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Books About Real People

At least every book I've read about real people. Memoirs not included. Please enjoy, more lists coming soon.
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Abraham Lincoln (Tanya Lee Stone)
Abraham Lincoln
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Tanya Lee Stone
Alex & Eliza: A Love Story (Melissa De La Cruz)
Alex & Eliza: A Love Story
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Melissa De La Cruz
Alice: Princess Andrew of Greece (Hugo Vickers)
Alice: Princess Andrew of Greece
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Hugo Vickers
All for One (Melissa De La Cruz)
All for One
4
Melissa De La Cruz
Anacaona: Golden Flower, Haiti, 1490 (Edwidge Danticat)
Anacaona: Golden Flower, Haiti, 1490
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Edwidge Danticat
Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia (Carolyn Meyer)
Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia
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Carolyn Meyer
Anastasia and Her Sisters (Carolyn Meyer)
Anastasia and Her Sisters
7
Carolyn Meyer
Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession (Alison Weir)
Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession
8
Alison Weir
Anna of Kleve: The Princess in the Portrait (Alison Weir)
Anna of Kleve: The Princess in the Portrait
9
Alison Weir
Ashley Tisdale (Katie Franks)
Ashley Tisdale
10
Katie Franks
The Bad Queen: Rules and Instructions for Marie Antoinette (Carolyn Meyer)
The Bad Queen: Rules and Instructions for Marie Antoinette
11
Carolyn Meyer
Becoming Little Women (Jeannine Atkins)
Becoming Little Women
12
Jeannine Atkins
Beware, Princess Elizabeth (Carolyn Meyer)
Beware, Princess Elizabeth
13
Carolyn Meyer
The Boleyn Inheritance (Philippa Gregory)
The Boleyn Inheritance
14
Philippa Gregory
Bring Up the Bodies (Hilary Mantel)
Bring Up the Bodies
15
Hilary Mantel
Britain's Royal Families (Alison Weir)
Britain's Royal Families
16
Alison Weir
Brooklyn Rose (Ann Rinaldi)
Brooklyn Rose
17
Ann Rinaldi
The Captive Queen (Alison Weir)
The Captive Queen
18
Alison Weir
Catherine: The Great Journey, Russia, 1743 (Kristiana Gregory)
Catherine: The Great Journey, Russia, 1743
19
Kristiana Gregory
The Children of Henry VIII (Alison Weir)
The Children of Henry VIII
20
Alison Weir
Cleopatra Confesses (Carolyn Meyer)
Cleopatra Confesses
21
Carolyn Meyer
Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile, Egypt, 57 B.C. (Kristiana Gregory)
Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile, Egypt, 57 B.C.
22
Kristiana Gregory
The Constant Princess (Philippa Gregory)
The Constant Princess
23
Philippa Gregory
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
24
Arthur Miller
A Dangerous Inheritance: A Novel of Tudor Rivals and the Secret of the Tower (Alison Weir)
A Dangerous Inheritance: A Novel of Tudor Rivals and the Secret of the Tower
25
Alison Weir
Daughter of York (Anne Easter Smith)
Daughter of York
26
Anne Easter Smith
Devil's Brood (Sharon Kay Penman)
Devil's Brood
27
Sharon Kay Penman
Disney's Pocahontas (Justine Korman)
Disney's Pocahontas
28
Justine Korman
Doomed Queen Anne (Carolyn Meyer)
Doomed Queen Anne
29
Carolyn Meyer
The Double Life of Pocahontas (Jean Fritz)
The Double Life of Pocahontas
30
Jean Fritz
Da Vinci's Tiger (L.M. Elliott)
Da Vinci's Tiger
31
L.M. Elliott
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life (Alison Weir)
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life
32
Alison Weir
Eleanor: Crown Jewel of Aquitaine, France, 1136 (Kristiana Gregory)
Eleanor: Crown Jewel of Aquitaine, France, 1136
33
Kristiana Gregory
Elisabeth: The Princess Bride, Austria-Hungary, 1853 (Barry Denenberg)
Elisabeth: The Princess Bride, Austria-Hungary, 1853
34
Barry Denenberg
Elizabeth I: Royal Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544 (Kathryn Lasky)
Elizabeth I: Royal Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544
35
Kathryn Lasky
Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World (Alison Weir)
Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World
36
Alison Weir
Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch (Sally Bedell Smith)
Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch
37
Sally Bedell Smith
Falls the Shadow (Sharon Kay Penman)
Falls the Shadow
38
Sharon Kay Penman
Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII (Various)
Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII
39
Various
Georgiana: The Duchess of Devonshire (Amanda Foreman)
Georgiana: The Duchess of Devonshire
40
Amanda Foreman
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