Books like Dynasty by Macleod, John

Pride and Prejudice is a classic novel by Jane Austen.

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece examines the glittering yet hollow glamour of the Roaring Twenties as the enigmatic Jay Gatsby pursues love, wealth, and identity across the social divide.

Reimagining the Trojan War through the eyes of Achilles’ closest companion, Patroclus, the novel explores themes of friendship, heroism, and forbidden love amid mythic glory.

A historical novel set in the 12th century, focusing on the building of a cathedral and the surrounding community's fortunes amidst historical events of the time.

In post‑war New York, Newland Archer faces a dilemma when his fiancée’s cousin, the rebellious Ellen Olenska, challenges his elite society’s expectations and his own loyalty.

A sweeping saga set in ninth‑century England, following Uhtred of Bebbanburg as he shifts between Viking and Saxon loyalties while King Alfred the Great battles the Scythe‑touched invaders.

Aelin Galathynius faces a perilous quest to save Erilea, confronting broken loyalties, emerging monsters, and looming dark forces while balancing love, duty, and sacrifice.

Herman Wouk chronicles the Henry family’s life as they become entangled in the events leading to America’s entry into World II.

A concise historical exploration of Mary Boleyn, the lesser-known sister of Anne, set within the Tudor court of 1508–1543.

Michael Prestwich's study of Edward I, first published in 1988 and now reissued with a new introduction and updated bibliographic guide, is the definitive full-length account of one of the leading monarchs of the Middle Ages. A king who pioneered legal and parliamentary change, conquered Wales and came close to conquering Scotland, Edward I presents many contradictions. A pious man who built his reputation during the greatest chivalric adventure of the time, the Crusade, he quarrelled with his archbishops. A major player in European diplomacy and war, he acted as a peacemaker during the 1280s but became involved in a bitter war with Philip IV a decade later. Examining the full range of manuscript sources, the book provides an expert analysis of a long and significant reign, dominated by a remarkable and complex king. - Jacket flap.

A Royal Affair is a captivating biography of King George III of Great Britain, focusing on his sister Caroline and her tumultuous life under her royal duties. It explores the reign of a king known as the mad monarch and reveals the story of his tumultuous siblings and the changing world of monarchy. The book delves into the scandalous stories of King George's brothers and Caroline's affair with a radical doctor, providing a vivid and intimate account of the Georgian world of dynastic marriages and radical ideas.

Familiekroniek spelend vanaf het Victoriaanse tijdperk tot de jaren twintig.

In this spirited United Kingdom bestseller, Starkey presents a brilliant examination of the formative years of the "Virgin Queen, " recreating a host of extravagant characters, mad-cap schemes, and tragic plots, while using original documents to depict the princess's tumultuous life before her accession to the throne in 1588. Two 8-page color photo inserts. An abused child, yet confident of her destiny to reign, a woman in a man's world, passionately sexual -- though, as she maintained, a virgin -- Elizabeth I is famed as England's most successful ruler. David Starkey's brilliant new biography concentrates on Elizabeth's formative years -- from her birth in 1533 to her accession in 1558 -- and shows how the experiences of danger and adventure formed her remarkable character and shaped her opinions and beliefs. From princess and heir-apparent to bastardized and disinherited royal, accused traitor to head of the princely household, Elizabeth experienced every vicissitude of fortune and extreme of condition -- and rose above it all to reign during a watershed moment in history. A uniquely absorbing tale of one young woman's turbulent, courageous, and seemingly impossible journey toward the throne, Elizabeth is the exhilarating story of the making of a queen.

When sixteen-year-old Noa is forced to abandon her child after a forbidden pregnancy with a Nazi soldier, she discovers a boxcar of Jewish infants bound for a concentration camp and steals one to escape.

Wounded and dispirited, Ulysses Cade returns from the Civil War to the town of Royal Creek, to find his parents and sister dead. While his old friend Dr. Amos Thompson tends his injury, Ulysses encounters pretty Abby Lamont, who immediately falls in love with him. But Ulysses, unsure of his own feelings, is seduced by Eunice Hadley, Amos' beautiful and reckless niece, and they soon marry. Goaded by Eunice to achieve wealth and power, shattered by her clandestine love affairs, Ulysses becomes bitter and disillusioned, realizing too late that it is Abby he truly loves. So begins the dynamic saga of lust and violent emotion; of infidelity and greed; of tragedy and torment; and of the bond that unites a woman and two men despite their divergent destinies, a bond that will persist from generation to generation...