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Best History Reads

A Listmania! list by Fiction Fan (Madchester)
 
Byzantium: The Early Centuries: The Early Centuries v. 1
1.  Byzantium: The Early Centuries: The Early Centuries v. 1 by John Julius Norwich
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  "The first of John Julius Norwich's masterly Byzantine trilogy"
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Defying Rome
2.  Defying Rome by Guy de la Bedoyere
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  "Great survey of early British rebels against the EU...sorry, Roman Empire"
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A Brief History of the English Civil Wars (Brief Histories)
3.  A Brief History of the English Civil Wars (Brief Histories) by John Miller
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  "Excellent big picture account of the English Civil War"
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A Little History of the World
4.  A Little History of the World by Ernst Gombrich
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  "Gives world history a sense of perspective"
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The Fall of Constantinople 1453 (Canto)
5.  The Fall of Constantinople 1453 (Canto) by Steven Runciman
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  "Indispensable on the end of the Byzantine empire"
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The Peasants' Revolt: England's Failed Revolution of 1381 (Revealing History)
6.  The Peasants' Revolt: England's Failed Revolution of 1381 (Revealing History) by Alastair Dunn
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  "Fascinating account of that flashpoint in British history - the Peasants revolt of 1381"
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My England Years: The Autobiography
7.  My England Years: The Autobiography by Bobby Charlton
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  "It's not all about wars - the classic World Cup win of 1966 is already history"
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Wellington: The Iron Duke
8.  Wellington: The Iron Duke by Richard Holmes
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  "A true British hero - even if he was born in Dublin"
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Churchill: A Study in Greatness
9.  Churchill: A Study in Greatness by Geoffrey Best
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  "When we knew how to appoint a decent PM - one who put Britain first"
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)
10.  The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) by Edward Gibbon
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  "An astonishing achievement"
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