Books like Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman
12 books with a reading profile close to Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman by Stefan Zweig. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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1
Schindler’s List
history, biography
In German-occupied Poland, industrialist Oskar Schindler utilized his connections within the Nazi Party and the SS to shield Jewish workers from liquidation.
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Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love
by Dava Sobel
history, biography
Dava Sobel reconstructs the life of Galileo Galilei through the preserved correspondence of his eldest child, Suor Maria Celeste.
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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
history, biography
Jan and Antonina Zabinski managed the Warsaw Zoo during the 1939 German invasion of Poland.
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4
Roots
by Alex Haley
history, biography
Alex Haley reconstructs his family lineage starting with Kunta Kinte, a Mandinka youth abducted from West Africa in 1767 and sold into chattel slavery in Maryland.
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5
Small Island
by Andrea Levy
history, narrative
In 1948, Hortense Roberts arrives in London from Jamaica to join her husband, Gilbert Joseph, who fought for Britain in the war.
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Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
history, biography
In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston traveled to Plateau, Alabama, to interview Oluale Kossola, known as Cudjo Lewis.
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The Miracle Worker
biography, narrative
The play chronicles the arrival of Annie Sullivan at the Keller household to instruct young Helen Keller, who became blind and deaf following an infant illness.
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8
Careless Love
history, biography
This volume documents the final two decades of Elvis Presley’s life, beginning with his 1958 military service in Germany and concluding with his death in 1977.
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Every Man Dies Alone
by Hans Fallada
history, narrative
Otto and Anna Quangel are ordinary Berliners who, after their son's death in the war, start leaving postcards that criticize Hitler in stairwells and offices.
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10
Quo Vadis
by Henryk Sienkiewicz, W.S. Kuniczak
history, narrative
Set in Nero's Rome, "Quo Vadis" tells the story of the Roman patrician Marcus Vinicius and his passionate, yet conflicted, love for the Christian Ligia.
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A Beautiful Mind
by Sylvia Nasar
history, biography
Sylvia Nasar details the life of John Forbes Nash Jr., a mathematical genius whose work on game theory redefined modern economics.
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Wild Swans
by Jung Chang
history, biography
Jung Chang traces the history of twentieth-century China through the lives of three generations of women: her grandmother, her mother, and herself.
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