The Case of the Married Woman: Caroline Norton: A 19th Century Heroine Who Wanted Justice for Women
By: Antonia Fraser
3.72
Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition
Caroline Norton, a nineteenth-century heroine who wanted justice for women. Poet, pamphleteer and a…
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1. The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
By: Russell Shorto
4.16
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
When the British wrested New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664, the truth about its thriving, polygl… read more
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"If what made America great was its ingenious openness to different cultures, then the small triangle of land at the southern tip of Manhattan Island is the New World birthplace of that idea, the spot…"-Russell Shorto, The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
"The first Manhattanites didn't arrive with lofty ideals. They came--whether as farmer, tanner, prostitute, wheelwright, barmaid, brewer, or trader--because there was a hope for a better life. There w…"-Russell Shorto, The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
"Henry Hudson was in his forties when he stepped into the light of history, a seasoned mariner, a man with a strong and resourceful wife and three sons, a man born and raised not only to the sea but t…"-Russell Shorto, The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
"Many people--whether they live in the heartland or on Fifth Avenue--like to think of New York City as so wild and extreme in its cultural fusion that it's an anomaly in the United States, almost a fo…"-Russell Shorto, The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
2. Servants: A Downstairs History of Britain from the Nineteenth-Century to Modern Times
By: Lucy Lethbridge
4.01
Format: 175 pages, Hardcover
The vividly told lives of British servants and the upper crust they served. From the immense staff … read more
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3. Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World
By: Alison Weir
3.67
Format: 363 pages, Hardcover
Many are familiar with the story of the much-married King Henry VIII of England and the celebrated … read more
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4. Queens of Jerusalem: The Women Who Dared to Rule
By: Katherine Pangonis
4.12
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In 1187 Jerusalem, the holy city held by Christians for four generations and the prize of the First… read more
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- womens
5. The Case of the Married Woman: Caroline Norton: A 19th Century Heroine Who Wanted Justice for Women
By: Antonia Fraser
3.72
Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition
Caroline Norton, a nineteenth-century heroine who wanted justice for women. Poet, pamphleteer and a… read more
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- history
- 19th century
- historical
- feminism
- law
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- womens
- audiobook
6. 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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7. The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of British History at Hampton Court
By: Gareth Russell
4.21
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
The popular and “scrupulous historian” (Daily Mail , London) Gareth Russell presents five hundred y… read more
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8. 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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9. Blood & Ink: An Heiress, a Tabloid War, and the Unsolved Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime
By: Joe Pompeo
3.58
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
Vanity Fair's Joe Pompeo investigates the notorious 1922 double murder of a high-society minister a… read more
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- historical
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- audiobook
10. The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary
By: Sarah Ogilvie
3.88
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A history and celebration of the many far-flung volunteers who helped define the English language, … read more
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- audiobook
"Murray took Dictionary work with him to the hospital when Ada was giving birth. If you look at page 2, column 1 of the first volume of the printed Dictionary, twenty-third line from the bottom, you w…"-Sarah Ogilvie, The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary
11. 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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- audiobook
12. The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis
By: Maria Smilios
4.33
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
New York City, 1929. A sanatorium, a deadly disease, and a dire nurse shortage. So begins the remar… read more
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- audiobook
"Missouria took in Mr. Morris’s information and this system of demarcating lives. Maps and lines had defined her entire life. They were drawn throughout history, straightened, elongated, bent up and d…"-Maria Smilios, The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis
13. Agrippina: Empress, Exile, Hustler, Whore
By: Emma Southon
4.22
Format: 285 pages, None
They said she was a tyrant. A murderer, and the most wicked woman in history. She kicked her way… read more
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14. Henrietta Maria: Conspirator, Warrior, Phoenix Queen
By: Leanda de Lisle
4.08
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
***A Best Book of 2022, The Times ******Book of the Year, Spectator ***A myth-busting biography of … read more
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15. On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
By: Caroline Dodds Pennock
3.79
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A landmark work of narrative history that shatters our previous Eurocentric understanding of the Ag… read more
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16. 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
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17. Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner
By: Natalie Dykstra
4.05
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
The vivid and masterful story of an American original—a formidable art collector and builder of one… read more
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18. African and Caribbean People in Britain: A History
By: Hakim Adi
3.82
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A major new history of Britain that will transform our understanding of this country's past ' I've… read more
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19. Battle for the Island Kingdom: England's Destiny 1000–1066
By: Don Hollway
4.33
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A rich history of the years leading up to 1066 when Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Normans vied for the … read more
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20. Catherine de' Medici: The Life and Times of the Serpent Queen
By: Mary Hollingsworth
3.77
Format: 580 pages, Kindle Edition
A new biography of Catherine de' Medici, the most powerful woman in sixteenth-century Europe, whose… read more
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