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If you loved Emperor by Geoffrey Parker, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in 16th Century, Medieval, Modern, and Europe.

16th Century Medieval Modern Europe Historical Biography & Autobiography History

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Handpicked for thematic and literary overlap — the best shelf companions to Emperor.

A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare 1599 — James Shapiro

A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare 1599

Themes: 16th Century • Medieval • Modern

The Dancing Plague The Strange, True Story of an Extraordinary Illness — John Waller

The Dancing Plague The Strange, True Story of an Extraordinary Illness

Themes: 16th Century • Medieval • Modern

Yasuke The True Story of the Legendary African Samurai — Thomas Lockley

Yasuke The True Story of the Legendary African Samurai

Themes: 16th Century • Medieval • Modern

Imperial Spain 1469-1716 — J. H. Elliott

Imperial Spain 1469-1716

Themes: 16th Century • Medieval • Modern

An Age of Transition? Economy and Society in England in the Later Middle Ages — Christopher Dyer

An Age of Transition? Economy and Society in England in the Later Middle Ages

Christopher Dyer

Themes: 16th Century • Medieval • Modern

Pre-modern Towns at the Times of Catastrophes East Central Europe in a Comparative Perspective — Michaela Antonín Malaníková

Pre-modern Towns at the Times of Catastrophes East Central Europe in a Comparative Perspective

Michaela Antonín Malaníková

Themes: 16th Century • Medieval • Modern

Christian Identity, Piety, and Politics in Early Modern England — Robert E. Stillman

Christian Identity, Piety, and Politics in Early Modern England

Robert E. Stillman

Themes: 16th Century • Medieval • Modern

The Great Siege, Malta 1565 Clash of Cultures: Christian Knights Defend Western Civilization Against the Moslem Tide — Ernle Bradford

The Great Siege, Malta 1565 Clash of Cultures: Christian Knights Defend Western Civilization Against the Moslem Tide

Themes: 16th Century • Medieval • Modern

The Tudor Law of Treason (Routledge Revivals) An Introduction — John Bellamy

The Tudor Law of Treason (Routledge Revivals) An Introduction

Themes: 16th Century • Medieval • Modern

The Habsburgs The Rise and Fall of a World Power — Martyn Rady

The Habsburgs The Rise and Fall of a World Power

Themes: 16th Century • Medieval • Modern

Reforms of Christian Life in Sixteenth-century Italy — Querciolo Mazzonis

Reforms of Christian Life in Sixteenth-century Italy

Querciolo Mazzonis

Themes: 16th Century • Medieval • Modern

The Penguin History of Britain: New Worlds, Lost Worlds The Rule Of The Tudors 1485 To 1603 — Susan Brigden

The Penguin History of Britain: New Worlds, Lost Worlds The Rule Of The Tudors 1485 To 1603

Themes: 16th Century • Medieval • Modern

The Medieval and Early Modern Garden in Britain Enclosure and Transformation, C. 1200-1750 — Patricia Skinner

The Medieval and Early Modern Garden in Britain Enclosure and Transformation, C. 1200-1750

Patricia Skinner

Themes: 16th Century • Medieval • Modern

The Armada — Garrett Mattingly

Garrett Mattingly

Themes: 16th Century • Medieval • Modern

Contested Island Ireland 1460-1630 — S. J. Connolly

Contested Island Ireland 1460-1630 — S. J. Connolly

Themes: 16th Century • Medieval • Modern

The Word of a Prince A Life of Elizabeth I from Contemporary Documents — Maria Perry

The Word of a Prince A Life of Elizabeth I from Contemporary Documents

Themes: 16th Century • Modern • Europe

Fatal Discord Erasmus, Luther, and the Fight for the Western Mind — Michael Massing

Fatal Discord Erasmus, Luther, and the Fight for the Western Mind

Michael Massing

Themes: 16th Century • Modern • Europe

Straight Acting The Many Queer Lives of William Shakespeare — Will Tosh

Straight Acting The Many Queer Lives of William Shakespeare

Themes: 16th Century • Modern • Europe

Mary I England’s Catholic Queen — John Edwards

Mary I England’s Catholic Queen

Themes: 16th Century • Modern • Europe

Imprudent King A New Life of Philip II — Geoffrey Parker

Imprudent King A New Life of Philip II

Geoffrey Parker

Themes: 16th Century • Modern • Europe

The Lost Tudor Princess The Life of Lady Margaret Douglas — Alison Weir

The Lost Tudor Princess The Life of Lady Margaret Douglas

Themes: 16th Century • Modern • Europe

Margaret Beaufort Mother of the Tudor Dynasty — Elizabeth Norton

Margaret Beaufort Mother of the Tudor Dynasty

Elizabeth Norton

Themes: 16th Century • Modern • Europe

The Private Lives of the Tudors Uncovering the Secrets of Britain’s Greatest Dynasty — Tracy Borman

The Private Lives of the Tudors Uncovering the Secrets of Britain’s Greatest Dynasty

Themes: 16th Century • Modern • Europe

Arbella Stuart The Uncrowned Queen — Jill Armitage

Arbella Stuart The Uncrowned Queen

Themes: 16th Century • Modern • Europe

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of 16th Century, Medieval, Modern — the same threads that run through Emperor by Geoffrey Parker. Among the authors featured: James Shapiro, John Waller, Thomas Lockley, J. H. Elliott, and others.

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The General Crisis of the Seventeenth Century — Geoffrey Parker

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Global Crisis War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century — Geoffrey Parker

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