Dead Men's Money vs The Lady of the Rivers: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Dead Men's Money Dead Men's Money Joseph Smith Fletcher · 1920 ★★★★☆ 3.7 212 pages · ≈ 3 h 56 m · Challenging
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A mysterious one-eyed stranger, a midnight meeting at a lonely spot on the Scottish border, the secret password "Panama", and a corpse This is the situation Hugh Moneylaws, a young law clerk finds himself facing. Who…

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Cover of The Lady of the Rivers The Lady of the Rivers Philippa Gregory · 2011 ★★★★☆ 4.0 Moderate
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The Lady of the Rivers tells the story of Jacquetta, daughter of the Count of Luxembourg, and kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe, who was married to the great Englishman John, Duke of Bedford, uncle to Henry VI.…

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The verdict

How to choose

Scores by source

Dead Men's MoneyThe Lady of the Rivers
Goodreads 3.6 (370) —
Hardcover — 3.8 (76)
Google Books — 2.0 (1)
Apple Books 4.5 (22) 4.0 (751)

Reception

Dead Men's MoneyThe Lady of the Rivers
Ratings 370 751
Editions 312 2
Film adaptations — 1
Want to read 245 —
Reading it now 91 —
Written reviews 44 —
Wikipedia attention — 871
Pages 212 —

Questions readers ask

Which is rated higher: Dead Men's Money or The Lady of the Rivers?

The Lady of the Rivers has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Lady of the Rivers 4.0/5, Dead Men's Money 3.7/5).

Which is harder to read: Dead Men's Money or The Lady of the Rivers?

Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Dead Men's Money: Challenging; The Lady of the Rivers: Moderate.

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