18 Top history books like Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint by Peter Sarris

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Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint

By: Peter Sarris

4.29

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

A definitive new biography of the Byzantine emperor Justinian     Justinian is a radical reassessme…

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1. Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West

By: Tom Holland

4.16

Format: 418 pages, Hardcover

In the fifth century BC, a global superpower was determined to bring truth and order to what it reg… read more

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  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook

2. Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire

By: Judith Herrin

3.73

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

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3. Caesar: Life of a Colossus

By: Adrian Goldsworthy

4.22

Format: 583 pages, Hardcover

Tracing the extraordinary trajectory of the great Roman emperor’s life, Goldsworthy covers not only… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Goldsworthy's Caesar: Life of a Colossus book and Peter Sarris's Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint

  • history
  • biography
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Caesar was a serial seducer of married women."

-Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus

"Pompey contented himself with repulsing the attack and made no attempt to assault Caesar's line. This was widely felt to have been a mistake... and Caesar declared that the enemy 'would have won toda…"

-Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus

4. Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire

By: James Romm

3.33

Format: None pages,

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5. Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood: The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 AD to the First Crusade

By: Anthony Kaldellis

4.23

Format: 399 pages, Hardcover

In the second half of the tenth century, Byzantium embarked on a series of spectacular conquests: f… read more

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  • history
  • medieval history
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
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6. Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint

By: Peter Sarris

4.29

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

A definitive new biography of the Byzantine emperor Justinian     Justinian is a radical reassessme… read more

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  • roman
  • history
  • biography
  • medieval history
  • ancient history
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
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7. Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age

By: Tom Holland

4.22

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that b… read more

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  • roman
  • history
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
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8. The Eagle and The Lion: Rome, Persia, and an Unwinnable Conflict

By: Adrian Goldsworthy

3.95

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

The Eagle and The Lion is a story of the imperial rivalry between two of the greatest empires of th… read more

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  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • european history
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9. Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849

By: Christopher Clark

4.18

Format: 1152 pages, Hardcover

An epic history of the 1848 revolutions that swept Europe and the charismatic figures who propelled… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • european history
  • audiobook
"In situations of polarization and heightened anxiety, people tend to regard their own fears as authentic and those of their opponents as manipulated."

-Christopher Clark, Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849

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10. 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

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  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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11. Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire

By: Caroline Elkins

4.26

Format: 896 pages, Hardcover

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian: a searing study of the British Empire that interrogates … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • european history
  • audiobook
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12. Empires of the Steppes: A History of the Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilization

By: Kenneth W. Harl

4.00

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

A narrative history of how Attila, Genghis Khan and the so-called barbarians of the steppes shaped … read more

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  • history
  • medieval history
  • ancient history
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Attila, just like every other nomadic conqueror, appreciated the skills of the clever craftsmen and engineers of rival sedentary, bureaucratic empires."

-Kenneth W. Harl, Empires of the Steppes: A History of the Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilization

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13. Enemies and Neighbors: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017

By: Ian Black

4.20

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

In Enemies and Neighbors, Ian Black, who has spent over three decades covering events in the Middle… read more

Similar categories in Ian Black's Enemies and Neighbors: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017 book and Peter Sarris's Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint

  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • history
  • audiobook
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14. France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain

By: Julian T. Jackson

4.17

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

One of the great contemporary historians of France on one of the most controversial periods of twen… read more

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  • european history
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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15. Hannibal: Rome's Greatest Enemy

By: Philip Freeman

4.16

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Telling the story of a man who stood against the overwhelming power of the mighty Roman empire, Han… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
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16. The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe

By: Martyn Rady

4.13

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

An essential new history of Central Europe, the contested lands so often at the heart of world hist… read more

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  • history
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • audiobook
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17. The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East

By: Nicholas Morton

4.08

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

How the Mongol invasions of the Near East reshaped the balance of world power in the Middle Ages  … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • medieval history
  • audiobook
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18. House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France

By: Justine Firnhaber-Baker

4.30

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The definitive history of the Capetians, the crusading dynasty that made the French crown the wealt… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • medieval history
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19. Great Britain?: The must-read Sunday Times bestseller on How We Get Our Future Back

By: Torsten Bell

4.37

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

Thrilling and essential campaign reading from one of our most influential and profound economists'T… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans

By: Hans-Ulrich Wiemer

4.19

Format: 664 pages, Hardcover

The first full-scale history of Theoderic and the Goths in more than seventy-five years, tracing th… read more

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  • ancient history
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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21. Belisarius & Antonina: Love and War in the Age of Justinian

By: David Alan Parnell

4.00

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A unique look at a powerful marriage in the celebrated age of Justinian Belisarius and Antonina we… read more

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  • history
  • roman
  • nonfiction

14 Best audiobook books like Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint by Peter Sarris

Transform Your Habits

Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West

Tom Holland

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Caesar: Life of a Colossus

Adrian Goldsworthy

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood: The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 AD to the First Crusade

Anthony Kaldellis

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint

Peter Sarris

4.29

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24 best-selling audiobook books like The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East by Nicholas Morton

Transform Your Habits

Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West

Tom Holland

4.16

Transform Your Habits

The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World

Marie Favereau

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood: The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 AD to the First Crusade

Anthony Kaldellis

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Persians: The Age of the Great Kings

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

4.06

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