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Caesar: Life of a Colossus by Adrian Goldsworthy
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland
Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician by Anthony Everitt
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard
Augustus: First Emperor of Rome by Adrian Goldsworthy
Antony and Cleopatra by Adrian Goldsworthy
Napoleon the Great (aka Napoleon: A Life) by Andrew Roberts - Definitive must-read on the life of Napoleon
The Devil's Disciples: Hitler's Inner Circle by Anthony Read - Incredible, detailed book on the personalities of Hitler's inner circle.
Hitler's Charisma: Leading Millions into the Abyss by Laurence Rees
The Guns of August: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Classic About the Outbreak of World War I by Barbara W. Tuchman
Bridge of Spies: A True Story of the Cold War by Giles Whittell
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West by Tom Holland
In The Shadow Of The Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire Tom Holland
Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs by Buddy Levy
River of Darkness: Francisco Orellana and the Deadly First Voyage through the Amazon by Buddy Levy
A Concise History of Spain (Cambridge Concise Histories) by William D. Phillips Jr
Napoleon's Chronicles of Caesar's Wars
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