Books like Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
12 books with a reading profile close to Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Outward-looking; a moderate read.
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
Also outward-looking · history, biography
Walter Isaacson chronicles the life of the most versatile Founding Father, tracing his evolution from a runaway apprentice in Boston to a world-renowned scientist and diplomat.
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American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
by Jon Meacham
Also outward-looking · history, biography
Jon Meacham focuses on the two terms of Andrew Jackson’s presidency, centering the narrative on the White House as a site of both political and domestic struggle.
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Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
Also outward-looking · history, biography
Stephen E.
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII
by Alison Weir
Also outward-looking · history, biography
Alison Weir’s historical account reconstructs the lives of Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard, and Catherine Parr.
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Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
Also outward-looking · history, biography
Robert K.
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The princes in the tower
by Alison Weir
history, biography
Alison Weir investigates the 1483 disappearance of Edward V and Richard, Duke of York, from the Tower of London.
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Alexander Hamilton
by Ron Chernow
Also outward-looking · history, biography
Ron Chernow chronicles the life of the first U.S.
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Marie Antoinette: The Journey
history, biography
Antonia Fraser reconstructs the life of the last Queen of France, moving from her childhood as an Austrian archduchess to her execution during the French Revolution.
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The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
by Andrea Wulf
history, biography
Andrea Wulf chronicles the life of Alexander von Humboldt, the nineteenth-century Prussian naturalist who envisioned the earth as a single living organism where all biological and physical forces are interconnected.
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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Also outward-looking · history, biography
Patrick Radden Keefe documents the three-generation history of the Sackler family, tracing their trajectory from mid-century medical advertising to the development of Purdue Pharma.
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Also outward-looking · history, biography
Jack Weatherford reconstructs the life of Temujin and the rise of the Mongol Empire by synthesizing traditional historical accounts with the Secret History of the Mongols.
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