Books like The Second Empress: A Novel of Napoleon's Court
12 books with a reading profile close to The Second Empress: A Novel of Napoleon's Court by Michelle Moran. Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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The Astronaut Wives Club
by Lily Koppel
Also practical and clear-cut · history, narrative
Lily Koppel chronicles the lives of the women married to flight crews in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space programs.
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Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed
Also practical and clear-cut · history, narrative
Maureen Callahan tells the stories of several women connected to the Kennedy family and argues that they were treated badly by the men around them and by the family's image-making.
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The Keeper of Hidden Books
Also practical and clear-cut · history, narrative
In 1939 Warsaw, Zofia Nowak and her friend Janina find solace in their local library as the German occupation begins.
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The Girl Who Wrote in Silk
by Kelli Estes
Also practical and clear-cut · history, narrative
Inara Erickson inherits a house on an island in Washington State, and when she begins to clear it, she finds a piece of embroidered silk hidden in a wall.
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5
The Second Mrs. Astor
by Shana Abe
Also practical and clear-cut · history, narrative
Shana Abe reconstructs the life of Madeleine Force, the teenager who became the second wife of millionaire John Jacob Astor IV.
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America's First Daughter
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Martha "Patsy" Jefferson Randolph serves as the primary protector of Thomas Jefferson’s reputation and household throughout this narrative.
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The Spectacular
by Fiona Davis
Also practical and clear-cut · history, narrative
Set in 1950s Manhattan, the narrative follows Marion Brooks, a young woman who defies her father’s expectations by auditioning for the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes.
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The First Ladies
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
This historical novel centers on the real-world partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune.
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Finding Dorothy
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
This novel follows Maud Gage Baum, the widow of L.
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Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
Also practical and clear-cut · history, narrative
Elizabeth Keckley, a formerly enslaved woman who bought her freedom through her needlework, establishes a successful business in Washington, D.C., and becomes the personal confidante and modiste to Mary Todd Lincoln.
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The Briar Club
by Kate Quinn
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
In 1950s Washington, D.C., Grace March moves into Briarwood House, a female-only boarding establishment during the height of the Red Scare.
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The Blind Side
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Michael Lewis details the evolution of the left tackle position in American football, triggered by the rising impact of speed-rushing linebackers like Lawrence Taylor.
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