21 Best american history books like Lafayette by Harlow Giles Unger

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Lafayette

By: Harlow Giles Unger

3.71

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Acclaim for Lafayette "I found Mr. Unger's book exceptionally well done. It's an admirable account …

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1. Canada

By: Mike Myers

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Comedy superstar Mike Myers writes from the (true patriot) heart about his 52-year relationship wit… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"...the strength of a democracy is not how well we agree but how well we disagree."

-Mike Myers, Canada

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2. Washington's Immortals: The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the Revolution

By: Patrick K. O'Donnell

4.16

Format: 463 pages, Hardcover

In August 1776, little over a month after the Continental Congress had formally declared independen… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • historical
  • american revolution
  • nonfiction
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3. Washington: A Life

By: Ron Chernow

4.16

Format: 904 pages, Hardcover

The celebrated Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of America. With a brea… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • american revolution
  • nonfiction
"Many mickles make a muckle."

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

"Washington grew as a leader because he engaged in searching self- criticism. “I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors,"

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

"I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others must do this, because he is thereby enabled to correct his faults or remove the prejudices whic…"

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

"An essential difference between the American and French revolutions was that the American version allowed a search for many truths, while French zealots tried to impose a single sacred truth that all…"

-Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life

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4. A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico

By: Amy S. Greenberg

3.96

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Often forgotten and overlooked, the U.S.-Mexican War featured false starts, atrocities, and daring … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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5. An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)

By: Rick Atkinson

4.29

Format: 681 pages, Hardcover

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn the first volume of his monumental tri… read more

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  • historical
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
"In battle, topography is fate."

-Rick Atkinson, An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)

"Troops caught nibbling their emergency D- ration chocolate bars were dubbed Chocolate Soldiers and punished by forfeiting two meals. This was a happy penance. The galleys served so much fatty mutton …"

-Rick Atkinson, An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #1)

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6. Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America

By: Eric Jay Dolin

3.37

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Leviathan selected as one of the best nonfiction books of 2007 by The Los Angeles Times, The Boston… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Four Princes: Henry VIII, Francis I, Charles V, Suleiman the Magnificent and the Obsessions that Forged Modern Europe by John Julius Norwich

7. Four Princes: Henry VIII, Francis I, Charles V, Suleiman the Magnificent and the Obsessions that Forged Modern Europe

By: John Julius Norwich

3.62

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

In Europe, 1491 to 1500 was an exciting time to be alive. The entire continent was overshadowed by … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • france
  • nonfiction
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8. Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson

By: Gore Vidal

4.17

Format: None pages, softback

Gore Vidal, one of the master stylists of American literature and one of the most acute observers o… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • american revolution
  • nonfiction
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9. All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror

By: Stephen Kinzer

4.12

Format: 29 pages, Paperback

An American Coup & the Roots of Middle East Terror Half a century ago, the United States overthrew … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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10. The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #3)

By: Rick Atkinson

4.67

Format: 121 pages, Hardcover

The magnificent conclusion to Rick Atkinson's acclaimed Liberation Trilogy about the Allied triumph… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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11. Lafayette

By: Harlow Giles Unger

3.71

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Acclaim for Lafayette "I found Mr. Unger's book exceptionally well done. It's an admirable account … read more

Similar categories in Harlow Giles Unger's Lafayette book and Harlow Giles Unger's Lafayette

  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • american revolution
  • nonfiction
  • france
Cover of The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive & the Secret History of the KGB by None, Vasili Mitrokhin, Christopher Andrew

12. The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive & the Secret History of the KGB

By: None , Vasili Mitrokhin , Christopher Andrew

3.99

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

The Sword and the Shieldis based on one of the most extraordinary intelligence coups of recent time… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

13. The White King: Charles I, Traitor, Murderer, Martyr

By: Leanda de Lisle

4.67

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times Bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the tragic stor… read more

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14. Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History

By: Robert D. Kaplan

4.33

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

From the assassination that triggered World War I to the ethnic warfare in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croa… read more

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15. The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #2)

By: Rick Atkinson

4.90

Format: None pages,

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLERIn the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in … read more

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16. The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic

By: Mike Duncan

4.00

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

The Roman Republic was one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of civilization. Afte… read more

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17. Street Without Joy: The French Debacle in Indochina

By: George C. Herring , Bernard B. Fall

4.28

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

This classic account of the French War in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia is back in hardcover. Include… read more

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18. American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis

By: Adam Hochschild

4.21

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning, New York Times bestselling historian Adam Hochschild, a fast-paced, revelatory … read more

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  • historical
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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19. The Last Campaign: Sherman, Geronimo and the War for America

By: H.W. Brands

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling historian and Pulitzer-prize finalist H. W. Brands follows the lives and battles of Gen… read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
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20. Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution

By: Mike Duncan

4.52

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Storm Before the Storm and host of the Revolutions podcast comes… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • american revolution
  • nonfiction
  • france
Cover of The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West by David McCullough

21. The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

By: David McCullough

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
Cover of The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 by Rick Atkinson

22. The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777

By: Rick Atkinson

4.43

Format: 776 pages, Hardcover

In the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy Rick Atkinson recounts the first twenty-one months … read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • american revolution
Cover of An Assassin in Utopia: The True Story of a Nineteenth-Century Sex Cult and a President's Murder by Susan Wels

23. 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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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
Cover of Eliza Hamilton: The Extraordinary Life and Times of the Wife of Alexander Hamilton by Tilar J. Mazzeo

24. Eliza Hamilton: The Extraordinary Life and Times of the Wife of Alexander Hamilton

By: Tilar J. Mazzeo

3.96

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Irena’s Children comes a comprehensive and riveting b… read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • american revolution
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III by Andrew Roberts

25. The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III

By: Andrew Roberts

4.25

Format: 784 pages, Hardcover

The last king of America, George III, has been ridiculed as a complete disaster who frittered away … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • american revolution
  • nonfiction
Cover of Fierce Valor: The True Story of Ronald Speirs and his Band of Brothers by Erik Dorr

26. Fierce Valor: The True Story of Ronald Speirs and his Band of Brothers

By: Erik Dorr

4.48

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

Fans of Stephen E. Ambrose’s Band of Brothers will be drawn to this complex portrait of the controv… read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
Cover of Hitler's American Friends: The Third Reich’s Supporters in the United States by Bradley W. Hart

27. Hitler's American Friends: The Third Reich’s Supporters in the United States

By: Bradley W. Hart

3.96

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Winner - German Studies Association Sybil Halpern Milton Book Prize, 2019 A book examining the str… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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28. Hitler and the Habsburgs: The Fuhrer's Vendetta Against the Austrian Royals

By: James McMurtry Longo

4.43

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Five youthful years in Vienna. It was then and there that Adolf Hitler's obsession with the Habsbur… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics by H.W. Brands

29. Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics

By: H.W. Brands

4.01

Format: 452 pages, Kindle Edition

From bestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H.W. Brands, a revelatory history of the sho… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • american revolution
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30. American Marxism

By: Mark R. Levin

4.17

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

The six-time #1 New York Times bestselling author, Fox News star, and radio host Mark R. Levin expl… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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31. Razor 03: A Night Stalker’s Wars

By: Alan C. Mack

4.44

Format: 437 pages, Kindle Edition

“A truly extraordinary book by a phenomenal pilot and warrior. Alan Mack was in the thick of every … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

26 Top history books like Lafayette by Harlow Giles Unger

Transform Your Habits

Canada

Mike Myers

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Washington's Immortals: The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the Revolution

Patrick K. O'Donnell

4.16

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Washington: A Life

Ron Chernow

4.16

Transform Your Habits

A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico

Amy S. Greenberg

3.96

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6 Top audiobook books like Hitler and the Habsburgs: The Fuhrer's Vendetta Against the Austrian Royals by James McMurtry Longo

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Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women's Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau

Susan J. Eischeid

4.21

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The Prince of Paradise: The True Story of a Hotel Heir, His Seductive Wife, and a Ruthless Murder

John Glatt

4.01

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Hitler's American Friends: The Third Reich’s Supporters in the United States

Bradley W. Hart

3.96

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Frank Sinatra and the Mafia Murders

Mike Rothmiller

4.09

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