7 Top medieval books like Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter by Ian Mortimer

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Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter

By: Ian Mortimer

4.00

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

The essential introduction to the Middle Ages by the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Gui…

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1. Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter

By: Ian Mortimer

4.00

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

The essential introduction to the Middle Ages by the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Gui… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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2. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

By: David Mitchell

4.16

Format: 433 pages, ebook

A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
  • audiobook
"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

Cover of Sharpe's Command (Sharpe, #14) by Bernard Cornwell

3. Sharpe's Command (Sharpe, #14)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns to the early years of the nineteenth cen… read more

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  • historical
  • audiobook
Cover of The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown by Anna Keay

4. The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

By: Anna Keay

4.39

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

‘The execution of the king took place on a bleak, bitterly cold afternoon in January. As the execut… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
"This book was born of ignorance."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

"... he was not one to let other people's feelings get in the way when he knew he was right."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

"He warned his pious daughter Bridget of the dangers of self-criticism and the overwhelming importance of love."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

"As in many parts of the country, people's desire for peace and prosperity was stronger than their loyalty to one regime or another."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

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5. Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History

By: Rebecca Struthers

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An award-winning watchmaker—one of the few practicing the art in the world today—chronicles the inv… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"Gli orologi non creano il tempo, ma ne misurano la nostra percezione culturale."

-Rebecca Struthers, Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History

"La natura è stata il nostro primo orologio e continua a scandire il tempo per coloro che se ne accorgono. Sono state la convivenza e la frequentazione diretta con la natura a far sì che l’umanità svi…"

-Rebecca Struthers, Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History

"Il concetto di tempo è inseparabile dalla nostra cultura. Nella lingua inglese, per esempio, la parola time (tempo) è la più usata. Nelle culture occidentali e capitaliste è qualcosa che abbiamo o no…"

-Rebecca Struthers, Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History

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6. Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain's Lost Cities and Vanished Villages

By: Matthew Green

3.83

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Drowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff. This is the extraordinary tale o… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Green's Shadowlands: A Journey Through Britain's Lost Cities and Vanished Villages book and Ian Mortimer's Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter

  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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7. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

By: Mary Beard

4.11

Format: 493 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more

Similar categories in Mary Beard's Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World book and Ian Mortimer's Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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8. The Princes in the Tower: Solving History's Greatest Cold Case

By: Philippa Langley

3.67

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

In 1483, Edward V (age twelve) and his brother Richard, Duke of York (age nine), disappeared from t… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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9. After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations

By: Eric H. Cline

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened a… read more

Similar categories in Eric H. Cline's After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations book and Ian Mortimer's Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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10. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

By: Bettany Hughes

4.02

Format: 416 pages, ebook

Their names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Th… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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11. A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

By: David Gibbins

3.44

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins comes an exciting and rich narrative of human … read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Great and Horrible News: Murder and Mayhem in Early Modern Britain by Blessin Adams

12. Great and Horrible News: Murder and Mayhem in Early Modern Britain

By: Blessin Adams

3.86

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

NINE HISTORIC CRIMES. ONE FAMILIAR OBSESSION. In early modern England, murder truly was most fou… read more

Similar categories in Blessin Adams's Great and Horrible News: Murder and Mayhem in Early Modern Britain book and Ian Mortimer's Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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13. 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

Similar categories in Joanne Paul's The House of Dudley: A New History of Tudor England book and Ian Mortimer's Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter

  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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14. The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689

By: Jonathan Healey

4.20

Format: 492 pages, Hardcover

A fresh, exciting, “readable and informative ” history ( The New York Times ) of seventeenth-centur… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Healey's The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689 book and Ian Mortimer's Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • european history
  • audiobook
Cover of Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages by Jack Hartnell

15. Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages

By: Jack Hartnell

3.92

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Just like us, medieval men and women worried about growing old, got blisters and indigestion, fell … read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
Cover of A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes by Anthony Bale

16. A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes

By: Anthony Bale

3.76

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A captivating journey of the expansive world of medieval travel, from London to Constantinople to t… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
  • audiobook
"Jerusalem is a city of unfinished projects."

-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes

"travel opens the mind in unpredictable ways"

-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes

"Travel forms communities, but not always harmoniously."

-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes

"Holy ground can look startlingly ordinary, especially when one’s standing on it."

-Anthony Bale, A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes

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17. The Fall of Roman Britain: and Why We Speak English

By: John Lambshead

3.95

Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition

“Fascinating. . . . Will have a very special appeal to readers [interested] in the evolution of the… read more

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  • history
Cover of London, A Fourteenth-Century City and its People by Kathryn  Warner

18. London, A Fourteenth-Century City and its People

By: Kathryn Warner

3.45

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

A resource of information about the cultural, political and social conditions of urban life in the … read more

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  • history
Cover of Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life by Ferris Jabr

19. Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life

By: Ferris Jabr

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A vivid account of a major shift in how we understand Earth, from an exceptionally talented new voi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of John Quincy Adams: A Man for the Whole People by Randall B. Woods

20. John Quincy Adams: A Man for the Whole People

By: Randall B. Woods

4.46

Format: 784 pages, Hardcover

A magisterial journey through the epic life and transformative times of John Quincy Adams In this … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

16 Top audiobook books like Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter by Ian Mortimer

Transform Your Habits

Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter

Ian Mortimer

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

David Mitchell

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Sharpe's Command (Sharpe, #14)

Bernard Cornwell

4.15

Transform Your Habits

The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

Anna Keay

4.39

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Franklin and Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage

Hazel Rowley

4.05

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Barry S. Strauss , Eric H. Cline

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Transform Your Habits

Women in the Middle Ages

Frances Gies , Joseph Gies

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter

Ian Mortimer

4.00

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