21 окт. 2023 г. · Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts. Reads like fiction partly because of the writing and partly because Napoleon's life is very interesting.

26 нояб. 2022 г. · Alan Taylor's “American Colonies,” “American Revolutions,” and “American Republics” are really compelling reads and they do an awesome job ...

10 янв. 2024 г. · Erik Larson and Adam Hochschild have both written history books that read like novels. I recommend Larson's The Devil in the White City and ...

18 окт. 2022 г. · I really enjoy the WWII books by Mitchell Zuckoff and Alex Kershaw. Also Jeff Shaara's American Civil War historical fiction books are very ...

27 июл. 2024 г. · Anything by Robert K. Massie. His books read like novels . Dreadnought and Castles of Steel are excellent. His biography of Peter the Great is ...

3 сент. 2013 г. · The best historical prose I've encountered so far was David McCullough's Truman, a biography of Harry S. Truman which covers his entire life.

6 авг. 2017 г. · Another good option is Steven Levy's Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, which is an entertaining history of the early years of the ...

14 сент. 2020 г. · I've recently started enjoying books on history that read like novels. (Also realised why History wasn't fun in School).

18 нояб. 2024 г. · Anything by Edward Rutherford. The first book i read by him was Paris. Currently reading China and love it.

18 янв. 2022 г. · Try the books of Adrian Goldsworthy, "Life of a colossus" and "Dynasty" are great books, albeit more of a "brief" overview than an in-depth ...