Serious History Books

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The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War
The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War 3.93 avg rating — 7,697 ratings
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Civil War St. Louis
Civil War St. Louis really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Metropolis and Hinterland: The City of Rome and the Italian Economy, 200 BC–AD 200
Metropolis and Hinterland: The City of Rome and the Italian Economy, 200 BC–AD 200 3.68 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Never Call Retreat
Never Call Retreat 4.37 avg rating — 2,001 ratings
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Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization
Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization 3.95 avg rating — 4,529 ratings
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Vanished Kingdoms: The Rise and Fall of States and Nations
Vanished Kingdoms: The Rise and Fall of States and Nations 3.88 avg rating — 3,313 ratings
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The Cultural Cold War: The CIA and the World of Arts and Letters
The Cultural Cold War: The CIA and the World of Arts and Letters 3.98 avg rating — 682 ratings
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Terrible Swift Sword
Terrible Swift Sword 4.39 avg rating — 1,922 ratings
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The Wonder That Was India
The Wonder That Was India 4.11 avg rating — 1,830 ratings
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Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War
Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War 4.23 avg rating — 1,989 ratings
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The Coming Fury
The Coming Fury 4.34 avg rating — 2,814 ratings
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The Field and the Forge: Population, Production, and Power in the Pre-industrial West
The Field and the Forge: Population, Production, and Power in the Pre-industrial West 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Defend the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5
Defend the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5 3.88 avg rating — 1,126 ratings
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Greek Religion
Greek Religion 4.24 avg rating — 699 ratings
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Paganism in the Roman Empire
Paganism in the Roman Empire 3.46 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe
Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe 3.91 avg rating — 882 ratings
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The Domestic Revolution: How the Introduction of Coal into Victorian Homes Changed Everything
The Domestic Revolution: How the Introduction of Coal into Victorian Homes Changed Everything 4.17 avg rating — 798 ratings
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Women in Purple: Rulers of Medieval Byzantium
Women in Purple: Rulers of Medieval Byzantium 3.90 avg rating — 220 ratings
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The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages, 400-1000
The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages, 400-1000 3.93 avg rating — 3,038 ratings
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Cruel World: The Children of Europe in the Nazi Web
Cruel World: The Children of Europe in the Nazi Web 4.28 avg rating — 94 ratings
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The Gene: An Intimate History
The Gene: An Intimate History 4.36 avg rating — 54,024 ratings
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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer 4.34 avg rating — 111,152 ratings
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Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens
Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens 3.90 avg rating — 575 ratings
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Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin
Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin 4.24 avg rating — 791 ratings
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Mediterranean Anarchy, Interstate War, and the Rise of Rome
Mediterranean Anarchy, Interstate War, and the Rise of Rome 4.12 avg rating — 64 ratings
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Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World
Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World 4.06 avg rating — 3,056 ratings
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Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin
Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin 3.77 avg rating — 465 ratings
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Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization
Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization 3.95 avg rating — 4,529 ratings
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Lords of the Sea: The Epic Story of the Athenian Navy and the Birth of Democracy
Lords of the Sea: The Epic Story of the Athenian Navy and the Birth of Democracy 4.18 avg rating — 1,805 ratings
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Stonehenge: A New Interpretation of Prehistoric Man and the Cosmos
Stonehenge: A New Interpretation of Prehistoric Man and the Cosmos 3.41 avg rating — 29 ratings
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The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams
The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams 4.08 avg rating — 2,174 ratings
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Public Life in Renaissance Florence
Public Life in Renaissance Florence really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Ancient Mystery Cults
Ancient Mystery Cults 3.80 avg rating — 346 ratings
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The World of Odysseus
The World of Odysseus 3.90 avg rating — 1,097 ratings
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Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts
Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts 4.42 avg rating — 1,552 ratings
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Akhenaten: Egypt's False Prophet
Akhenaten: Egypt's False Prophet 3.72 avg rating — 528 ratings