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Readers who finished Genghis Khan by Jacob Abbott and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Medieval, Military, Europe, and Reference.

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Journey to Portugal In Pursuit of Portugal’s History and Culture — José Saramago

Journey to Portugal In Pursuit of Portugal’s History and Culture

Themes: Medieval • Military • Europe

A Companion & Guide to the Norman Conquest — Peter Bramley

A Companion & Guide to the Norman Conquest

Themes: Medieval • Military • Europe

Black Prince’s Expedition — H. J. Hewitt

Black Prince’s Expedition

Themes: Medieval • Military • Europe

King Arthur’s Wars The Anglo-Saxon Conquest of England — Jim Storr

King Arthur’s Wars The Anglo-Saxon Conquest of England

Themes: Medieval • Military • Europe

The Red Prince The Life of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster — Helen Carr

The Red Prince The Life of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster

Themes: Medieval • Military • Europe

Henry VI A Good, Simple and Innocent Man — James Ross

Henry VI A Good, Simple and Innocent Man

Themes: Medieval • Military • Europe

Joanna of Flanders Heroine and Exile — Julie Sarpy

Joanna of Flanders Heroine and Exile

Themes: Medieval • Military • Europe

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Mark Twain

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc

Themes: Medieval • Military • Europe

The English Aristocracy at War From the Welsh Wars of Edward I to the Battle of Bannockburn — David Simpkin

The English Aristocracy at War From the Welsh Wars of Edward I to the Battle of Bannockburn

Themes: Medieval • Military • Europe

The Last Viking The True Story of King Harald Hardrada — Don Hollway

The Last Viking The True Story of King Harald Hardrada

Themes: Medieval • Military • Europe

Dracula’s Wars Vlad the Impaler and His Rivals — James Waterson

Dracula’s Wars Vlad the Impaler and His Rivals

Themes: Medieval • Military • Europe

The Life and Campaigns of the Black Prince From Contemporary Letters, Diaries, and Chronicles, Including Chandos Herald’s Life of the Black Prince — Richard Barber

The Life and Campaigns of the Black Prince From Contemporary Letters, Diaries, and Chronicles, Including Chandos Herald’s Life of the Black Prince

Themes: Medieval • Military • Europe

Richard Beauchamp Medieval England’s Greatest Knight — David Brindley

Richard Beauchamp Medieval England’s Greatest Knight

Themes: Medieval • Military • Europe

The Greatest Viking The Life of Olav Haraldsson — Desmond Seward

The Greatest Viking The Life of Olav Haraldsson

Themes: Medieval • Military • Europe

Henry V The Astonishing Triumph of England’s Greatest Warrior King — Dan Jones

Henry V The Astonishing Triumph of England’s Greatest Warrior King

Themes: Medieval • Military • Europe

Warlords The Struggle for Power in Post-Roman Britain — Stuart Laycock

Warlords The Struggle for Power in Post-Roman Britain

Themes: Medieval • Military • Europe

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

Isabella She-Wolf of France, Queen of England

Themes: Medieval • Military • Europe

Richard III The Self-made King — Michael Hicks

Richard III The Self-made King

Themes: Medieval • Military • Europe

The Verge Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years That Shook the World — Patrick Wyman

The Verge Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years That Shook the World

Themes: Medieval • Military • Europe

The Life of Thomas More — Peter Ackroyd

The Life of Thomas More

Themes: Medieval • Military • Europe

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 • Reference

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

A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare 1599

Themes: Medieval • Europe • Reference

The Far Traveler Voyages of a Viking Woman — Nancy Marie Brown

The Far Traveler Voyages of a Viking Woman

Nancy Marie Brown

Themes: Medieval • Europe • Reference

The Last Days of Richard III and the Fate of His DNA — John Ashdown-Hill

The Last Days of Richard III and the Fate of His DNA

John Ashdown-Hill

Themes: Medieval • Europe • Reference

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Medieval, Military, Europe — the same threads that run through Genghis Khan by Jacob Abbott. Among the authors featured: José Saramago, Peter Bramley, H. J. Hewitt, Jim Storr, and others.

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