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Marie Antoinette’s Darkest Days Prisoner No. 280 in the Conciergerie

Themes: 18th Century • Royalty • Modern

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Abigail and John Portrait of a Marriage

Themes: 18th Century • Royalty • Modern

The Sun King — Nancy Mitford

Themes: 18th Century • Royalty • Modern

Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman — Robert K. Massie

Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman

Robert K. Massie

Themes: 18th Century • Royalty • Modern

Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire — Amanda Foreman

Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire

Themes: 18th Century • Royalty • Modern

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Secret Lives of the Tsars Three Centuries of Autocracy, Debauchery, Betrayal, Murder, and Madness from Romanov Russia

Michael Farquhar

Themes: 18th Century • Royalty • Modern

Bonnie Prince Charlie A Life — Peter Pininski

Bonnie Prince Charlie A Life

Themes: 18th Century • Royalty • Modern

The Prince Who Would Be King The Life and Death of Henry Stuart — Sarah Fraser

The Prince Who Would Be King The Life and Death of Henry Stuart

Themes: 18th Century • Royalty • Modern

The Kings and Queens of Scotland — Timothy Venning

The Kings and Queens of Scotland

Timothy Venning

Themes: 18th Century • Royalty • Modern

Anne (Penguin Monarchs) Last Queen of England — Richard Hewlings

Anne (Penguin Monarchs) Last Queen of England

Richard Hewlings

Themes: 18th Century • Royalty • Modern

History Of Catharine II, Empress Of Russia (1800) — Jean-Henri Castera

History Of Catharine II, Empress Of Russia (1800)

Jean-Henri Castera

Themes: 18th Century • Royalty • Modern

The Duchess — Amanda Foreman

Themes: 18th Century • Royalty • Modern

George II King and Elector — Andrew C. Thompson

George II King and Elector

Andrew C. Thompson

Themes: 18th Century • Royalty • Modern

Marie-Antoinette The Making of a French Queen — John Hardman

Marie-Antoinette The Making of a French Queen

Themes: 18th Century • Royalty • Modern

Revolutionary Characters What Made the Founders Different — Gordon S. Wood

Revolutionary Characters What Made the Founders Different

Themes: 18th Century • Modern • Military

Washington on Courage George Washington’s Formula for Courageous Living — George Washington

Washington on Courage George Washington’s Formula for Courageous Living

George Washington

Themes: 18th Century • Modern • Military

Treason by the Book — Jonathan D. Spence

Treason by the Book

Jonathan D. Spence

Themes: 18th Century • Modern • Military

The Black Jacobins Toussaint L’ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution — C L R James

The Black Jacobins Toussaint L’ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution — C L R James

Themes: 18th Century • Modern • Military

Revolutionaries A New History of the Invention of America — Jack N. Rakove

Revolutionaries A New History of the Invention of America

Themes: 18th Century • Modern • Military

The Anarchy The Relentless Rise of the East India Company — William Dalrymple

The Anarchy The Relentless Rise of the East India Company

William Dalrymple

Themes: 18th Century • Modern • Military

Glories to Useless Heroism The Seven Years War in North America from the French Journals of Comte Maurès de Malartic, 1755-1760 — Gabriel de Maurès comte de Malartic

Glories to Useless Heroism The Seven Years War in North America from the French Journals of Comte Maurès de Malartic, 1755-1760

Gabriel de Maurès comte de Malartic

Themes: 18th Century • Modern • Military

Napoleon A Biography — Frank McLynn

Napoleon A Biography

Themes: 18th Century • Modern • Military

The Sword of Persia Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant — Michael Axworthy

The Sword of Persia Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant

Michael Axworthy

Themes: 18th Century • Modern • Military

Napoleon The Visionary Conqueror — Eric Ledru

Napoleon The Visionary Conqueror

Themes: 18th Century • Modern • Military

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