Favorite historical figures you like to read about

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Nalence
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Favorite historical figures you like to read about

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I have many but these are my favorites : Henry VIII and his six wives, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Catherine de Medici, Henry VII, Claude Monet, Rameses the Great, William Shakespeare , Vincent Van Gogh, William the Conqueror, Catherine the Great, Cleopatra, Leonardo da Vinci, Isabella I of Castile, Empress Wu.
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I'm not sure why but I really like reading about the Borgias. It might be because of assassins creed but they're quite interesting to me
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CupCayke wrote: 04 Aug 2019, 12:05 I'm not sure why but I really like reading about the Borgias. It might be because of assassins creed but they're quite interesting to me
I agree they are quite interesting, never boring to read about. If you like them here are some books I recommend: The Borgia Bride by Jeanne Kalogridis, Blood & Beauty: The Borgias , Madonna of the Seven Hills by Jean Plaidy , The Vatican Princess: A Novel of Lucrezia Borgia by C.W. Gortner , In the Name of the Family by Sarah Dunant , The Family by Mario Puzo, The Borgias: The Hidden History by G.J. Meyer, The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior: The Intersecting Lives of Da Vinci, Machiavelli, and Borgia and the World They Shaped by Paul Strathern, The Serpent and the Pearl by Kate Quinn , The Life & Legend Of Cesare Borgia
by M.G. Scarsbrook , Poison in the Blood: The Memoirs of Lucrezia Borgia by M.G. Scarsbrook.
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