Start with high-confidence european history books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
The Seventeenth Century
Joseph Bergin
The Rising
Fearghal McGarry
The Making of the Modern Refugee
Peter Gatrell
Admiration and Awe
Antonio Urquízar-Herrera, Antonio Urquizar-Herrera
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Renaissance
Gordon Campbell
Europe 1600-1789
Anthony F. Upton
Wealth and the Demand for Art in Italy, 1300-1600
Richard A. A. Goldthwaite, Richard A. Goldthwaite
Eighteen
Alice Loxton
The Shortest History of England
James Hawes
Dutch Girl
Robert Matzen, Luca Dotti
French Revolution and the People
David Andress
A Scandal in Königsberg
Christopher Clark
