Bettie's votes on the list British History

Listopia > Bettie's votes on the list British History (50 Books)

1	Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare by Stephen Greenblatt 3.88 avg rating — 11,107 ratings Bettie rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser 4.11 avg rating — 19,358 ratings Bettie rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Victorian London: The Tale of a City 1840-1870 by Liza Picard 4.03 avg rating — 1,471 ratings Bettie rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London by Liza Picard 3.98 avg rating — 1,047 ratings Bettie rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Dr Johnson's London by Liza Picard 4.03 avg rating — 798 ratings Bettie rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Restoration London: From Poverty to Pets, from Medicine to Magic, from Slang to Sex, from Wallpaper to Women's Rights by Liza Picard 4.10 avg rating — 748 ratings Bettie rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Conquering Family (The Plantagenets, #1) by Thomas B. Costain 4.11 avg rating — 1,557 ratings Bettie rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Last Plantagenets (The Plantagenets, #4) by Thomas B. Costain 4.15 avg rating — 1,326 ratings Bettie rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Magnificent Century (The Plantagenets, #2) by Thomas B. Costain 4.15 avg rating — 1,035 ratings Bettie rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Three Edwards (The Plantagenets, #3) by Thomas B. Costain 4.12 avg rating — 1,199 ratings Bettie rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Life of Elizabeth I by Alison Weir 4.03 avg rating — 33,042 ratings Bettie rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 57,986 ratings Bettie rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life by Alison Weir 3.94 avg rating — 16,947 ratings Bettie rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England by Alison Weir 3.77 avg rating — 7,976 ratings Bettie rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII by David Starkey 4.13 avg rating — 10,275 ratings Bettie rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn by Alison Weir 3.98 avg rating — 14,610 ratings Bettie rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Mary Queen of Scots by Antonia Fraser really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17,715 ratings Bettie rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Shakespeare: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd 4.02 avg rating — 2,395 ratings Bettie rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson 3.82 avg rating — 50,351 ratings Bettie rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605 by Antonia Fraser 3.87 avg rating — 1,910 ratings Bettie rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys 3.97 avg rating — 3,423 ratings Bettie rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Marlboroughs: John and Sarah Churchill 1650 - 1744 by Christopher Hibbert 3.79 avg rating — 126 ratings Bettie rated it 1 star See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell 3.81 avg rating — 5,491 ratings Bettie rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands from 1848 to 1861 by Queen Victoria 3.50 avg rating — 46 ratings Bettie rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Infernal World of Branwell Bronte by Daphne du Maurier 3.63 avg rating — 876 ratings Bettie rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Dickens by Peter Ackroyd 3.89 avg rating — 2,378 ratings Bettie rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Charles Dickens by Claire Tomalin 3.92 avg rating — 7,336 ratings Bettie rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: Or The Murder at Road Hill House by Kate Summerscale 3.51 avg rating — 25,695 ratings Bettie rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Kings and Queens of England by Antonia Fraser 3.97 avg rating — 2,029 ratings Bettie rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Monarchy: England and Her Rulers from the Tudors to the Windsors by David Starkey 3.93 avg rating — 1,405 ratings Bettie rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium, An Englishman's World by Robert Lacey 3.87 avg rating — 5,918 ratings Bettie rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	London in the Nineteenth Century: A Human Awful Wonder of God by Jerry White 4.02 avg rating — 315 ratings Bettie rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	My Heart Is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots by John Guy 3.95 avg rating — 5,671 ratings Bettie rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Bess of Hardwick: First Lady of Chatsworth by Mary S. Lovell 4.12 avg rating — 3,576 ratings Bettie rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides by Samuel Johnson 3.59 avg rating — 917 ratings Bettie added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World by Simon Callow 4.14 avg rating — 366 ratings Bettie rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Thames: Sacred River by Peter Ackroyd 3.79 avg rating — 1,130 ratings Bettie added it to wish-list See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman 3.78 avg rating — 20,439 ratings Bettie rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman 4.18 avg rating — 88,051 ratings Bettie rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874–1932 by William Manchester 4.33 avg rating — 16,226 ratings Bettie rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne by David Starkey 4.01 avg rating — 15,835 ratings Bettie rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	A History of Britain: The Wars of the British 1603-1776 (A History of Britain, #2) by Simon Schama 4.03 avg rating — 2,016 ratings Bettie rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World? 3500 BC-AD 1603 (A History of Britain, #1) by Simon Schama 4.07 avg rating — 4,150 ratings Bettie rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	The History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth 3.71 avg rating — 7,071 ratings Bettie rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	An Utterly Impartial History of Britain or 2000 Years of Upper Class Idiots In Charge by John O'Farrell 3.99 avg rating — 2,760 ratings Bettie rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Jane Boleyn: The True Story of the Infamous Lady Rochford by Julia Fox 3.72 avg rating — 4,354 ratings Bettie rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Tudors: Volume II by Peter Ackroyd 4.05 avg rating — 3,843 ratings Bettie rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Bloody Foreigners: The Story of Immigration to Britain by Robert Winder 4.18 avg rating — 498 ratings Bettie rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester 3.84 avg rating — 124,826 ratings Bettie rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self by Claire Tomalin 3.90 avg rating — 4,515 ratings Bettie added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars