European History

1.
The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War
The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War 3.81 avg rating — 4,036 ratings
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The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,097 ratings
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A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century 4.05 avg rating — 43,235 ratings
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Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
by: Tony Judt
4.38 avg rating — 13,387 ratings
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany 4.22 avg rating — 144,581 ratings
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Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman 3.94 avg rating — 107,265 ratings
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII
The Six Wives of Henry VIII 4.12 avg rating — 72,137 ratings
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Nicholas And Alexandra
Nicholas And Alexandra 4.23 avg rating — 29,465 ratings
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The Wars of the Roses
The Wars of the Roses really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9,145 ratings
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Peter the Great: His Life and World
Peter the Great: His Life and World 4.15 avg rating — 22,818 ratings
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The Life of Elizabeth I
The Life of Elizabeth I 4.03 avg rating — 32,631 ratings
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Marie Antoinette: The Journey
Marie Antoinette: The Journey 3.94 avg rating — 38,047 ratings
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 4.02 avg rating — 15,256 ratings
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The Guns of August
The Guns of August 4.18 avg rating — 82,599 ratings
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Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life 3.93 avg rating — 16,522 ratings
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Mary Queen of Scots
Mary Queen of Scots 3.99 avg rating — 17,292 ratings
17.
Europe: A History
Europe: A History 4.21 avg rating — 5,139 ratings
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Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London
Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London 3.97 avg rating — 1,037 ratings
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The Histories
The Histories
by: Herodotus
4.01 avg rating — 54,681 ratings
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Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe
Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe 3.88 avg rating — 3,313 ratings
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Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943
Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942–1943 4.32 avg rating — 40,054 ratings
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The Conquest of Gaul
The Conquest of Gaul 4.01 avg rating — 13,199 ratings
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The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914
The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 4.23 avg rating — 13,395 ratings
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The Princes in the Tower
The Princes in the Tower 3.87 avg rating — 7,643 ratings
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Lives of the Twelve Caesars
Lives of the Twelve Caesars
by: Suetonius
4.02 avg rating — 22,149 ratings
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Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire
Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire 3.78 avg rating — 20,122 ratings
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London: The Biography
London: The Biography 3.96 avg rating — 5,912 ratings
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The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, An Englishman's World
The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, An Englishman's World 3.87 avg rating — 5,818 ratings
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Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic 4.23 avg rating — 25,515 ratings
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Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution
Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution 4.03 avg rating — 6,179 ratings
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The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution, and the Twentieth Century
The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution, and the Twentieth Century 4.18 avg rating — 1,435 ratings
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Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West 4.17 avg rating — 11,230 ratings
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How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe 3.81 avg rating — 46,387 ratings
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Homage to Catalonia
Homage to Catalonia 4.09 avg rating — 68,323 ratings
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Beowulf
Beowulf
by: Unknown
3.50 avg rating — 338,029 ratings
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The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune 1870-71
The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune 1870-71 4.11 avg rating — 816 ratings
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time 3.99 avg rating — 75,024 ratings
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The Weaker Vessel
The Weaker Vessel 3.92 avg rating — 1,424 ratings
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The Birth of Britain (A History of the English Speaking Peoples, #1)
The Birth of Britain (A History of the English Speaking Peoples, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 3,454 ratings
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The Life of Greece (The Story of Civilization, #2)
The Life of Greece (The Story of Civilization, #2) 4.37 avg rating — 2,337 ratings
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The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age
The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age 4.05 avg rating — 2,124 ratings
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Holy Blood, Holy Grail
Holy Blood, Holy Grail 3.51 avg rating — 12,576 ratings
43.
Complete Works of Tacitus
Complete Works of Tacitus
by: Tacitus
4.22 avg rating — 535 ratings
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The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914 4.12 avg rating — 9,480 ratings
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The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War
The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War 3.94 avg rating — 39,936 ratings
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A History of Private Life: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium
A History of Private Life: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,192 ratings
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The Last Plantagenets (The Plantagenets, #4)
The Last Plantagenets (The Plantagenets, #4) 4.14 avg rating — 1,276 ratings
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Bismarck: The Man and the Statesman
Bismarck: The Man and the Statesman 3.81 avg rating — 642 ratings
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The Age of Revolution (A History of the English Speaking Peoples, #3)
The Age of Revolution (A History of the English Speaking Peoples, #3) 4.30 avg rating — 1,292 ratings
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The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain from Vienna 1900 to the Present
The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain from Vienna 1900 to the Present 4.21 avg rating — 1,811 ratings
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Children of England: The Heirs of King Henry VIII 1547-1558
Children of England: The Heirs of King Henry VIII 1547-1558 4.01 avg rating — 15,352 ratings
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Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin 4.39 avg rating — 18,860 ratings
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Pepys' Diary
Pepys' Diary 3.96 avg rating — 3,301 ratings
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The New World (A History of the English Speaking Peoples, #2)
The New World (A History of the English Speaking Peoples, #2) 4.25 avg rating — 1,582 ratings
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The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance that Changed the World
The Assassination of the Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance that Changed the World
by: Greg King
4.04 avg rating — 1,652 ratings
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Those Terrible Middle Ages!: Debunking the Myths
Those Terrible Middle Ages!: Debunking the Myths 3.98 avg rating — 531 ratings
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Frederick the Great
Frederick the Great 3.80 avg rating — 511 ratings
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Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947
Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947 4.16 avg rating — 5,257 ratings
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The Thirty Years War
The Thirty Years War 4.18 avg rating — 2,849 ratings
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Roman Britain: A New History
Roman Britain: A New History 3.93 avg rating — 343 ratings
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Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King
Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King 3.87 avg rating — 7,980 ratings
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Victorian London: The Tale of a City 1840-1870
Victorian London: The Tale of a City 1840-1870 4.03 avg rating — 1,432 ratings
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The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century 4.01 avg rating — 25,924 ratings
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Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor
Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor 3.95 avg rating — 8,217 ratings
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The Conquering Family (The Plantagenets, #1)
The Conquering Family (The Plantagenets, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 1,503 ratings
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Life in a Medieval City
Life in a Medieval City 3.84 avg rating — 3,835 ratings
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The Abacus and the Cross: The Story of the Pope Who Brought the Light of Science to the Dark Ages
The Abacus and the Cross: The Story of the Pope Who Brought the Light of Science to the Dark Ages 3.60 avg rating — 291 ratings
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London Under: The Secret History Beneath the Streets
London Under: The Secret History Beneath the Streets 3.46 avg rating — 3,285 ratings
69.
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon 4.22 avg rating — 2,622 ratings
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The Magnificent Century (The Plantagenets, #2)
The Magnificent Century (The Plantagenets, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 1,000 ratings
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The Three Edwards (The Plantagenets, #3)
The Three Edwards (The Plantagenets, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 1,151 ratings
72.
The Origins of the Second World War
The Origins of the Second World War really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,807 ratings
73.
Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages
Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages 3.88 avg rating — 925 ratings
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The Wives of Henry VIII
The Wives of Henry VIII 4.11 avg rating — 18,966 ratings
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Slipper
Slipper 3.92 avg rating — 120 ratings
76.
Bess of Hardwick First Lady of Chatsworth
Bess of Hardwick First Lady of Chatsworth 4.12 avg rating — 3,426 ratings
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Frederick the Great: King of Prussia
Frederick the Great: King of Prussia 4.04 avg rating — 893 ratings
78.
The Blood Never Dried: A People's History of the British Empire
The Blood Never Dried: A People's History of the British Empire 4.26 avg rating — 737 ratings
79.
1215: The Year of Magna Carta
1215: The Year of Magna Carta 3.81 avg rating — 2,294 ratings
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All the Countries: And the Few We Never Got Round To
All the Countries: And the Few We Never Got Round To 3.74 avg rating — 725 ratings
81.
Bloody British History: Liverpool
Bloody British History: Liverpool
by: Ken Pye
4.04 avg rating — 25 ratings
82.
Schindler’s List
Schindler’s List 4.34 avg rating — 164,326 ratings
83.
The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916
The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 4.30 avg rating — 2,995 ratings
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God's Englishman: Oliver Cromwell and the English Revolution
God's Englishman: Oliver Cromwell and the English Revolution 3.83 avg rating — 385 ratings
85.
The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall 1477–1806
The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall 1477–1806 4.26 avg rating — 347 ratings
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Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall
Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall 4.37 avg rating — 12,281 ratings
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A History of Britain: The Wars of the British 1603-1776 (A History of Britain, #2)
A History of Britain: The Wars of the British 1603-1776 (A History of Britain, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 1,934 ratings
88.
Inventing the Middle Ages
Inventing the Middle Ages 3.76 avg rating — 493 ratings
88.
The Isles: A History
The Isles: A History 3.98 avg rating — 1,149 ratings
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Als die Soldaten kamen: Die Vergewaltigung deutscher Frauen am Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs
Als die Soldaten kamen: Die Vergewaltigung deutscher Frauen am Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs 4.30 avg rating — 332 ratings
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Scotland: The Autobiography: 2,000 Years of Scottish History by Those Who Saw it Happen
Scotland: The Autobiography: 2,000 Years of Scottish History by Those Who Saw it Happen 3.74 avg rating — 259 ratings
92.
In Search of the Trojan War
In Search of the Trojan War 4.09 avg rating — 847 ratings
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Bloody British History: Plymouth
Bloody British History: Plymouth 4.31 avg rating — 29 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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BLOOD IN ZION: How the Jewish Guerrillas Drove the British Out of Palestine
BLOOD IN ZION: How the Jewish Guerrillas Drove the British Out of Palestine 4.08 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March
Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March 4.36 avg rating — 2,600 ratings
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Germania
Germania
by: Tacitus
3.88 avg rating — 1,902 ratings
98.
Forgotten Holocaust: The Poles Under German Occupation 1939-1944
Forgotten Holocaust: The Poles Under German Occupation 1939-1944 4.23 avg rating — 150 ratings
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Critique of Pure Reason
Critique of Pure Reason 3.96 avg rating — 40,916 ratings
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Dr. Johnson's London
Dr. Johnson's London 4.04 avg rating — 778 ratings
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