City of gold vs The Diplomat's Wife: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: World War II, World War, Spy Fiction, Fiction
City of gold
"The pace of the story is compulsive . . . it is a real pleasure to be swallowed up in Deighton's description of wartime Cairo."—Daily TelegraphJanuary 1942. Rommel, the fabled "Desert Fox," has pushed back the British…
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The Diplomat's Wife
How have I been lucky enough to come here, to be alive, when so many others are not? I should have died.... But I am here.1945. Surviving the brutality of a Nazi prison camp, Marta Nederman is lucky to have escaped with…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Diplomat's Wife highest: The Diplomat's Wife 4.0 · City of gold 3.7.
- The Diplomat's Wife is the quickest read — about 7 hours vs 10 for City of gold.
- The Diplomat's Wife has the widest readership — 20739 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| City of gold | The Diplomat's Wife | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (1221) | 4.0 (20739) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | 3.0 (8) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.0 (328) |
Reception
| City of gold | The Diplomat's Wife | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1221 | 20739 |
| Editions | 10 | 8 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 575 | 19421 |
| Reading it now | 149 | 2062 |
| Written reviews | 96 | 1634 |
| Wikipedia attention | 335 | — |
| Pages | 576 | 384 |