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Biographical Sketches
Not full-length biographies, but collections of short biographical essays.
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All the Presidents' Children: Triumph and Tragedy in the Lives of America's First Families
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The Death of Kings: A Medical History of the Kings and Queens of England
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She Wolves: The Notorious Queens of Medieval England
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Agnes Strickland's Lives of the Queens of England
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Women of the Constitution: Wives of the Signers
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The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
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The Good, the Bad and the Unready: The Remarkable Truth Behind History's Strangest Nicknames
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Queens Consort: England's Medieval Queens
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The Righteous: The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust
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Queens of England
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Sex with the Queen: 900 Years of Vile Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics
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Eleanor Herman (Goodreads Author)
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Elizabeth's Women: Friends, Rivals, and Foes Who Shaped the Virgin Queen
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Royal Witches: Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth-Century England
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Southern Women: More Than 100 Stories of Innovators, Artists, and Icons (Garden & Gun Books, 5)
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The Forgotten Tudor Women: Anne Seymour, Jane Dudley & Elisabeth Parr
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London's Lord Mayors: 800 Years of Shaping the City
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The Forgotten Tudor Women: Margaret Douglas, Mary Howard & Mary Shelton
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England's Queens: From Catherine of Aragon to Elizabeth II
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Fortune & Glory: Tales of History's Greatest Archaeological Adventurers
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England's Queens: From Boudica to Elizabeth of York
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Great Tales from English History, Vol 1
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Great Tales from English History, Vol 2: Joan of Arc, the Princes in the Tower, Bloody Mary, Oliver Cromwell, Sir Isaac Newton & More
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The Magnificent Rogues of San Francisco: A Gallery of Fakers and Frauds, Rascals and Robber Barons, Scoundrels and Scalawags
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Great Tales from English History, Vol 3
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Tales Behind the Tombstones: The Deaths And Burials Of The Old West's Most Nefarious Outlaws, Notorious Women, And Celebrated Lawmen
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Chris Enss (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 301 ratings
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The Normans: Warrior Knights and their Castles
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More Tales Behind the Tombstones: More Deaths and Burials of the Old West's Most Nefarious Outlaws, Notorious Women, and Celebrated Lawmen
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3.64 avg rating — 22 ratings
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The Search for the Twelve Apostles
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Villains, Scoundrels, and Rogues: Incredible True Tales of Mischief and Mayhem
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The Twelve Caesars
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Explorers: Journeys to the Ends of the Earth
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Visionaries and Seers: They Saw Tomorrow
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Kings, Queens, Bones & Bastards: Who's Who in the English Monarchy from Egbert to Elizabeth II
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Heroes: Traitors, Bandits, Saviours, and Supermen
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Lucy Hughes-Hallett (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 116 ratings
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Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Montana History
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Honky-Tonk Heroes and Hillbilly Angels: The Pioneers of Country and Western Music
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Holly George-Warren (Goodreads Author)
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Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Connecticut History
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Ray Bendici (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers: A Biographical Dictionary, 1607-1635
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Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Colorado History, First Edition
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3.68 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Last in Their Class: Custer, Pickett and the Goats of West Point
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Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Chicago History
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Adam Selzer (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Hearts of Fire: Eight Women in the Underground Church and Their Stories of Costly Faith
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Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in New York History
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Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Texas History
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Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Montana History
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Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Washington, D.C., History
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Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in California History
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Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Boston History
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Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in New Mexico History
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Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in New England History
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Matthew P. Mayo (Goodreads Author)
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Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Georgia History
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Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Arizona History
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Still Speaking Ill of the Dead: More Jerks In Montana History
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Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Oregon History
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Who's Who? Serial Killers: The Top 100
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Murder Under the Rising Sun: 15 Japanese Serial Killers That Terrified a Nation
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Scandalous Women: The Lives and Loves of History's Most Notorious Women
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Elizabeth Kerri Mahon (Goodreads Author)
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Pepper, Silk & Ivory: Amazing Stories about Jews and the Far East
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