What good books do you recommend?

I am a history major and have read many books about history, so I recommend three good-looking and thoughtful books about history here.

1, fifteen years of Wanli

Fifteen Years of Wanli is a historical work written by historian Huang Renyu. The biggest highlight of this book is that it describes the great events of the reign of Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty during the fifteen years with 1587 as the starting point. Through the tragic biographical descriptions of Emperor Wanli, great scholar Zhang, honest official Hai Rui, intellectual Li Zhi and anti-Japanese hero Qi Jiguang, this paper analyzes the reasons for the decline in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. This book also reflects the author Huang Renyu's view of history, trying to describe the tragedy of the Ming Dynasty from prosperity to decline in the Wanli period.

In the process of reading this book, I can deeply feel that my historical knowledge reserve is constantly improving, and my vision of the development of historical things is gradually deepening, so that after reading the whole book, I will sincerely think that this book has brought me a lot of thoughts about the Ming Dynasty and a lot of truths about life.

There is a sentence in the book: "Poetic philosophers say that life is just an imagination, which can break through any obstacles in the world." This passage is very philosophical. I hope everyone can gradually understand the meaning of this sentence in the years to come.

2. Emperor Kangxi

Presumably, everyone has seen the TV series Kangxi Dynasty starring actor Chen, and this TV series was inspired by the long historical novel Kangxi the Great written by the famous historical novelist Er Yuehe. The main body of this book is based on the life experience of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, focusing on the great events of the Kangxi Dynasty. This paper mainly highlights the hero Emperor Kangxi's conscientious, resourceful, courageous and successful behavior since childhood, from capturing Ao Bai, Pingsan Francisco, incorporating Taiwan Province, personally incorporating galdan, guarding jaxa, signing the Sino-Russian Treaty of Nebuchadnezzar, etc. To reflect that Emperor Kangxi had been thinking about the future and destiny of China all his life, which laid a solid foundation for the emergence of the prosperous time of Kanggan in China.

After reading the whole book, my biggest feeling is to admire the author's characterization of February River. He made the rigid historical figures seem to be resurrected in the text, made the originally boring history lively and interesting, and made people have the desire to read. Therefore, this book is suitable for a wide range of people, regardless of whether there is a certain historical basis, everyone can read it.

3. The flourishing age of hunger: gains and losses in the Qianlong era.

This book is a history book written by the famous historian Zhang Hongjie. The whole book is written in the same way as a movie. Taking the Qianlong era as the background and Emperor Qianlong as the protagonist, this paper describes Qianlong's psychological and ideological activities in different stages, his emotional changes from childhood to old age, his decisive decision on things, and his inner pride and struggle. Moreover, the historical materials of this book are sufficient and detailed properly. As the author's last historical comment, it can be objective, fair and thought-provoking.

The good thing about the whole book is that the plot is touching and the process is ups and downs. Although we all know the ending, we can also find many bright spots in the process of reading.

After reading this book, there is only one thought in my heart: if the author's comments on history in today's history books can be so fascinating without losing the objectivity and rationality of history, it should stimulate many groups' interest in reading and understanding history books.

The above are the good-looking and thought-provoking history books I recommend. I hope you like it!