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Some Really Great History Books

Our Maverick English Teacher and history buff selects 100+ scholarly and popular works of history that he thinks are just terrific reads.
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The 100 Years War (Seward)
The 100 Years War
1
Seward
The Age of Arthur (John Morris)
The Age of Arthur
2
John Morris
An Age of Tyrants (Snyder)
An Age of Tyrants
3
Snyder
And the Band Played on (Randy Shilts)
And the Band Played On
4
Randy Shilts
Anglo-Saxon England (Stenton)
Anglo-Saxon England
5
Stenton
Ardennes 1944: The Battle of the Bulge (Antony Beevor)
Ardennes 1944: The Battle of the Bulge
6
Antony Beevor
Armageddon (Hastings)
Armageddon
7
Hastings
The Ascent of Man by Jacob Bronowski
The Ascent of Man by Jacob Bronowski
8
At Home : A Short History of Private Life (Bill Bryson)
At Home : A Short History of Private Life
9
Bill Bryson
The Autumn of the Middle Ages (Huzinga)
The Autumn of the Middle Ages
10
Huzinga
Barbarians to Angels (Wells)
Barbarians to Angels
11
Wells
Baseball (Ward)
Baseball
12
Ward
BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM by James M. McPherson
BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM by James M. McPherson
13
The Bitter Woods (Eisenhower)
The Bitter Woods
14
Eisenhower
The Black Death (Philip Zeigler)
The Black Death
15
Philip Zeigler
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
16
Dee Brown
Citizens (Simon Schama)
Citizens
17
Simon Schama
The Civil War (Shelby Foote)
The Civil War
18
Shelby Foote
Civilization (Clark)
Civilization
19
Clark
The Civilization of the Middle Ages (Norman Cantor)
The Civilization of the Middle Ages
20
Norman Cantor
Cod (Mark Kurlansky)
Cod
21
Mark Kurlansky
The Cold War: A World History (Odd Arne Westad)
The Cold War: A World History
22
Odd Arne Westad
Connections by James Burke
Connections by James Burke
23
Crucible of War (Fred Anderson)
Crucible of War
24
Fred Anderson
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (Amin Maalouf)
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes
25
Amin Maalouf
The Day the Universe Changed (Burke)
The Day the Universe Changed
26
Burke
Desire of the Everlasting Hills: the World Before and After Jesus (Thomas Cahill)
Desire of the Everlasting Hills: the World Before and After Jesus
27
Thomas Cahill
A Distant Mirror (Barbara Tuchman)
A Distant Mirror
28
Barbara Tuchman
The Elizabethans (A.N. Wilson)
The Elizabethans
29
A.N. Wilson
Faith and Treason (Antonia Fraser)
Faith and Treason
30
Antonia Fraser
The Fatal Shore
The Fatal Shore
31
Feudal Society (Marc Bloch)
Feudal Society
32
Marc Bloch
The Fifteenth Century (Jacob)
The Fifteenth Century
33
Jacob
Foundation (Peter Ackroyd)
Foundation
34
Peter Ackroyd
From Beirut to Jerusalem
From Beirut to Jerusalem
35
From Jesus to Christ (Fredriksen)
From Jesus to Christ
36
Fredriksen
From Jesus to Christianity (White)
From Jesus to Christianity
37
White
Gettysburg (Stephen W. Sears)
Gettysburg
38
Stephen W. Sears
The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels (Thomas Cahill)
The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels
39
Thomas Cahill
The Glorious Cause (Robert Middlekauff)
The Glorious Cause
40
Robert Middlekauff
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