The Greatest Books of All Time on Monarchy

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
712 A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court Mark Twain 1889 American English
1190 The Spirit Of The Laws Montesquieu 1748 French French
2250 1066 And All That W. C. Sellar 1930 British English
2507 Memoirs of Louis XIV Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon (duc de) 1740 French French
3424 Common Sense Thomas Paine 1776 British English
3637 Oh, These Times Catherine the Great 1790 Russian Unknown
4980 The Emperor Ryszard Kapuscinski 1978 Polish Polish
5242 Cavaliers And Roundheads Christopher Hibbert 1968 British English
5862 Mary Stuart Friedrich Schiller 1800 German German
6619 The Struggle For Mastery In Europe A. J. P. Taylor 1954 British English
6831 The Uncommon Reader Alan Bennett 2007 British English
9859 Mary Queen Of Scots Antonia Fraser 1969 British English
10632 History Of England David Hume 1754 British English
13362 The History Of England Thomas Babington Macaulay 1848 British English
13600 Saint Germain Ou La Négociation Francis Walder 1958 Belgian French
14132 A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Winston Churchill 1956 British English
14192 Pax Britannica James Morris 1968 British English
14211 Queen Victoria Lytton Strachey 1921 British English
14232 Catherine The Great Robert K. Massie 2011 American English
14884 The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Unknown 890 Unknown Old english
14893 Nicholas And Alexandra Robert K. Massie 1967 American English
15616 The Hawaiians Gavan Daws, Robert B. Goodman, Ed Sheehan 1970 American English
15915 The Tower Of London William Harrison Ainsworth 1840 British English
15915 Windsor Castle William Harrison Ainsworth 1843 British English
15915 The Trial Of Charles I C. V. Wedgwood 1964 British English
15915 The Iron King Unknown 1955 Unknown French
16551 Spider King Lawrence Schoonover 1954 American English
16647 Les Rois Maudits; Tome 2 Maurice Druon 1955 French French
17158 The Plantagenet Saga Jean Plaidy 1976 British English
17158 German History 1800–1918 Thomas Nipperdey 1983 German German
17158 King Charles Iii Mike Bartlett 2014 British English
17158 Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles Margaret George 1992 American English
17158 The Autobiography Of Henry Viii Margaret George 1986 American English
16804 Los Venenos De La Corona Maurice Druon 1956 French French
17158 The Romanovs Simon Sebag Montefiore 2016 British English
17158 The Lion Of England Margaret Butler Unknown English
17158 Royal Succession Maurice Druon 1958 French French
17158 White Boar Marian Palmer 1988 Unknown English
16804 Immortal Queen Elizabeth Byrd 1956 American English
17158 The Succession George Garrett 1983 American English
17158 I, Elizabeth Rosalind Miles 1993 British English
17158 The Cat And The King Louis Auchincloss 1981 American English
17158 Young Queens Leah Redmond Chang 2023 Unknown English
16903 The Outlaw Of Torn Edgar Rice Burroughs 1914 American English
17158 History Of England From The Accession Of King James I. Samuel Rawson Gardiner English English