Blue Hand vs The Emperor's candlesticks: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Adventure, Fiction
Blue Hand
Jim Steele, a clerk for a prominent London attorney, has the distasteful task of assisting a notorious client, Digby Groat, who stands to inherit the Jonathan Danton fortune. Danton’s infant daughter and closest heir,…
1 film adaptation
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The Emperor's candlesticks
The Emperor's Candlesticks (1899) is a historical novel by Baroness Orczy and was her first book as an author.
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Emperor's candlesticks is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 4 for Blue Hand.
- Blue Hand has the widest readership — 11 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Blue Hand | The Emperor's candlesticks | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | — | 4.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (11) | — |
Reception
| Blue Hand | The Emperor's candlesticks | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 11 | 1 |
| Editions | 67 | 12 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 40 | 157 |
| Pages | 248 | 100 |