What is the best non-fiction historical book you’ve read? I quite like reading non-fiction sometimes, really enjoyed The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir, but I’m not only interested in Tudor history (or even UK history). But it’s hard to know what will be good reading for a non-expert, in depth enough to be interesting, but not so detailed that I need to know lots before starting.
Any recommendations? Don’t really have a preference on time period or country, but would prefer pre-1900.