18 books like Death Comes as the End

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The Memoirs of Cleopatra Margaret George · 1997 · ★ 4.2 · 976p · ≈ 32h · Moderate The mesmerizing story of Queen Cleopatra in her own words - by bestselling novelist Margaret George, author of The Autobiography of Henry VIII and Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles. Told in the first person - from the young queen's earliest memories of her father's tenuous rule to her own reign over one of the most glittering kingdoms in the world - this is an enthralling saga of ambition and… Shares: Egypt, Manners and customs, Social life and customs

Der Kaiser Georg Moritz Ebers · 1880 · 38p · ≈ 1h · Challenging Diese Sammlung der Werke von Georg Moritz Ebers, des berühmten deutscher Ägyptologe und Schriftstellers und Autors historischer Romane und populärwissenschaftlicher Bücher, enthält:Eine ägyptische KönigstochterUardaHomo sumDie Schwestern.Der KaiserDie Frau BürgemeisterinSerapis.Die NilbrautDie GredPer asperaEin WortHerrn Dr. Karl von BurckhardtIm Schmiedefeuer.Roman aus dem alten NürnbergDie… Shares: Egypt, History

Nouvelles orientales Marguerite Yourcenar · 1938 · 146p · ≈ 4h · Challenging "Avec ces Nouvelles, écrites au cours des dix années qui ont précédé la guerre, la tentation de l’Orient est clairement avouée dans le décor, dans le style, dans l’esprit des textes. De la Chine à la Grèce, des Balkans au Japon, ces contes accompagnent le voyageur comme autant de clés pour une seule musique, venue d’ailleurs. Les surprenants sortilèges du peintre Wang-Fô, qui "aimait l’image des… Shares: French language materials, Social life and customs

Death at the Abbey Anita Davison · 2023 Even the most glamorous stately homes hide secrets and lies from the past...When Flora Maguire receives an alarming telegram informing her of her father’s tragic death in a riding accident, she races back from London to her childhood home.But when Flora and her new husband, Bunny, get to Cleeve Abbey – where she was once Governess to Eddy, Viscount Trent, and her father was butler to Earl Trent –… Shares: English literature, Mystery

From Cradle to Grave Rhys Bowen · 2025 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Lady Georgiana “Georgie” Rannoch is just like any other new mother, balancing responsibilities of being 34th in line for the British throne and solving the shocking deaths of several young men, in this new Royal Spyness novel from the queen of historical mystery, Rhys Bowen.Georgie may be figuring out what it means to be a new mother but she does know one thing for sure:… Shares: English literature, Mystery

All That Is Hidden Rhys Bowen & Clare Broyles · 2023 · ★ 4.2 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "Retired" detective and police captain's wife Molly Murphy Sullivan tangles with Tammany Hall in the next in Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles's New York Times bestselling historical mystery series.New York, Autumn, 1907: Former private detective Molly Murphy Sullivan is happy with her place in the world. She and her policeman husband, Daniel, have built quite a life for themselves in Greenwich… Shares: English literature, Mystery

In Sunshine or in Shadow Rhys Bowen & Clare Broyles · 2024 · ★ 4.0 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Retired Detective Molly Murphy Sullivan is back with In Sunshine or in Shadow, the next book in this beloved series by New York Times bestselling author Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles.New York, 1908: The days are getting longer—and warmer—in Manhattan. Molly Murphy Sullivan doesn’t want to leave her home in the city, but typhoid is back, and she’s expecting. So she heads north with the children to… Shares: English literature, Mystery

Take Your Breath Away Linwood Barclay · 2022 · ★ 4.0 · 528p · ≈ 17h · Moderate One weekend, while Andrew Mason was on a fishing trip, his wife, Brie, vanished without a trace. Most people assumed Andy had got away with murder, but the police couldn’t build a strong case against him. For a while, Andy hit rock bottom – he drank too much, was abandoned by his friends, nearly lost his business and became a pariah in the place he had once called home. Now, six years later,… Shares: English literature, Mystery

Eine aegyptische Königstochter Georg Moritz Ebers · 1800 · 46p · ≈ 1h · Challenging It is now four years since this book first appeared before the public, and I feel it my duty not to let a second edition go forth into the world without a few words of accompaniment. It hardly seems necessary to assure my readers that I have endeavored to earn for the following pages the title of a "corrected edition." An author is the father of his book, and what father could see his child… Shares: Egypt, History

The Key to Rebecca Ken Follett · 1980 · ★ 4.0 · 341p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Roman over een Duitse spionageoperatie tijdens de oorlog in de Noordafrikaanse woestijn in 1942. Shares: Egypt, English literature

The complete works of O. Henry [pseud.] O. Henry · 1899 · ★ 3.8 · 1396p · ≈ 46h · Demanding The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century’s most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of… Shares: Manners and customs, Social life and customs

Ayyām Ṭāhā Ḥusayn · 1932 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Shares: Egypt, Social life and customs

The troll garden Willa Cather · 1905 · 156p · ≈ 5h · Challenging "This collection of Willa Cather stories - her first book of fiction and the capstone of her early career - is as relevant today as at the time of its initial publication. As different and individually distinguished as the seven stories may be, they share as their subject the role and status of the artist in American society. The passions, ambitions, and pretensions, the cant and the pathos of… Shares: Manners and customs, Social life and customs

The uncommercial traveller Charles Dickens · 1776 · ★ 3.5 · 419p · ≈ 13h · Demanding A collection of seventeen sketches which grew out of Dickens' insomnia. He took long walks through London at night and his observations resulted in these sketches. Shares: English literature, Social life and customs, History

Cathedral Raymond Carver · 1983 · ★ 4.3 · 238p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Twelve stories deal with loneliness, loss, the tragic banality of everyday life, and redemption. Shares: Manners and customs, English literature

Dope Sax Rohmer · 1919 · 265p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Monte Irvin, alderman of the city and prospective Lord Mayor of London, paced restlessly from end to end of the well-appointed library of his house in Prince's Gate. Between his teeth he gripped the stump of a burnt-out cigar. A tiny spaniel lay beside the fire, his beady black eyes following the nervous movements of the master of the house. Shares: Egypt, Mystery

White Nights Fyodor Dostoyevsky · 1961 · ★ 4.1 · 239p · ≈ 7h · Moderate White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a poignant short story about love, loneliness, and fleeting human connections. Set in St. Petersburg during the ethereal "white nights" of summer, it follows a dreamy, solitary narrator who meets a young woman named Nastenka. Over four nights, he shares his fantasies and feelings, while she confides her longing for a lost lover. As the narrator falls in love… Shares: Manners and customs, Social life and customs, History

Cleopatra H. Rider Haggard · 1881 · ★ 3.9 · 278p · ≈ 9h · Challenging A book that discribes the life of Cleopatra. Shares: Egypt, History

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