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Historical66
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Alison Weir
4.12 average rating, · 73.6k ratings
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The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
Dan Jones
4.25 average rating, · 25.2k ratings
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The Life of Elizabeth I
Alison Weir
4.03 average rating, · 32.9k ratings
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The Wives of Henry VIII
Antonia Fraser
4.11 average rating, · 19.3k ratings
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The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil
Tina Brown
4.03 average rating, · 20.5k ratings
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The Shepherd's Life: A People's History of the Lake District
James Rebanks
4.14 average rating, · 16.3k ratings
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J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography
Humphrey Carpenter
4.06 average rating, · 16.8k ratings
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Henry VIII: The King and His Court
Alison Weir
4.10 average rating, · 14.9k ratings
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The Children of Henry VIII
Alison Weir
4.01 average rating, · 15.6k ratings
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Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne
David Starkey
4.01 average rating, · 15.8k ratings
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Victoria The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire
Julia Baird
4.11 average rating, · 12.5k ratings
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Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King
Dan Jones
4.41 average rating, · 8.4k ratings
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The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn
Eric Ives
4.20 average rating, · 10.7k ratings
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Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens
Jane Dunn
4.07 average rating, · 12.2k ratings
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Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII
David Starkey
4.13 average rating, · 10.2k ratings
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The Wars of the Roses
Alison Weir
4.00 average rating, · 9.5k ratings
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The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street
Helene Hanff
4.03 average rating, · 8.9k ratings
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The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty
G.J. Meyer
4.02 average rating, · 9.2k ratings
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She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth
Helen Castor
4.04 average rating, · 8.7k ratings
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The Real James Herriot: A Memoir of My Father
Jim Wight
4.27 average rating, · 6.6k ratings
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Elizabeth I
Anne Somerset
4.16 average rating, · 7.1k ratings
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England's Dreaming: Anarchy, Sex Pistols, Punk Rock, and Beyond
Jon Savage
4.07 average rating, · 7.4k ratings
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The Yorkshire Shepherdess
Amanda Owen
4.40 average rating, · 5.2k ratings
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Mudlark: In Search of London's Past Along the River Thames
Lara Maiklem
4.14 average rating, · 5.7k ratings
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