Biographical Sketches

Not full-length biographies, but collections of short biographical essays.

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101	All the Presidents' Children: Triumph and Tragedy in the Lives of America's First Families by Doug Wead 3.77 avg rating — 322 ratings score: 60, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
101	The Death of Kings: A Medical History of the Kings and Queens of England by Clifford Brewer 3.83 avg rating — 255 ratings score: 60, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
103	She Wolves: The Notorious Queens of Medieval England by Elizabeth Norton 3.90 avg rating — 610 ratings score: 59, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
104	Agnes Strickland's Lives of the Queens of England by Agnes Strickland really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 30 ratings score: 58, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
105	Women of the Constitution: Wives of the Signers by Janice E. McKenney 2.92 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 57, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
105	The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England by Dan Jones (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 22,818 ratings score: 57, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
107	The Good, the Bad and the Unready: The Remarkable Truth Behind History's Strangest Nicknames by Robert Easton 3.10 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 56, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
107	Queens Consort: England's Medieval Queens by Lisa Hilton 3.89 avg rating — 1,662 ratings score: 56, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
109	The Righteous: The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust by Martin Gilbert 4.12 avg rating — 577 ratings score: 55, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
109	Queens of England by Norah Lofts 4.01 avg rating — 335 ratings score: 55, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
111	Sex with the Queen: 900 Years of Vile Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics by Eleanor Herman (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 5,185 ratings score: 54, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
112	Elizabeth's Women: Friends, Rivals, and Foes Who Shaped the Virgin Queen by Tracy Borman 4.03 avg rating — 2,776 ratings score: 53, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
113	Royal Witches: Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth-Century England by Gemma Hollman 3.79 avg rating — 1,682 ratings score: 52, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
114	Southern Women: More Than 100 Stories of Innovators, Artists, and Icons (Garden & Gun Books, 5) by Garden and Gun 4.15 avg rating — 110 ratings score: 51, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
115	The Forgotten Tudor Women: Anne Seymour, Jane Dudley & Elisabeth Parr by Sylvia Barbara Soberton 3.88 avg rating — 362 ratings score: 50, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
116	London's Lord Mayors: 800 Years of Shaping the City by Emma Hatfield 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 49, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
116	The Forgotten Tudor Women: Margaret Douglas, Mary Howard & Mary Shelton by Sylvia Barbara Soberton 3.76 avg rating — 692 ratings score: 49, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
118	England's Queens: From Catherine of Aragon to Elizabeth II by Elizabeth Norton 4.04 avg rating — 28 ratings score: 48, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
118	Fortune & Glory: Tales of History's Greatest Archaeological Adventurers by Douglas Palmer liked it 3.00 avg rating — 30 ratings score: 48, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
120	England's Queens: From Boudica to Elizabeth of York by Elizabeth Norton 4.02 avg rating — 62 ratings score: 47, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
120	Great Tales from English History, Vol 1 by Robert Lacey 4.09 avg rating — 1,397 ratings score: 47, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
122	Great Tales from English History, Vol 2: Joan of Arc, the Princes in the Tower, Bloody Mary, Oliver Cromwell, Sir Isaac Newton & More by Robert Lacey really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 764 ratings score: 46, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
123	The Magnificent Rogues of San Francisco: A Gallery of Fakers and Frauds, Rascals and Robber Barons, Scoundrels and Scalawags by Charles F. Adams 4.13 avg rating — 86 ratings score: 45, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
123	Great Tales from English History, Vol 3 by Robert Lacey 4.11 avg rating — 397 ratings score: 45, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
125	Tales Behind the Tombstones: The Deaths And Burials Of The Old West's Most Nefarious Outlaws, Notorious Women, And Celebrated Lawmen by Chris Enss (Goodreads Author) 3.68 avg rating — 301 ratings score: 44, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
125	The Normans: Warrior Knights and their Castles by Christopher Gravett 3.67 avg rating — 42 ratings score: 44, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
127	More Tales Behind the Tombstones: More Deaths and Burials of the Old West's Most Nefarious Outlaws, Notorious Women, and Celebrated Lawmen by Chris Enss (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 43, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
127	The Search for the Twelve Apostles by William Steuart McBirnie 3.74 avg rating — 458 ratings score: 43, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
129	Villains, Scoundrels, and Rogues: Incredible True Tales of Mischief and Mayhem by Paul D. Martin 3.23 avg rating — 264 ratings score: 42, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
129	The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius 4.02 avg rating — 22,331 ratings score: 42, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
131	Explorers: Journeys to the Ends of the Earth by Jon Balchin 3.82 avg rating — 28 ratings score: 41, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
131	Visionaries and Seers: They Saw Tomorrow by Charles Neilson Gattey 2.83 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 41, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
133	Kings, Queens, Bones & Bastards: Who's Who in the English Monarchy from Egbert to Elizabeth II by David Hilliam 3.88 avg rating — 481 ratings score: 40, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
133	Heroes: Traitors, Bandits, Saviours, and Supermen by Lucy Hughes-Hallett (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 116 ratings score: 40, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
135	Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Montana History by Jodie Foley 3.38 avg rating — 52 ratings score: 39, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
135	Honky-Tonk Heroes and Hillbilly Angels: The Pioneers of Country and Western Music by Holly George-Warren (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 40 ratings score: 39, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
137	Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Connecticut History by Ray Bendici (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 38, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
137	Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers: A Biographical Dictionary, 1607-1635 by Martha W. McCartney 4.12 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 38, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
139	Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Colorado History, First Edition by Phyllis J. Perry 3.68 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 37, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
139	Last in Their Class: Custer, Pickett and the Goats of West Point by James S. Robbins 3.93 avg rating — 76 ratings score: 37, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
141	Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Chicago History by Adam Selzer (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 36, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
141	Hearts of Fire: Eight Women in the Underground Church and Their Stories of Costly Faith by The Voice of the Martyrs 4.49 avg rating — 3,777 ratings score: 36, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
143	Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in New York History by Kara Hughes 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 35, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
144	Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Texas History by Donna Ingham 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 34, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
145	Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Montana History by Jodie Foley 3.38 avg rating — 52 ratings score: 33, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
146	Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Washington, D.C., History by Emilee Hines (Goodreads Author) 3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 32, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
147	Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in California History by Maxine Cass it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 31, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
148	Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Boston History by Paul Della Valle 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 30, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
149	Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in New Mexico History by Sam Lowe 2.75 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 29, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
150	Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in New England History by Matthew P. Mayo (Goodreads Author) 3.08 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 28, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
151	Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Georgia History by John McKay 2.80 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 27, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
152	Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Arizona History by Sam Lowe 2.67 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 26, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
153	Still Speaking Ill of the Dead: More Jerks In Montana History by Jon Axline 3.59 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 25, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
154	Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Oregon History by Elizabeth Gibson 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 24, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
155	Who's Who? Serial Killers: The Top 100 by David Elio Malocco 3.69 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 23, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
156	Murder Under the Rising Sun: 15 Japanese Serial Killers That Terrified a Nation by William Webb 2.94 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 22, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
157	Scandalous Women: The Lives and Loves of History's Most Notorious Women by Elizabeth Kerri Mahon (Goodreads Author) 3.63 avg rating — 1,685 ratings score: 21, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
158	Pepper, Silk & Ivory: Amazing Stories about Jews and the Far East by Marvin Tokayer 3.73 avg rating — 37 ratings score: 20, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars