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Fascinating History Books and Biographies
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items History books with interesting perspectives and biographies of people worth knowing about. Dull writing not allowed. For history buffs, homeschooling families with kids old enough for grown-up books, historical fiction writers, and anyone else who fi...
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Medieval Histories and Biographies
Regency Histories and Biographies
American Histories and Biographies
Twentieth Century Histories
General Histories
Medieval Histories and Biographies
Intrigueing takes on medieval history that dispell some of the myths about that era.
#AD A very interesting look at England during Anglo-Saxon times.
The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England: 400 – 1066
#AD This book shows that the “dark ages” weren't quite so dark. Early medieval Europe was actually quite dynamic in many ways.
The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe
#AD The reality about Charlemange can be even more fascinating than the myths.
Becoming Charlemagne: Europe, Baghdad, and the Empires of A.D. 800
Regency Histories and Biographies
See the elegance and turbulence of the Regency era--and the lives of those who lived through it.
#AD Shows how unsettling the Napoleonic wars and the economic events of the times were to those who actually experienced them.
In These Times: Living in Britain Through Napoleon's Wars, 1793-1815
#AD Hannah More achieved remarkable literary accomplishments. She also did much for social reforms, such as educating the poor and abolishing slavery.
Fierce Convictions: The Extraordinary Life of Hannah More: Poet, Reformer, Abolitionist
#AD Jane Austen's real world wasn't as calm as the worlds of her novels.
Jane Austen: A Life
#AD An interesting biography of Jane Austen, focusing on the homes she lived in.
Jane Austen at Home: A Biography - Lucy Worsley
American Histories and Biographies
Amazing facts and interesting perspectives on American history.
#AD An amazing overview of American history. Note that this is a one-volume edition of the America: The Last Best Hope Books; they're also listed as separate volumes.
America-The Last Best Hope (One-Volume Edition): Explore the Discovery of the New World, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, the Civil Rights Movement, the Cold War, the Fall of Communism, the Rise of Radical Islam, and More.
#AD American history up to World War I. This series is also listed here as a one-volume edition.
America: The Last Best Hope (Volume I): From the Age of Discovery to a World at War
#AD American History from World War I to the fall of the Soviet Union.
America: The Last Best Hope (Volume II): From a World at War to the Triumph of Freedom
#AD A very inspiring and witty woman.
Abigail Adams: A Life
#AD Lousia May Alcott was more than a writer of children's books.
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
#AD Fortunate and unlikely events that suggest Divine Providence at work, such as narrow escapes from death by several pivotal people.
God's Hand on America: Divine Providence in the Modern Era
Twentieth Century Histories
History books with interesting perspectives on the twentieth century.
#AD An interesting overview of 20th-century history and the ideas that shaped it.
Modern Times Revised Edition: World from the Twenties to the Nineties, The
General Histories
Histories that cover too much time to fit into one category.
#AD Shows how Christianity opened the way for humans to embrace reason and scientific progress. A contrarian perspective on faith, reason, and capitalism.
The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success