Books like 300
12 books with a reading profile close to 300 by Frank Miller. Outward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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1
A Place Called Freedom
by Ken Follett
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, entertainment
In 1767, Mack McAsh is a young coal miner in a Scottish mining community where workers are legally bound to their employer for life.
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2
Paris
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, entertainment
Edward Rutherfurd’s narrative follows several families—the aristocratic de Cygnes, the rebellious Le Sourds, and the Jewish Rochens—across centuries of French history.
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3
Gates of Fire
Also clear-cut · history, entertainment
Steven Pressfield’s historical novel reconstructs the Battle of Thermopylae through the eyes of Xeones, a squire and the sole survivor of the Spartan defense.
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4
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
by Legs McNeil
Also clear-cut · history, entertainment
This book documents the rise and eventual dissolution of the American punk rock movement from the late 1960s through the 1980s.
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5
Small Sacrifices
by Ann Rule
Also clear-cut · history, entertainment
Ann Rule chronicles the 1983 shooting of the three children of Diane Downs on a rural Oregon road.
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Captain Alatriste
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, entertainment
In seventeenth-century Madrid, Diego Alatriste lives as a sword for hire, sustaining himself on dangerous commissions while recovering from war wounds.
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7
Eaters of the Dead
Also escapist · history, entertainment
Ahmad ibn Fadlan, a tenth-century Arab diplomat, is forced to accompany a group of Vikings on a journey to the northern lands.
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8
The Eagle has Landed
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, entertainment
In 1943, Lieutenant Colonel Kurt Steiner leads a small unit of German paratroopers on a mission to kidnap Winston Churchill from a remote Norfolk village.
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We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative
Lieutenant General Harold G.
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10
Cleopatra's Daughter
Also clear-cut and escapist · history, entertainment
Following the suicide of Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony, their daughter Selene and her surviving brothers are taken from Egypt to Rome as captives.
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11
Assassination Vacation
by Sarah Vowell
Also outward-looking · history, entertainment
Sarah Vowell tracks the site-specific histories of the three American presidents murdered before the Secret Service provided permanent protection: Abraham Lincoln, James A.
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12
Belgravia
Also clear-cut and escapist · history, entertainment
On the eve of the Battle of Waterloo, the Trenchard family attends a legendary ball hosted by the Duchess of Richmond.
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