weir

3.97

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

Packed with incredible true stories and legendary medieval intrigue, this epic narrative history ch… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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11. Cleopatra's Daughter: From Roman Prisoner to African Queen

By: Jane Draycott

3.77

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The first modern biography of one of the most influential yet long-neglected rulers of the ancient … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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12. Blood, Fire and Gold

By: Estelle Paranque

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

'A story told with verve and passion' The Times, Book of the Week'An alternative and engaging biogr… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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13. The Wives of George IV: The Secret Bride & the Scorned Princess

By: Catherine Curzon

4.46

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

In Georgian England, few men were more fashionable or more eligible than George, Prince of Wales. W… read more

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14. Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth

By: Natalie Haynes

4.05

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Natalie Haynes returns to the world of ancient Greek myth in thi… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
"The distinction that only sciences are useful and only arts are spirit-enhancing is a nonsensical one. I couldn't write much without scientists designing my computer. And some of them must want to re…"

-Natalie Haynes, Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth

"According to Hesiod's Theogony , Rhea gives birth to the following children in this order: Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. Kronos swallows each of the first five deities, and Rhea i…"

-Natalie Haynes, Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth

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15. An Assassin in Utopia: The True Story of a Nineteenth-Century Sex Cult and a President's Murder

By: Susan Wels

3.33

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

This true crime odyssey explores a forgotten, astonishing chapter of American history, leading the … read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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16. 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
  • european history
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17. Margaret of Austria: Governor of the Netherlands and Early 16th-Century Europe's Greatest Diplomat

By: Rozsa Gaston

4.30

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮 was the most significant political negotiator of early 16th century Europe. Abo… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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18. Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor

By: Andrew Lownie

3.82

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Traitor King, by Sunday Times bestselling author Andrew Lownie, looks at the years following the ab… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"The problem was that the Duke wanted status not a job, to be recognised rather than to contribute."

-Andrew Lownie, Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor

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19. The Romanov Brides

By: Clare McHugh

3.91

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From the author of A Most English Princess comes a rich novel about young Princess Alix of Hesse—th… read more

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  • historical
Cover of In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters by Nancy  Goldstone

20. 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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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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21. Diamonds and Deadlines: A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded Age

By: Betsy Prioleau

3.55

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Betsy Prioleau’s biography of Gilded Age female tycoon Miriam Leslie is “an appropriately twisty ta… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction

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