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Historical59
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A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
Barbara W. Tuchman
4.05 average rating, · 45.1k ratings
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Auschwitz
Laurence Rees
4.32 average rating, · 18.4k ratings
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Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages
Dan Jones
4.39 average rating, · 11.1k ratings
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Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
Neil Price
4.14 average rating, · 10.3k ratings
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De Bourgondiërs: Aartsvaders van de Lage Landen
Bart Van Loo
4.31 average rating, · 6.4k ratings
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The Shortest History of Europe
John Hirst
4.02 average rating, · 6.6k ratings
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Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City
Russell Shorto
4.11 average rating, · 6k ratings
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Europe: A History
Norman Davies
4.21 average rating, · 5.3k ratings
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Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors
Peter Ackroyd
4.05 average rating, · 5.6k ratings
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Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II
Keith Lowe
4.23 average rating, · 4.7k ratings
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How To Be a Tudor: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life
Ruth Goodman
4.06 average rating, · 5k ratings
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The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians
Peter Heather
4.16 average rating, · 4.4k ratings
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1000 Years of Annoying the French
Stephen Clarke
4.05 average rating, · 4.5k ratings
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River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Road
Cat Jarman
4.04 average rating, · 4.3k ratings
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A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World? 3500 BC-AD 1603
Simon Schama
4.07 average rating, · 4.1k ratings
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The Birth of Britain
Winston S. Churchill
4.25 average rating, · 3.7k ratings
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The Sea Wolves: A History of the Vikings
Lars Brownworth
4.07 average rating, · 3.8k ratings
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Isabella: The Warrior Queen
Kirstin Downey
4.12 average rating, · 3.2k ratings
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The English and their History
Robert Tombs
4.21 average rating, · 2.8k ratings
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The Tigress of Forlì: Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de Medici
Elizabeth Lev
4.08 average rating, · 2.9k ratings
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The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire
Tore Skeie
4.16 average rating, · 2.5k ratings
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Born to Rule: Five Reigning Consorts, Granddaughters of Queen Victoria
Julia P. Gelardi
4.06 average rating, · 2.7k ratings
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Daughters of the Winter Queen: Four Remarkable Sisters, the Crown of Bohemia, and the Enduring Legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots
Nancy Goldstone
4.07 average rating, · 2.6k ratings
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Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution
Peter Ackroyd
4.00 average rating, · 2.5k ratings
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