6 must-read medieval history books like The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World by Shelley Puhak

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The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World

By: Shelley Puhak

4.09

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The remarkable, little-known story of two trailblazing women in the Early Middle Ages who wielded i…

If you liked the medieval history plot in The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World by Shelley Puhak , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Four Queens: The Provençal Sisters Who Ruled Europe

By: Nancy Goldstone

4.00

Format: 32 pages,

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  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • france
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • medieval

2. Queens of the Conquest: England’s Medieval Queens

By: Alison Weir

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The story of England's medieval queens is vivid and stirring, packed with tragedy, high drama and e… read more

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3. She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth

By: Helen Castor

3.80

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

When Edward VI - Henry VIII's longed-for son - died in 1553, extraordinarily, there was no one left… read more

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4. Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe

By: John Guy

4.16

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

“A fierce, scholarly tour-de-force. . . .  Hunting the Falcon  brilliantly shows how time, circumst… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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5. 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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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • france
  • european history
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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6. The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World

By: Shelley Puhak

4.09

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The remarkable, little-known story of two trailblazing women in the Early Middle Ages who wielded i… read more

Similar categories in Shelley Puhak's The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World book and Shelley Puhak's The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World

  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • feminism
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • france
  • european history
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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7. 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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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • france
  • european history
  • audiobook
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8. A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire

By: Emma Southon

4.23

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum comes a wildly entertai… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. 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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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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10. Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior

By: Catherine Hanley

4.20

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Matilda was a daughter, wife, and mother. But she was also empress, heir to the English crown—the f… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • feminism
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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11. Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power

By: Leah Redmond Chang

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The boldly original, dramatic intertwined story of Catherine de’ Medici, Elisabeth de Valois, and M… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • france
  • audiobook
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12. Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Children of Edward I

By: Kelcey Wilson-Lee

4.13

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Virginal, chaste, humble, patiently waiting for rescue by brave knights and handsome princes: this … read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • medieval
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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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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. Royal Witches: Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth-Century England

By: Gemma Hollman

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Until the mass hysteria of the seventeenth century, accusations of witchcraft in England were rare.… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • medieval
  • audiobook
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15. Messalina: Empress, Adulteress, Libertine: The Story of the Most Notorious Woman of the Roman World

By: Honor Cargill-Martin

4.06

Format: 432 pages, ebook

The shocking and scandalous story of Messalina—the third wife of Emperor Claudius—one of the most c… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. 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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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • france
  • european history
  • audiobook
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17. Shakespeare's Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissance

By: Ramie Targoff

3.91

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

This remarkable work about women writers in the English Renaissance explodes our notion of the Shak… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society

By: Eleanor Janega

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

What makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love, and be? In this vibrant, high-spirited h… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • feminism
  • medieval history
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
  • audiobook

14 best-selling audiobook books like The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World by Shelley Puhak

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Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe

John Guy

4.16

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Alison Weir

3.97

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4.09

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Blood, Fire and Gold

Estelle Paranque

4.10

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18 Best history books like Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Children of Edward I by Kelcey Wilson-Lee

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Four Queens: The Provençal Sisters Who Ruled Europe

Nancy Goldstone

4.00

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House of Beaufort: The Bastard Line that Captured the Crown

Nathen Amin

4.11

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The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation

Ian Mortimer

3.50

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4.16

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