History and Historical Fiction - a list for Ryan
Explore a curated list of history and historical fiction books perfect for Ryan. Discover captivating reads that blend fact and fiction for an immersive journey through time.
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Byzantium
by Stephen R. Lawhead
Born to rule Although born to rule, Aidan lives as a scribe in a remote Irish monastery on the far, wild edge of Christendom. Secure …
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The Hawk and the Dove Trilogy
by Penelope Wilcock
Rich with imagery and emotion, this collection of captivating tales of a 13th-century community reflects the timeless drama of people learning to love and accept …
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The River at the Center of the World
by Simon Winchester
Chronicle of the author's adventures following the often difficult course of the Yangtze River in China, providing a portrait of the vast country, its history, …
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Miracle At Philadelphia
by Catherine Drinker Bowen
A classic history of the Federal Convention at Philadelphia in 1787, the stormy, dramatic session that produced the most enduring of political documents: the Constitution …
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The Fatal Shore
by Robert Hughes
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • This incredible true history of the colonization of Australia explores how the convict transportation system created the country we know today. "One …
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Peter the Great: His Life and World
by Robert K. Massie
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • An “urgently readable” (Newsweek) biography of the captivating tsar who changed Russian history—from the New York Times bestselling author of Nicholas …
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The Professor and the Madman
by Simon Winchester
The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men …
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The Killer Angels
by Michael Shaara
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “remarkable” (Ken Burns), “utterly absorbing” (Forbes) Civil War classic that inspired the film Gettysburg, with …
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Krakatoa
by Simon Winchester
Simon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, examines the legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa, which …
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The Triangle Fire
by Leon Stein
On March 25, 1911, 146 employees of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York City were killed in the span of a few minutes because …
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The Harvest of Sorrow
by Robert Conquest
Chronicles the events of 1929 to 1933 in the Ukraine when Stalin's Soviet Communist Party killed or deported millions of peasants; abolished privately held land …
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The 900 Days
by Harrison Salisbury
The Nazi siege of Leningrad from 1941 to 1944 was one of the most gruesome episodes of World War II. Nearly three million people endured …
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Citizen Soldiers
by Stephen E. Ambrose
Drawing on hundreds of interviews and oral histories, Ambrose recreates life on the front lines during one of the bloodiest periods of World War II: …
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The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
by James D. Hornfischer
“This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can.” With these words, Lieutenant …
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Colditz: The Definitive History
by Henry Chancellor
Chronicles the experiences of the prisoners within the walls of Colditz Prison, a medieval castle that was converted into a high security fortress by the …
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Fighter
by Len Deighton
An altogether factual and comprehensive picture o the men, the machines, the strategies (and the blunders), and the events on both sides of the war.
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Abandon Ship!
by Richard F. Newcomb
Originally published in 1958, "Abandon Ship!" was the first book to describe how the survivors of the "U.S.S. Indianapolis" sinking watched their shipmates fall prey …
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Wild Swans
by Jung Chang
Memoir of three Chinese women, Jung Chang, her mother, and her grandmother in twentieth-century China.
