Recommendations for books about history/historical figures?

Henrietta Lacks is a wonderful book. And the book Maus is an interesting graphic novel that touches on Auschwitz with a different approach. Ella Minnow Pea is another fun book to read in general but not historical persay. ? Ella Minnow Pea makes one realize how important our alphabet is.

Evelyn Waugh “Helena” – it’s about the mother of the Roman king Constantine

I Eliza