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If you loved Darius the Great by Jacob Abbott, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Medieval, Europe, and Biography & Autobiography.

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Peter the Great — Jacob Abbott

Peter the Great

Themes: Medieval • Europe • Biography & Autobiography

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A Literal Translation Of The Saxon Chronicle (1819)

Themes: Medieval • Europe • Biography & Autobiography

Joan of Kent The First Princess of Wales — Penny Lawne

Joan of Kent The First Princess of Wales

Themes: Medieval • Europe • Biography & Autobiography

Richard I (Penguin Monarchs) The Crusader King — Thomas Asbridge

Richard I (Penguin Monarchs) The Crusader King

Thomas Asbridge

Themes: Medieval • Europe • Biography & Autobiography

Malory The Knight Who Became King Arthur’s Chronicler — Christina Hardyment

Malory The Knight Who Became King Arthur’s Chronicler

Christina Hardyment

Themes: Medieval • Europe • Biography & Autobiography

The Restless Republic Britain Without a Crown — Anna Keay

The Restless Republic Britain Without a Crown

Themes: Medieval • Europe • Biography & Autobiography

Margaret, Queen of Sicily — Jacqueline Alio

Margaret, Queen of Sicily

Jacqueline Alio

Themes: Medieval • Europe • Biography & Autobiography

Anthony Woodville Sophisticate Or Schemer? — Danielle Burton

Anthony Woodville Sophisticate Or Schemer?

Danielle Burton

Themes: Medieval • Europe • Biography & Autobiography

Seasons in Basilicata A Year in a Southern Italian Hill Village — David Yeadon

Seasons in Basilicata A Year in a Southern Italian Hill Village

Themes: Medieval • Europe • Biography & Autobiography

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Mark Twain

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc

Themes: Medieval • Europe • Biography & Autobiography

Edward III and the Triumph of England The Battle of Crécy and the Company of the Garter — Richard Barber

Edward III and the Triumph of England The Battle of Crécy and the Company of the Garter

Themes: Medieval • Europe • Biography & Autobiography

Becoming Charlemagne Europe, Baghdad, and the Empires of A.D. 800 — Jeff Sypeck

Becoming Charlemagne Europe, Baghdad, and the Empires of A.D. 800

Themes: Medieval • Europe • Biography & Autobiography

Two Lives of Charlemagne — Einhard

Two Lives of Charlemagne

Themes: Medieval • Europe • Biography & Autobiography

Servant of the Crown and Steward of the Church The Career of Philippe of Cahors — William Chester Jordan

Servant of the Crown and Steward of the Church The Career of Philippe of Cahors

William Chester Jordan

Themes: Medieval • Europe • Biography & Autobiography

Where Is the Tower of London? — Janet B. Pascal

Where Is the Tower of London?

Janet B. Pascal

Themes: Medieval • Europe • Biography & Autobiography

Queens of the Age of Chivalry — Alison Weir

Queens of the Age of Chivalry

Themes: Medieval • Europe • Biography & Autobiography

Dark Renaissance — Stephen Greenblatt

Dark Renaissance

Stephen Greenblatt

Themes: Medieval • Europe • Biography & Autobiography

Godfrey of Bouillon Duke of Lower Lotharingia, Ruler of Latin Jerusalem, C. 1060-1100 — Simon John

Godfrey of Bouillon Duke of Lower Lotharingia, Ruler of Latin Jerusalem, C. 1060-1100

Themes: Medieval • Europe • Biography & Autobiography

The Wars of the Roses The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors — Dan Jones

The Wars of the Roses The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

Themes: Medieval • Europe • Biography & Autobiography

The World of Orderic Vitalis Norman Monks and Norman Knights — Marjorie Chibnall

The World of Orderic Vitalis Norman Monks and Norman Knights

Marjorie Chibnall

Themes: Medieval • Europe • Biography & Autobiography

The English Parliaments of Henry VII 1485-1504 — P.R. Cavill

The English Parliaments of Henry VII 1485-1504

Themes: Medieval • Europe • Biography & Autobiography

William the Conqueror The Norman Impact Upon England — David C. Douglas

William the Conqueror The Norman Impact Upon England

David C. Douglas

Themes: Medieval • Europe • Biography & Autobiography

Isabella She-Wolf of France, Queen of England — Alison Weir

Isabella She-Wolf of France, Queen of England

Themes: Medieval • Europe • Biography & Autobiography

1415 Henry V’s Year of Glory — Ian Mortimer

1415 Henry V’s Year of Glory

Themes: Medieval • Europe • Biography & Autobiography

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Medieval, Europe, Biography & Autobiography — the same threads that run through Darius the Great by Jacob Abbott. Among the authors featured: Jacob Abbott, Anna Gurney, Penny Lawne, Thomas Asbridge, and others.

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