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Best Historical Biographies of 2026
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BloomsburyMontgomery: Unbeatable, Unbearable: The story of Britain’s most talented and feared WW2 general
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9.9
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VintageThe Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlowe
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9.8
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ArrowThe Mistresses of Cliveden: Three Centuries of Scandal, Power and Intrigue in an English Stately Home
9.6
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Short BooksThe Lives and Deaths of the Princesses of Hesse: The curious destinies of Queen Victoria's granddaughters
9.5
Excellent
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ViragoA Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of Virginia Hall, WWII's Most Dangerous Spy - 'Reads like a thriller' (Ben Macintyre)
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9.3
Excellent
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HarperVanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty – A #1 NYT Bestselling History
9.0
Excellent
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MACMILLANElizabeth II: In Private. In Public. The Inside Story.
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8.9
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Headline HomeChurchill's Bodyguard - The Authorised Biography of Walter H. Thompson
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8.8
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HodderHenry VIII and the Men Who Made Him: The secret history of the people behind the Tudor throne from the Chief Historian at Historic Royal Palaces
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8.6
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Simon & SchusterThe Duchess Countess
8.5
Good
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