British History

Books about the history of the British Isles.

This covers non-fiction about the time period, but also fiction that is set during this time period.

The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
The Norman Conquest
The Wars of the Roses
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England, 400–1066
The Children of Henry VIII
Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors (The History of England, #1)
The Life of Elizabeth I
A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life (World Leaders Past & Present)
The Princes in the Tower
She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth
Band of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. MooreLone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,194 books — 2,511 voters
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThe Big Sea by Langston HughesDust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neale HurstonOut of Africa by Isak DinesenTalking at the Gates by James    Campbell
Author Biographies and Memoirs
584 books — 98 voters

The Daughter of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankFemales of Valor by Widad AkreyiZoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad AkreyiBreaking the Bias of English by Vivian Probst
Women's History Month
446 books — 85 voters
Journey to the West by Biao  WangThe Daughter of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiFemales of Valor by Widad AkreyiZoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad AkreyiRoots of To-Be Templars by Widad Akreyi
Best books on history and culture.
133 books — 84 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakNight by Elie WieselThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferSchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
World War II Fiction & Non-fiction
796 books — 410 voters

Abhijit Naskar
Britain may have a few things to take pride in, Conan Doyle and Doctor Who to name a few - but colonialism is not one of them.
Abhijit Naskar, Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo

Abhijit Naskar
When the descendants of a brutish empire continue to represent and maintain the authority of that empire, such descendants do not deserve even an ounce of respect from civilized humans, any more than their ancestors do, let alone be declared head of state. It'd be like respecting a neonazi for advocating for a new confederate America. ...more
Abhijit Naskar, Corazon Calamidad: Obedient to None, Oppressive to None

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