18 books like Daughter of Satan

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By Pike And Dyke A Tale Of The Rise Of The Dutch Republic G. A. Henty · 1880 · ★ 3.7 · 217p · ≈ 7h · Challenging A young man who is half Dutch and half English becomes involved in the Dutch revolt against Spain. He reports on the battles of Den Briel, Haarlem, Alkmaar, Leiden, and Antwerp. Prequel of By England's aid. Shares: Persecution, History

The Power and the Glory Graham Greene · 1940 · ★ 4.0 · 154p · ≈ 5h · Challenging One of Greene’s most powerful novels, the book takes as its theme the era of religious suppression in Mexico during the early 1930’s. An unnamed Catholic priest, an alcoholic with a shameful past in search of either oblivion or redemption, travels through Mexico administering the rites of the church to the poor landless peasants, hunted by a remorseless police officer and always in fear of being… Shares: Persecution, History

Fox's book of martyrs John Foxe · 1741 · ★ 4.2 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Demanding Through the centuries, Christians have endured times of persecution, torture, and even death for daring to take a stand for their beliefs. These individuals were martyrs for the cause of Christ and have become an important part of our Christians heritage. Shares: Persecution, 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: Witches, History

Face the Fire Nora Roberts · 2002 · ★ 4.2 · 382p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Mia Devlin knows what it's like to love with your whole heart--and then watch your love walk away. Years ago, she and Sam Logan shared an incredible bond built on passion, legend, and fate. But then one day he fled Three Sisters Island, leaving her lost in memories of the magic they shared--and determined to live without love.... The new owner of the island's only hotel, Sam has returned to… Shares: New england, Witches

Actes and monuments John Foxe · 1563 · ★ 4.3 · 597p · ≈ 19h · Demanding "Acts and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the church with an universal history of the same. Wherein is set forth at large, the whole race and course of the church, from the primitive age to these later times of ours, with the bloody times, horrible troubled, and great persecutions against the true martyrs of Christ ... Whereunto are annexed certain additions of like… Shares: Persecution, History

Heaven and Earth Nora Roberts · 2001 · ★ 4.2 · 374p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Ripley Todd just wants to live a quiet, peaceful kind of life. Her job as a sheriff's deputy keeps her busy and happy, and she has no trouble finding men when she wants them--which, lately, isn't all that often. She's perfectly content, except for one thing: she has special powers that both frighten and confuse her--and though she tries hard to hide them, she can't get them under… Shares: New england, Witches

The Minister's Wooing Harriet Beecher Stowe · 1800 · 427p · ≈ 14h · Challenging From the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, a domestic comedy that examines slavery, Protestant theology, and gender differences in early America.First published in 1859, Harriet Beecher Stowe's third novel is set in eighteenth-century Newport, Rhode Island, a community known for its engagement in both religious piety and the slave trade. Mary Scudder lives in a modest farmhouse with her widowed mother… Shares: New england, History

Twice-Told Tales Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1800 · ★ 3.9 · 242p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Twice-Told Tales is a short story collection first published in two volumes by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The stories had all been previously published in magazines and annuals, hence the name. Contains: The Gray Champion Sunday At Home The Wedding Knell The Minister's Black Veil The Maypole of Merry Mount The Gentle Boy Mr Higginbotham's Catastrophe Little Annie's Ramble Wakefield A Rill From the… Shares: New england, History

The Lancashire Witches, a Romance of Pendle Forest William Harrison Ainsworth · 1849 · ★ 3.5 · 484p · ≈ 16h · Challenging The Lancashire Witches begins in the 16th century, in Lancashire, England. When a Cistercian monk, Borlace Alvetham, is falsely accused of witchcraft and condemned to death by his rival, Brother Paslew, he sells his soul to Satan and escapes. Years later, granted the powers of a warlock, he returns in the guise of Nicholas Demdike to witness Paslew's execution for treason. Dying, Paslew curses… Shares: Witches, History

The witch's trinity Erika Mailman · 2007 · ★ 3.6 · 289p · ≈ 9h · Moderate No one escapes suspicion when a famine afflicts a medieval German village. Eager to identify a scapegoat, the starving residents of Tierkinddorf fall under the spell of an itinerant friar claiming to be able to extract confessions of witchcraft from transgressors. When elderly Güde Müller begins to experience blackouts and confusing visions, her daughter-in-law Irmeltrud seizes the opportunity to… Shares: Witches, 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

Lives of the Necromancers William Godwin · 1834 · 271p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Lives of the necromancers or an account of the most eminent persons in successive ages who have claimed for themselves or to whom has been imputed by others the exercise of magical powers (1834) was English journalist, political philosopher and novelist William Godwin's final book. The book concerns paranormal legends from western and middle eastern history. In 1835 it was reviewed by Edgar Allan… Shares: Witches, History

Never Been Bit Lydia Dare · 2011 · ★ 4.0 Read for: Paranormal romance, witches, vampires, tortured hero, angelic heroine. Alec MacQuarrie never thought he could love again, his 'heart' was dead with his body. Until he starts seeing Sorcha Ferguson who he has known all his life as a mature woman. She brings light to his darkness and passion to his dead life. Sorcha wanted a happy marriage to someone who would love her passionately. The… Shares: Witches, History

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