HistoryExtra Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Persuasion
J. AustenHistoryExtraA real-life Anne Elliot? Peter James Bowman explores remarkable parallels between the heroine of Jane Austen's #Persuasion and one Katherine Bisshopp – a women the author almost certainly never met https://t.co/ZLylA5h8oz
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The Three Musketeers
Alexandre DumasHistoryExtraDid you know that the three musketeers of Alexandre Dumas’ novel have historical counterparts? @Jo_History reveals the real Athos, Porthos, Aramis and d’Artagnan https://t.co/q8dUOyMIxH
Paperback, 2017
$28.89$14.44 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Shakespeare: An Introduction: Ideas in Profile
Paul EdmondsonHistoryExtraDid someone else write the plays of William Shakespeare? @Paul_Edmondson considers the theory that alternative candidates could have been the real author… https://t.co/PMSkSC4ymb
Paperback, 2015
$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Berlin: Life and Death in the City at the Center of the World
Sinclair McKayHistoryExtraOn the podcast | Sinclair McKay traces the history of Berlin through the lives of its inhabitants, from the wild hedonism of the Weimar years to living in the shadow of the Berlin Wall https://t.co/2y8XspbrHr
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Plays
William ShakespeareHistoryExtraDid someone else write the plays of William Shakespeare? @Paul_Edmondson considers the theory that alternative candidates could have been the real author… https://t.co/PMSkSC4ymb
Paperback, 2010
$33.75$16.88 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Crusades
Helen NicholsonHistoryExtraOn the podcast | Helen Nicholson traces women’s involvement in the crusades, from noble patrons and pious pilgrims to those willing to risk their lives on the battlefield https://t.co/AhtoIb94YA https://t.co/oTFjtSF6HK
Hardcover, 2004
$61.00$36.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Memoirs of Robert Dudley: Earl of Leicester
Robert Dudley LeicesterHistoryExtraBorn #OnThisDay in 1532, Robert Dudley would rise to become the Earl of Leicester – and Queen Elizabeth I’s great love https://t.co/ixqY3vbrGa
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The Three Musketeers: Red Premium Edition
Alexandre DumasHistoryExtraDid you know that the three musketeers of Alexandre Dumas’ novel have historical counterparts? @Jo_History reveals the real Athos, Porthos, Aramis and d’Artagnan https://t.co/q8dUOyMIxH
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After Roe: The Lost History of the Abortion Debate
Mary ZieglerHistoryExtraWith the US Supreme Court potentially about to overturn the nationwide legal right to abortion, Professor Mary Ziegler charts the history of abortion law in the USA before and after Roe v Wade, and examines how abortion became a major political issue… https://t.co/RlWD9wONcF
Hardcover, 2015
$42.00$21.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Alice: The Classic Victorian Play for Children: Adapted from "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll
Lewis CarrollHistoryExtra"Alice also became the guide to some of the world’s most famous scientists – among them, her avowed fan Alan Turing, who repeatedly took out both Alice books and Lewis Carroll’s 'The Game of Logic' from his school library" | @frankendodo https://t.co/SbaO84IJdN
Paperback, 2015
$8.95$4.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book