18 books like A Burnable Book

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London Edward Rutherfurd · 1997 · ★ 4.0 · 829p · ≈ 27h · Moderate | image = Shares: London, History

Mémoires Giacomo Casanova · 1830 · ★ 3.8 · 10p · ≈ 20m · Challenging "The name of Giacomo Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt (1725-98), is now synonymous with amorous exploits, and there are plenty of these, vividly narrated, in his memoirs. But Casanova was not just an energetic lover. In his time he was a diplomat, businessman, trainee priest, traveler, prisoner, magician, confidence man, gambler, professional entertainer, and charlatan. He financed business… Shares: Courts and courtiers, History

Shadow of night Deborah Harkness · 2012 · ★ 4.5 · 588p · ≈ 19h · Moderate Picking up from A Discovery of Witches’ cliffhanger ending, Shadow of Night takes Diana and Matthew on a trip through time to Elizabethan London, where they are plunged into a world of spies, magic, and a coterie of Matthew’s old friends, the School of Night. As the search for Ashmole 782 deepens and Diana seeks out a witch to tutor her in magic, the net of Matthew’s past tightens around them,… Shares: London, History

Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel · 2009 · ★ 3.9 · 653p · ≈ 21h · Moderate Wolf Hall (2009) is a historical novel by English author Hilary Mantel, published by Fourth Estate, named after the Seymour family's seat of Wolfhall, or Wulfhall, in Wiltshire. Set in the period from 1500 to 1535, Wolf Hall is a sympathetic fictionalised biography documenting the rapid rise to power of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII through to the death of Sir Thomas More. The novel… Shares: Courts and courtiers, History

Imaginary portraits Walter Pater · 1887 · 173p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Walter Pater is best known for his Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1873) and for his first novel Marius the Epicurean (1885). His short fiction deserves a much wider audience. This edition includes the four intricate and influential narratives he published as Imaginary Portraits in 1887 together with five of his other portraits, published only in periodical form. Fully annotated and… Shares: Courts and courtiers, History

Murder at Half Moon Gate Andrea Penrose · 2018 · ★ 4.4 · 364p · ≈ 12h · Moderate "When Lord Wrexford discovers the body of a gifted inventor in a dark London alley, he promptly alerts the watchman and lets the authorities handle the matter. But Wrexford soon finds himself drawn into the murder investigation when the inventor's widow begs for his assistance, claiming the crime was not a random robbery. It seems her husband's designs for a revolutionary steam-powered engine… Shares: London, History

The Book Thief Markus Zusak · 1998 · ★ 4.4 · 564p · ≈ 18h · Moderate The extraordinary, beloved novel about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times. When Death has a story to tell, you listen. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when… Shares: Books and Reading, History

Murder on Black Swan Lane Andrea Penrose · 2017 · ★ 4.0 · 355p · ≈ 11h · Moderate The Earl of Wrexford possesses a brilliant scientific mind, but boredom and pride lead him to reckless behavior. He does not suffer fools gladly. So when pompous, pious Reverend Josiah Holworthy publicly condemns him for debauchery, Wrexford unsheathes his rapier-sharp wit and strikes back. As their war of words escalates, Londons most popular satirical cartoonist, A.J. Quill, skewers them both.… Shares: London, History

Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding Rhys Bowen · 2018 · 291p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "In the days leading up to her wedding to Darcy O'Mara, Lady Georgiana Rannoch takes on the responsibilities of a grand estate, but proving she can run a household just may be the death of her in the new Royal Spyness Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of On Her Majesty's Frightfully Secret Service. If only Darcy and I had eloped! What I thought would be a simple wedding has been… Shares: London, History

Dead Men's Money Joseph Smith Fletcher · 1920 · ★ 3.7 · 212p · ≈ 7h · Challenging 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 murdered the man he was sent to meet, and why? With the only two men who knew the purpose of the meeting dead, it would seem a puzzle that would never be solved. Yet to save himself… Shares: History

The Lady of the Rivers Philippa Gregory · 2011 · ★ 4.0 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. Widowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her house­hold for love, and then carved out a life for herself as Queen Margaret of Anjou's… Shares: History

The Awful Secret Bernard Knight · 2006 · 356p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares: History

American Icon Bryce G. Hoffman · 2012 · ★ 4.5 · 363p · ≈ 12h · Moderate At the end of 2008, Ford Motor Company was just months away from running out of cash. With the auto industry careening toward ruin, Congress offered all three Detroit automakers a bailout. General Motors and Chrysler grabbed the lifeline, but Ford decided to save itself. Under the leadership of charismatic CEO Alan Mulally, the man who had saved Boeing, Ford had put together a bold plan to unify… Shares: History

Tower of Basel Adam LeBor · 2013 · ★ 4.2 · 323p · ≈ 10h · Moderate An investigative history of the Bank for International Settlements, the central bankers' own bank. Shares: History

Sovereign C. J. Sansom · 2001 · ★ 4.3 · 578p · ≈ 19h · Moderate The third installment of C. J. Sansom's acclaimed Matthew Shardlake mystery seriesC. J . Sansom has garnered a wider audience and increased critical praise with each new novel published. His first book in the Matthew Shardlake series, Dissolution, was selected by P. D. James in The Wall Street Journal as one of her top-five all-time favorite books. Now in Sovereign, Shardlake and his loyal… Shares: London, History

The Yard Alex Grecian · 2012 · ★ 4.4 · 544p · ≈ 18h · Moderate As Jack the Ripper’s reign of terror in London comes to an end, a new era of depravity sets the stage for the first gripping mystery featuring the detectives of Scotland Yard’s Murder Squad.“If Charles Dickens isn’t somewhere clapping his hands for this one, Wilkie Collins surely is.”—The New York Times Book Review Victorian London—a violent cesspool of squalid sin. The twelve detectives of… Shares: London, History

Letters to Alice On First Reading Jane A Fay Weldon · 1984 · ★ 3.2 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Weldon uses letters to an imaginary niece, "Alice," to pay tribute to Austen, while exploring the craft of fiction from her own standpoint. Shares: Books and Reading, History

The Lodger Marie Belloc Lowndes · 1913 · 286p · ≈ 9h · Challenging The Lodger is the first known novelization of the Jack the Ripper story. It follows the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Bunting, a maid and butler. An eccentric lodger, Mr. Sleuth, arrives at their lodging-house just as a wave of horrific murders begins to sweep London. The Buntings become engrossed in the newspaper sensationalism as well the detailed accounts of their young friend, a Scotland Yard… Shares: London, History

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