Nonfiction Books on the Aristocracy and High Society

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Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire
Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire 3.78 avg rating β€” 20,121 ratings
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Bess of Hardwick First Lady of Chatsworth
Bess of Hardwick First Lady of Chatsworth 4.12 avg rating β€” 3,426 ratings
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Victoria's Daughters
Victoria's Daughters 3.95 avg rating β€” 5,264 ratings
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Daughter of Empire: My Life as a Mountbatten
Daughter of Empire: My Life as a Mountbatten 3.71 avg rating β€” 2,297 ratings
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The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy
The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy 3.86 avg rating β€” 399 ratings
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Rose: My Life in Service to Lady Astor
Rose: My Life in Service to Lady Astor 3.76 avg rating β€” 3,282 ratings
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The Churchills
The Churchills 4.14 avg rating β€” 1,113 ratings
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Wait for Me!: Memoirs
Wait for Me!: Memoirs 3.80 avg rating β€” 3,342 ratings
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The English: A Social History 1066-1945
The English: A Social History 1066-1945 4.26 avg rating β€” 117 ratings
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The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall
The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall 3.87 avg rating β€” 8,388 ratings
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The English Country House Party
The English Country House Party 3.39 avg rating β€” 23 ratings
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The Secret Rooms: A True Gothic Mystery
The Secret Rooms: A True Gothic Mystery 3.45 avg rating β€” 5,714 ratings
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High Society: The English Social Elite, 1880-1914
High Society: The English Social Elite, 1880-1914 really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 13 ratings
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In a Gilded Cage: From Heiress to Duchess
In a Gilded Cage: From Heiress to Duchess 4.02 avg rating β€” 121 ratings
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Wedlock
Wedlock 3.92 avg rating β€” 1,852 ratings
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The Pale Abyssinian: The Life of James Bruce
The Pale Abyssinian: The Life of James Bruce 4.11 avg rating β€” 37 ratings
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Wellington: A Personal History
Wellington: A Personal History 3.86 avg rating β€” 205 ratings
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Selected Letters
Selected Letters 3.77 avg rating β€” 414 ratings
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The Borgias and Their Enemies: 1431-1519
The Borgias and Their Enemies: 1431-1519 3.74 avg rating β€” 2,897 ratings
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The Book of the Courtier
The Book of the Courtier 3.61 avg rating β€” 2,745 ratings
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Lady Catherine and the Real Downton Abbey
Lady Catherine and the Real Downton Abbey 3.74 avg rating β€” 3,629 ratings
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Murder of a Medici Princess
Murder of a Medici Princess 3.94 avg rating β€” 1,333 ratings
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Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion
Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion 3.64 avg rating β€” 1,020 ratings
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The Aristocracy and the Great War
The Aristocracy and the Great War really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
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Princesses: The Six Daughters of George III
Princesses: The Six Daughters of George III 3.89 avg rating β€” 2,543 ratings
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Marie Antoinette: The Journey
Marie Antoinette: The Journey 3.94 avg rating β€” 38,047 ratings
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The Aristocracy of Norman England
The Aristocracy of Norman England 3.50 avg rating β€” 14 ratings
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Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World
Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World 3.82 avg rating β€” 5,039 ratings
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The Criminal Conversation of Mrs. Norton
The Criminal Conversation of Mrs. Norton 3.67 avg rating β€” 157 ratings
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Fanny Burney: A Biography
Fanny Burney: A Biography 3.90 avg rating β€” 117 ratings
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Correspondence of Sarah Spencer, lady Lyttelton, 1787-1870
Correspondence of Sarah Spencer, lady Lyttelton, 1787-1870 really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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Margaret Beaufort: Mother of the Tudor Dynasty
Margaret Beaufort: Mother of the Tudor Dynasty 3.93 avg rating β€” 575 ratings
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Nelson: A Personal History
Nelson: A Personal History 3.84 avg rating β€” 134 ratings
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Life in the Victorian Country House
Life in the Victorian Country House 4.04 avg rating β€” 25 ratings
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Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life 3.93 avg rating β€” 16,522 ratings
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All the Queen's Men: The World of Elizabeth I
All the Queen's Men: The World of Elizabeth I 3.51 avg rating β€” 49 ratings
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The Marlborough House Set
The Marlborough House Set 3.86 avg rating β€” 28 ratings
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Princesse of Versaille
Princesse of Versaille 4.33 avg rating β€” 42 ratings
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LAST CURTSEY
LAST CURTSEY 3.56 avg rating β€” 172 ratings
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The Treasure of the City of Ladies
The Treasure of the City of Ladies 3.63 avg rating β€” 558 ratings