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Books like The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism

12 books with a reading profile close to The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism by Ross King. Outward-looking and clear-cut; a moderate read.

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Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

by Tom Holland

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Tom Holland chronicles the collapse of the Roman Republic, beginning with the rise of Sulla and concluding with the establishment of the principate under Augustus.
2

The Johnstown Flood

by David McCullough

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

The book reconstructs the 1889 disaster in Pennsylvania, where the South Fork Dam collapsed after days of heavy rain.
3

In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

by Hampton Sides

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

In 1879, Lieutenant George De Long led the USS Jeannette toward the North Pole, fueled by the incorrect scientific theory of an Open Polar Sea.
4

We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam

by Harold G. Moore

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Lieutenant General Harold G.
5

The Longest Day: June 6, 1944

by Cornelius Ryan

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Cornelius Ryan reconstructs the D-Day invasion by weaving together hundreds of individual accounts from Allied and German soldiers, as well as French civilians.
6

Kon-Tiki

by Thor Heyerdahl

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Thor Heyerdahl documents his 1947 expedition to prove that ancient South Americans could have settled Polynesia.
7

Ten Days in a Mad-House

by Nellie Bly

Also clear-cut · history, narrative

In 1887, journalist Nellie Bly feigned insanity to secure a commitment to the Women’s Medical College on Blackwell’s Island.
8

How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe

by Thomas Cahill

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Thomas Cahill argues that during the fifth century, as Germanic tribes dismantled the Roman Empire and burned its libraries, the classical tradition survived only on the remote island of Ireland.
9

Hitler's Gift

by Jean Medawar, David Pyke

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

In 1933, the Civil Service Law stripped Jewish academics of their positions, dismantling Germany’s global dominance in science and physics.
10

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

by Erik Larson

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Erik Larson chronicles the five months between Abraham Lincoln’s election and the surrender of Fort Sumter.
11

By the Sword

by Richard Cohen

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Richard Cohen chronicles the technical and cultural evolution of swordplay from ancient Egypt to the modern Olympic Games.
12

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

by Adam Higginbotham

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Adam Higginbotham reconstructs the events leading up to the 1986 explosion of Reactor Number Four at the V.I.

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