50 Books like Julius Caesar

Four Great Tragedies

by William Shakespeare • 1606

Four flawed rulers, each destroyed by the one thing they cannot master within.

4.42

18k+

🎭 Shakespearean Tragedy 🗡️ Revenge Tragedy 👑 Tragic Hero

Four Great Tragedies 90%

Four flawed rulers, each destroyed by the one thing they cannot master within.

by William Shakespeare 1606

4.42

18k+ ratings

🎭 Shakespearean Tragedy 🗡️ Revenge Tragedy 👑 Tragic Hero

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare • 1590

Two strangers kiss at a masked ball, then discover their families are mortal enemies.

3.74

2.8M+

🎭 Elizabethan Tragedy 🖋️ Verse Drama ❤️‍🔥 Forbidden Love

Romeo and Juliet 89%

Two strangers kiss at a masked ball, then discover their families are mortal enemies.

by William Shakespeare 1590

3.74

2.8M+ ratings

🎭 Elizabethan Tragedy 🖋️ Verse Drama ❤️‍🔥 Forbidden Love

Othello

by William Shakespeare • 1603

A Moorish general weds a Venetian noblewoman, and the ensign he passed over whispers of betrayal.

3.89

440k+

🎭 Shakespearean Tragedy 👑 Elizabethan Drama 🐍 Villainous Schemer

Othello 89%

A Moorish general weds a Venetian noblewoman, and the ensign he passed over whispers of betrayal.

by William Shakespeare 1603

3.89

440k+ ratings

🎭 Shakespearean Tragedy 👑 Elizabethan Drama 🐍 Villainous Schemer

The Trojan Women

by Euripides • 2006

Hektor's last hope arrives too late: a Thracian king whom Athena has already marked for death.

3.89

13k+

🏛️ Trojan War 🎭 Greek Tragedy ⚡ Divine Manipulation

The Trojan Women 89%

Hektor's last hope arrives too late: a Thracian king whom Athena has already marked for death.

by Euripides 2006

3.89

13k+ ratings

🏛️ Trojan War 🎭 Greek Tragedy ⚡ Divine Manipulation

Maldita Roma

by Santiago Posteguillo • 2023

Julius Caesar's rise from exile to power demands a price paid in love and blood.

4.68

8k+

🏛️ Roman Republic 👑 Rise To Power 💍 Political Marriage

Maldita Roma 89%

Julius Caesar's rise from exile to power demands a price paid in love and blood.

by Santiago Posteguillo 2023

4.68

8k+ ratings

🏛️ Roman Republic 👑 Rise To Power 💍 Political Marriage

Andromaque

by Jean Racine • 1667

A Trojan widow must marry Achilles' son to save her child; four hopeless loves collide.

3.70

10k+

🎭 Verse Drama 💔 Unrequited Love Chain 💍 Forced Marriage

Andromaque 88%

A Trojan widow must marry Achilles' son to save her child; four hopeless loves collide.

by Jean Racine 1667

3.70

10k+ ratings

🎭 Verse Drama 💔 Unrequited Love Chain 💍 Forced Marriage

Oedipus Rex

by Sophocles

To lift a plague, an oracle demands Laius's killer. Oedipus vows to hunt him down.

3.73

239k+

🏛️ Greek Tragedy ⛓️ Inescapable Fate 🎭 Dramatic Irony

Oedipus Rex 88%

To lift a plague, an oracle demands Laius's killer. Oedipus vows to hunt him down.

by Sophocles

3.73

239k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Tragedy ⛓️ Inescapable Fate 🎭 Dramatic Irony

Hamlet

by William Shakespeare • 1601

His dead father's ghost names the killer; a prince must act before the throne destroys him.

4.03

1.1M+

🗡️ Revenge Tragedy 🎭 Shakespearean Tragedy 😵 Feigned Madness

Hamlet 88%

His dead father's ghost names the killer; a prince must act before the throne destroys him.

by William Shakespeare 1601

4.03

1.1M+ ratings

🗡️ Revenge Tragedy 🎭 Shakespearean Tragedy 😵 Feigned Madness

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

by William Shakespeare • 1594

A man betrays his friend for the duke's daughter; banishment, outlaws, and a disguised lover await.

3.39

17k+

📜 Shakespearean Comedy 🔄 Mistaken Identity 💔 Love Triangle

The Two Gentlemen of Verona 88%

A man betrays his friend for the duke's daughter; banishment, outlaws, and a disguised lover await.

by William Shakespeare 1594

3.39

17k+ ratings

📜 Shakespearean Comedy 🔄 Mistaken Identity 💔 Love Triangle

Macbeth

by William Shakespeare • 1623

Three witches tell a Scottish general he will be king; his wife pushes him to murder.

3.89

1.0M+

🎭 Tragic Hero 🔮 Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 👻 Haunted By Guilt

Macbeth 88%

Three witches tell a Scottish general he will be king; his wife pushes him to murder.

by William Shakespeare 1623

3.89

1.0M+ ratings

🎭 Tragic Hero 🔮 Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 👻 Haunted By Guilt

King Henry IV, Part 1

by William Shakespeare • 2002

A prince drinks with a corrupt rogue while his father's stolen kingdom tumbles toward rebellion.

3.8

34k+

📜 History Play 🎭 Elizabethan Drama 👑 Wayward Prince

King Henry IV, Part 1 88%

A prince drinks with a corrupt rogue while his father's stolen kingdom tumbles toward rebellion.

by William Shakespeare 2002

3.8

34k+ ratings

📜 History Play 🎭 Elizabethan Drama 👑 Wayward Prince

The Gods Are Not to Blame

by Ola Rotimi • 1971

Abandoned as a baby to cheat a prophecy, he returns as king to find the curse waiting.

4.01

1k+

🏛️ Mythic Retelling 🔮 Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 🎭 Tragic Irony

The Gods Are Not to Blame 88%

Abandoned as a baby to cheat a prophecy, he returns as king to find the curse waiting.

by Ola Rotimi 1971

4.01

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Mythic Retelling 🔮 Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 🎭 Tragic Irony

A View from the Bridge

by Arthur Miller • 1977

A longshoreman's grip on his niece turns desperate when her suitor arrives from Italy.

3.71

19k+

🎭 Modern Greek Tragedy 🧳 Immigrant Narrative 💚 Obsessive Jealousy

A View from the Bridge 88%

A longshoreman's grip on his niece turns desperate when her suitor arrives from Italy.

by Arthur Miller 1977

3.71

19k+ ratings

🎭 Modern Greek Tragedy 🧳 Immigrant Narrative 💚 Obsessive Jealousy

Much Ado About Nothing

by William Shakespeare • 2004

Two proud verbal duelists are tricked into love as a slanderous plot unravels a wedding.

4.06

262k+

🥀 Enemies To Lovers 🗡️ Witty Banter 🎭 Mistaken Identity

Much Ado About Nothing 88%

Two proud verbal duelists are tricked into love as a slanderous plot unravels a wedding.

by William Shakespeare 2004

4.06

262k+ ratings

🥀 Enemies To Lovers 🗡️ Witty Banter 🎭 Mistaken Identity

اورستیا

by Aeschylus

To avenge his father, a son must kill his mother, and a goddess must invent justice.

4.02

47k+

🏛️ Greek Tragedy 🏠 House Of Atreus 🩸 Familial Curse

اورستیا 88%

To avenge his father, a son must kill his mother, and a goddess must invent justice.

by Aeschylus

4.02

47k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Tragedy 🏠 House Of Atreus 🩸 Familial Curse

Roman Blood

by Steven Saylor • 1991

A Roman detective and Cicero defend a farmer for parricide, but the real killer owns Sulla's Rome.

3.95

9k+

🏛️ Ancient Rome Mystery 🕵️ Cynical Detective ⚔️ Gritty Ancient Rome

Roman Blood 88%

A Roman detective and Cicero defend a farmer for parricide, but the real killer owns Sulla's Rome.

by Steven Saylor 1991

3.95

9k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Rome Mystery 🕵️ Cynical Detective ⚔️ Gritty Ancient Rome

The Tempest

by William Shakespeare • 1611

A vengeful sorcerer shipwrecks his betrayers on a haunted island. The hardest magic is letting go.

3.78

229k+

🎭 Shakespearean Romance 🏛️ Renaissance Drama 👑 Usurped Throne

The Tempest 87%

A vengeful sorcerer shipwrecks his betrayers on a haunted island. The hardest magic is letting go.

by William Shakespeare 1611

3.78

229k+ ratings

🎭 Shakespearean Romance 🏛️ Renaissance Drama 👑 Usurped Throne

New Boy

by Tracy Chevalier • 2017

The new Black boy at a 1970s D.C. school catches a girl's eye and a bully's wrath.

3.49

10k+

🎭 Shakespeare Retelling 🎠 Playground Politics ⚡ Racial Tension

New Boy 87%

The new Black boy at a 1970s D.C. school catches a girl's eye and a bully's wrath.

by Tracy Chevalier 2017

3.49

10k+ ratings

🎭 Shakespeare Retelling 🎠 Playground Politics ⚡ Racial Tension

King Lear

by William Shakespeare • 1605

A king divides his kingdom among three daughters, igniting a chain of betrayal, madness, and death.

3.91

239k+

🎭 Shakespearean Tragedy 🏛️ Jacobean Drama 💔 Family Betrayal

King Lear 87%

A king divides his kingdom among three daughters, igniting a chain of betrayal, madness, and death.

by William Shakespeare 1605

3.91

239k+ ratings

🎭 Shakespearean Tragedy 🏛️ Jacobean Drama 💔 Family Betrayal

Colección integral de Sófocles

by Sophocles

When plague strikes Thebes, a brilliant king hunts the killer, unaware he hunts himself.

3.95

17k+

🎭 Greek Tragedy 🩸 Family Curse 🦚 Hubris

Colección integral de Sófocles 87%

When plague strikes Thebes, a brilliant king hunts the killer, unaware he hunts himself.

by Sophocles

3.95

17k+ ratings

🎭 Greek Tragedy 🩸 Family Curse 🦚 Hubris

Medea

by Euripides

A banished sorceress, betrayed for a princess, sends a wedding gift that will burn a kingdom.

3.96

89k+

🏛️ Greek Tragedy 💔 Woman Scorned 🗡️ Revenge Tragedy

Medea 87%

A banished sorceress, betrayed for a princess, sends a wedding gift that will burn a kingdom.

by Euripides

3.96

89k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Tragedy 💔 Woman Scorned 🗡️ Revenge Tragedy

Wilhelm Tell

by Friedrich Schiller • 1804

A Swiss marksman defies a tyrant and must shoot an apple from his son's head.

3.21

9k+

📜 Verse Drama 🏛️ German Classicism 🏔️ Foundation Myth

Wilhelm Tell 87%

A Swiss marksman defies a tyrant and must shoot an apple from his son's head.

by Friedrich Schiller 1804

3.21

9k+ ratings

📜 Verse Drama 🏛️ German Classicism 🏔️ Foundation Myth

The Persian Boy

by Mary Renault • 1972

A Persian noble boy, gelded and sold into slavery, becomes the lover of Alexander the Great.

4.18

11k+

🏛️ Ancient World Fiction 👁️ Outsider At Court 👑 Royal Favorite

The Persian Boy 87%

A Persian noble boy, gelded and sold into slavery, becomes the lover of Alexander the Great.

by Mary Renault 1972

4.18

11k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient World Fiction 👁️ Outsider At Court 👑 Royal Favorite

Caligula and Three Other Plays

by Albert Camus • 1949

Four plays by Albert Camus where grief becomes tyranny, silence kills, and justice demands blood.

4.07

3k+

🎭 Absurdist Drama 👑 Existential Tyranny 💣 Revolutionary Ethics

Caligula and Three Other Plays 87%

Four plays by Albert Camus where grief becomes tyranny, silence kills, and justice demands blood.

by Albert Camus 1949

4.07

3k+ ratings

🎭 Absurdist Drama 👑 Existential Tyranny 💣 Revolutionary Ethics

Twelfth Night

by William Shakespeare • 1623

Shipwrecked and dressed as a man, she must woo a countess for the duke she loves.

3.96

196k+

🎭 Shakespearean Comedy 🔄 Mistaken Identity 👗 Cross-Dressing Heroine

Twelfth Night 87%

Shipwrecked and dressed as a man, she must woo a countess for the duke she loves.

by William Shakespeare 1623

3.96

196k+ ratings

🎭 Shakespearean Comedy 🔄 Mistaken Identity 👗 Cross-Dressing Heroine

Woyzeck/Leonce und Lena

by Georg Büchner • 1879

A romantic comedy of mistaken royals paired with a tragedy of poverty, jealousy, and murder.

3.27

4k+

😏 Romantic Satire 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🏃 Runaway Royals

Woyzeck/Leonce und Lena 87%

A romantic comedy of mistaken royals paired with a tragedy of poverty, jealousy, and murder.

by Georg Büchner 1879

3.27

4k+ ratings

😏 Romantic Satire 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🏃 Runaway Royals

The Assyrian

by Nicholas Guild • 1987

Half-Greek in Assyria's court, a prince navigates omens, war, and a brother's deadly envy.

4.26

2k+

🌍 Ancient Near East ⚔️ Brothers As Rivals 👑 Palace Intrigue

The Assyrian 87%

Half-Greek in Assyria's court, a prince navigates omens, war, and a brother's deadly envy.

by Nicholas Guild 1987

4.26

2k+ ratings

🌍 Ancient Near East ⚔️ Brothers As Rivals 👑 Palace Intrigue

The Campaigns of Alexander

by Arrian

How Alexander conquered the Persian Empire and was conquered by his own ambition.

4.17

5k+

🏛️ Ancient Warfare 📜 Classical Biography ⚔️ Military Genius

The Campaigns of Alexander 87%

How Alexander conquered the Persian Empire and was conquered by his own ambition.

by Arrian

4.17

5k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Warfare 📜 Classical Biography ⚔️ Military Genius

Stonehenge

by Bernard Cornwell • 1999

Prehistoric Britain: strange gold divides three brothers as a prophet dreams of a stone temple.

3.70

14k+

🗿 Prehistoric Fiction 🌾 Ancient Britain ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry

Stonehenge 87%

Prehistoric Britain: strange gold divides three brothers as a prophet dreams of a stone temple.

by Bernard Cornwell 1999

3.70

14k+ ratings

🗿 Prehistoric Fiction 🌾 Ancient Britain ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry

Ben-Hur

by Lew Wallace • 2007

A Jewish prince betrayed into slavery returns to face his Roman enemy on the chariot track.

4.03

38k+

📖 Biblical Historical Fiction 🏛️ Ancient Rome ⚔️ Revenge To Forgiveness

Ben-Hur 87%

A Jewish prince betrayed into slavery returns to face his Roman enemy on the chariot track.

by Lew Wallace 2007

4.03

38k+ ratings

📖 Biblical Historical Fiction 🏛️ Ancient Rome ⚔️ Revenge To Forgiveness

Glorious Exploits

by Ferdia Lennon • 2024

Ancient Sicily: two potters stage Medea with the enemy soldiers they've been feeding.

4.13

23k+

🏛️ Ancient Greece 🎭 Prison Theatre 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

Glorious Exploits 87%

Ancient Sicily: two potters stage Medea with the enemy soldiers they've been feeding.

by Ferdia Lennon 2024

4.13

23k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Greece 🎭 Prison Theatre 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

Pompeii

by Robert Harris • 2003

Pompeii's water supply fails. A young engineer hunts the break as the mountain begins to stir.

3.88

54k+

🏛️ Ancient Rome Setting 🌋 Volcanic Eruption 💰 Political Corruption

Pompeii 87%

Pompeii's water supply fails. A young engineer hunts the break as the mountain begins to stir.

by Robert Harris 2003

3.88

54k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Rome Setting 🌋 Volcanic Eruption 💰 Political Corruption

Spartacus

by Ben Kane • 2012

Betrayed into slavery, a Thracian gladiator raises an army and challenges Rome for freedom.

4.08

3k+

🏛️ Ancient Rome ⛓️ Slave Uprising 🤝 Found Family

Spartacus 87%

Betrayed into slavery, a Thracian gladiator raises an army and challenges Rome for freedom.

by Ben Kane 2012

4.08

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Rome ⛓️ Slave Uprising 🤝 Found Family

The Bacchae

by Euripides

King Pentheus forbids the worship of Dionysus. The god arrives in disguise to destroy his house.

3.94

26k+

🏛️ Greek Tragedy ⚡ Divine Punishment 💀 Hubris And Downfall

The Bacchae 87%

King Pentheus forbids the worship of Dionysus. The god arrives in disguise to destroy his house.

by Euripides

3.94

26k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Tragedy ⚡ Divine Punishment 💀 Hubris And Downfall

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird

by Christopher Sergel • 1995

In 1930s Alabama, Scout's father defends a Black man, forcing her to see her town's hidden face.

4.51

25k+

🏘️ Small Town South ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 👧 Child Narrator

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird Summary

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird 87%

In 1930s Alabama, Scout's father defends a Black man, forcing her to see her town's hidden face.

by Christopher Sergel 1995

4.51

25k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town South ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 👧 Child Narrator

Electra

by Euripides

A princess in a peasant's hut awaits her brother's return to avenge their murdered father.

3.95

9k+

🏛️ Greek Tragedy 🩸 Revenge Cycle 💔 Mother Daughter Conflict

Electra 87%

A princess in a peasant's hut awaits her brother's return to avenge their murdered father.

by Euripides

3.95

9k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Tragedy 🩸 Revenge Cycle 💔 Mother Daughter Conflict

The Parthian

by Peter Darman • 2011

Taken as a Roman slave, a Parthian prince joins Spartacus's rebellion to fight his way home.

4.26

1k+

🏛️ Ancient World Epic ⚔️ Military Historical Fiction ⛓️ Slave Rebellion

The Parthian 87%

Taken as a Roman slave, a Parthian prince joins Spartacus's rebellion to fight his way home.

by Peter Darman 2011

4.26

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient World Epic ⚔️ Military Historical Fiction ⛓️ Slave Rebellion

Prometheus Unbound

by Percy Bysshe Shelley • 1820

A suffering Titan forgives the god who chained him, and the cosmos begins to crack.

3.75

2k+

🏛️ Mythic Allegory 🎭 Poetic Drama ⚡ Titan Vs Tyrant

Prometheus Unbound 86%

A suffering Titan forgives the god who chained him, and the cosmos begins to crack.

by Percy Bysshe Shelley 1820

3.75

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Mythic Allegory 🎭 Poetic Drama ⚡ Titan Vs Tyrant

Fuente Ovejuna by Félix Lope de Vega

by Lope de Vega • 1618

A Castilian village, preyed upon by its commander, finds no rescue from the distant crown.

3.55

12k+

🎭 Spanish Golden Age 📜 Historical Drama ✊ Collective Resistance

Fuente Ovejuna by Félix Lope de Vega Summary

Fuente Ovejuna by Félix Lope de Vega 86%

A Castilian village, preyed upon by its commander, finds no rescue from the distant crown.

by Lope de Vega 1618

3.55

12k+ ratings

🎭 Spanish Golden Age 📜 Historical Drama ✊ Collective Resistance

An Enemy of the People

by Henrik Ibsen • 1882

The town's healing waters are poison. The doctor who proves it becomes the enemy.

3.87

16k+

🎭 Political Drama 📢 Whistleblower'S Dilemma 👥 Mob Rule

An Enemy of the People 86%

The town's healing waters are poison. The doctor who proves it becomes the enemy.

by Henrik Ibsen 1882

3.87

16k+ ratings

🎭 Political Drama 📢 Whistleblower'S Dilemma 👥 Mob Rule

The Iliad

by Homer

Agamemnon humiliates Achilles, who refuses to fight, leaving the Greeks to face Hector's fury alone.

3.93

516k+

📜 Epic Poetry ⚡ Divine Meddling ⚔️ Ancient Warfare

The Iliad 86%

Agamemnon humiliates Achilles, who refuses to fight, leaving the Greeks to face Hector's fury alone.

by Homer

3.93

516k+ ratings

📜 Epic Poetry ⚡ Divine Meddling ⚔️ Ancient Warfare

Prometheus Bound

by Aeschylus • 1990

Chained for giving fire to mortals, a Titan holds the secret that could overthrow Zeus.

3.94

22k+

🏛️ Greek Tragedy 🏺 Ancient Greece ⚡ Defying The Gods

Prometheus Bound 86%

Chained for giving fire to mortals, a Titan holds the secret that could overthrow Zeus.

by Aeschylus 1990

3.94

22k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Tragedy 🏺 Ancient Greece ⚡ Defying The Gods

The Bronze Bow

by Elizabeth George Speare • 1961

Orphaned by Rome, a Galilean rebel swears vengeance. A carpenter tells him to forgive instead.

4.02

28k+

📖 Biblical Historical Fiction 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Humanizing The Enemy

The Bronze Bow 86%

Orphaned by Rome, a Galilean rebel swears vengeance. A carpenter tells him to forgive instead.

by Elizabeth George Speare 1961

4.02

28k+ ratings

📖 Biblical Historical Fiction 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Humanizing The Enemy

Emilia Galotti

by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing • 1772

When a prince covets a bride, his court ambushes her wedding and holds her captive.

2.92

15k+

🎭 Bourgeois Tragedy 🗡️ Honor Killing 💔 Tragic Sacrifice

Emilia Galotti 86%

When a prince covets a bride, his court ambushes her wedding and holds her captive.

by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 1772

2.92

15k+ ratings

🎭 Bourgeois Tragedy 🗡️ Honor Killing 💔 Tragic Sacrifice

The Last of the Wine

by Mary Renault • 2001

Amid Athens' ruin, a young man's love for a comrade and Socrates' philosophy become his armor.

4.04

7k+

🏛️ Ancient Athens Setting ❤️‍🔥 Gay Romance In Antiquity 🧠 Socratic Philosophy

The Last of the Wine 86%

Amid Athens' ruin, a young man's love for a comrade and Socrates' philosophy become his armor.

by Mary Renault 2001

4.04

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Athens Setting ❤️‍🔥 Gay Romance In Antiquity 🧠 Socratic Philosophy

Bodas de sangre

by Federico García Lorca • 2005

A promised bride still loves the married man whose family murdered her groom's kin.

3.89

36k+

🎭 Poetic Tragedy ⚔️ Blood Feud 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers

Bodas de sangre 86%

A promised bride still loves the married man whose family murdered her groom's kin.

by Federico García Lorca 2005

3.89

36k+ ratings

🎭 Poetic Tragedy ⚔️ Blood Feud 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers

Enemigos de Esparta

by Sebastián Roa • 2018

His lover enslaved, a half-Greek mercenary fights Thebes's war against Sparta to bring her home.

4.27

185

🏛️ Ancient Greek Warfare 🏺 Classical Antiquity 💔 Forbidden Love

Enemigos de Esparta 86%

His lover enslaved, a half-Greek mercenary fights Thebes's war against Sparta to bring her home.

by Sebastián Roa 2018

4.27

185 ratings

🏛️ Ancient Greek Warfare 🏺 Classical Antiquity 💔 Forbidden Love

Mythos

by Stephen Fry • 2017

The entire Greek myth cycle, from primordial chaos to heroic tragedy, retold with wit and elegance.

4.26

167k+

🏛️ Greek Myth Retellings 🎙️ Witty Narrator 🌌 Creation Myths

Mythos 86%

The entire Greek myth cycle, from primordial chaos to heroic tragedy, retold with wit and elegance.

by Stephen Fry 2017

4.26

167k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Myth Retellings 🎙️ Witty Narrator 🌌 Creation Myths

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc

by Mark Twain • 1896

Voices command a peasant girl to lead France's armies. She wins. The church calls it witchcraft.

4.13

10k+

📜 Fictionalized Biography 🌾 Peasant Heroine 😇 Saintly Protagonist

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc Summary

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc 86%

Voices command a peasant girl to lead France's armies. She wins. The church calls it witchcraft.

by Mark Twain 1896

4.13

10k+ ratings

📜 Fictionalized Biography 🌾 Peasant Heroine 😇 Saintly Protagonist

The Taming of the Shrew

by William Shakespeare • 1593

A fortune-hunter marries a fiery heiress, then wages a battle of wits to reshape her.

3.73

182k+

🎭 Shakespearean Comedy 👤 Mistaken Identity ⚔️ Battle Of Wits

The Taming of the Shrew 86%

A fortune-hunter marries a fiery heiress, then wages a battle of wits to reshape her.

by William Shakespeare 1593

3.73

182k+ ratings

🎭 Shakespearean Comedy 👤 Mistaken Identity ⚔️ Battle Of Wits

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