Books like Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot
12 books with a reading profile close to Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot by Bill O'Reilly. Practical, outward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
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The Wright Brothers
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, biography
David McCullough recounts the lives of Wilbur and Orville Wright, focusing on the five-year period between 1903 and 1908.
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Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling
by Ross King
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, biography
Ross King reconstructs the four-year ordeal of painting the Sistine Chapel, focusing on the volatile relationship between Michelangelo Buonarroti and Pope Julius II.
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Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General
Also practical and outward-looking · history, narrative
General George S.
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
by Dava Sobel
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, biography
Dava Sobel chronicles the eighteenth-century race to determine a ship's east-west position at sea, a challenge that caused frequent shipwrecks and stunted global trade.
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Alexander the Great
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, biography
Philip Freeman traces the trajectory of the Macedonian king from his tutelage under Aristotle to his sudden death at age thirty-two.
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The Lost City of the Monkey God
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative
In 2012, Douglas Preston joined a team of scientists to locate Ciudad Blanca, a legendary civilization hidden within the Honduran rainforest.
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Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
Also practical and outward-looking · history, narrative
This historical narrative recounts the final days of the American Civil War, focusing on the parallel timelines of President Abraham Lincoln and his assassin, John Wilkes Booth.
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The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
by Ian Mortimer
Also practical and outward-looking · history, narrative
This book treats the fourteenth century as a tangible destination rather than a remote historical era.
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Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
Also practical and outward-looking · history, narrative
James L.
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The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
by Erik Larson
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, biography
Erik Larson chronicles Winston Churchill’s first year as Prime Minister, focusing on the period from May 1940 to May 1941 during the height of the German Blitz.
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Just My Type: A Book About Fonts
Also practical and outward-looking · history, narrative
Simon Garfield chronicles the evolution of letterforms from Gutenberg’s mechanical press to the digital screens of the twenty-first century.
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12
WE THE WOMEN
by Norah O'Donnell with Kate Andersen Brower
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, biography
Norah O'Donnell and Kate Andersen Brower present a historical survey of women who influenced the political, social, and legal landscape of the United States.
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