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Looking for read-alikes for Dark Renaissance by Stephen Greenblatt? These 24 titles overlap in Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603), Medieval, Social History, and Great Britain and overall literary texture.

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Themes: Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603) • Medieval • Social History

Elizabeth The Struggle for the Throne

David Starkey

Themes: Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603) • Medieval • Great Britain

A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare 1599

James Shapiro

Themes: Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603) • Medieval • Great Britain

The Life of Thomas More

Peter Ackroyd

Themes: Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603) • Medieval • Great Britain

The Great Survivor of the Tudor Age The Life and Times of Lord William Paget

Alex Anglesey

Themes: Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603) • Social History • Great Britain

Hunting the Falcon Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe

John Guy

Themes: Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603) • Medieval • Great Britain

Devices and Desires Bess of Hardwick and the Building of Elizabethan England

Kate Hubbard

Themes: Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603) • Medieval • Great Britain

The Greatest Viking The Life of Olav Haraldsson

Desmond Seward

Themes: Medieval • Social History • Great Britain

Worlds of Arthur Facts and Fictions of the Dark Ages

Guy Halsall

Themes: Medieval • Social History • Great Britain

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King Arthur Hero and Legend

Richard Barber

Themes: Medieval • Social History • Great Britain

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Isabella of France The Rebel Queen

Kathryn Warner

Themes: Medieval • Social History • Great Britain

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A Court of Betrayal — Anne O’Brien

Anne O'Brien

Themes: Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603) • Medieval • Great Britain

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Hakluytus Posthumus or, Purchas his Pilgrimes

Samuel Purchas

Themes: Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603) • Medieval • Great Britain

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Coronation A History of the British Monarchy

Roy Strong

Themes: Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603) • Social History • Great Britain

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The Lost Kings Lancaster, York and Tudor

Amy Licence

Themes: Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603) • Medieval • Great Britain

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The English Parliaments of Henry VII 1485-1504

P.R. Cavill

Themes: Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603) • Medieval • Great Britain

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

Richard Barber

Themes: Medieval • Social History • Great Britain

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The Secret Rooms A Castle Filled with Intrigue, a Plotting Duchess and a Mysterious Death

Catherine Bailey

Themes: Medieval • Social History • Great Britain

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The Elizabethan Secretariat and the Signet Office The Production of State Papers, 1590-1596

Angela Andreani

Themes: Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603) • Social History • Great Britain

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The House of Beaufort The Bastard Line That Captured the Crown

Nathen Amin

Themes: Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603) • Medieval • Great Britain

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Language and Stage in Medieval and Renaissance England

Janette Dillon

Themes: Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603) • Medieval • Great Britain

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The Pastons and Their England Studies in an Age of Transition

H. S. Bennett

Themes: Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603) • Medieval • Great Britain

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Tudors: The History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I

Peter Ackroyd

Themes: Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603) • Social History • Great Britain

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Elizabeth’s London Everyday Life in Elizabethan London

Liza Picard

Themes: Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603) • Social History • Great Britain

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for Dark Renaissance by Stephen Greenblatt — spanning Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603), Medieval, Social History and featuring authors such as Philippa Gregory, David Starkey, James Shapiro, Peter Ackroyd, and others.