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Historical Books that don't put you to sleep
Nicholas & AlexandraNicholas & Alexandra by Robert K Massie
Buy new: £6.49 / Used from: £1.10
A great, deatailed book that helps you sympathize with the characters' fates.
Peter the Great: His Life and WorldPeter the Great: His Life and World by Allan Massie
Buy used from: £17.00
By the same author as the previous, but even more in-depth and detailed. This guy really knows his stuff.
Russia in the Age of Catherine the Great (Phoenix Press)Russia in the Age of Catherine the Great (Phoenix Press) by Isabel de Madariaga
Buy used from: £7.15
A pretty hefty tome, but worth reading
Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo JimaFlags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima by James Bradley
Buy used from: £0.01
A very heroic book,really shows you the pointlessness of war
Hitler, 1889-1936: HubrisHitler, 1889-1936: Hubris by Ian Kershaw
Buy new: £10.39 / Used from: £4.89
Haven't read the second one yet, but this one shows a very human, fallible view of the man