18 books like Nada the Lily

What to read after Nada the Lily — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The Lady of the Rivers

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

The Awful Secret Bernard Knight · 2006 · 356p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares History with this book.

The Sound of Thunder

The Sound of Thunder Wilbur Smith · 1989 · ★ 4.1 · 424p · ≈ 14h · Moderate THE EPIC COURTNEY SERIES HISTORICAL SAGA FROM INTERNATIONAL SENSATION WILBUR SMITH'Smith will take you on an exciting, taut and thrilling journey you will never forget' - Sun'With Wilbur Smith the action is never further than the turn of a page' - Independent'No one does adventure quite like Smith' - Daily MirrorSOME WILL WIN. SOME WILL LOSE. As war is declared between the British Empire and… Shares South africa

Dead Men's Money Joseph Smith Fletcher · 1920 · ★ 3.7 · 212p · ≈ 7h · Moderate 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

With Buller in Natal, or, a Born Leader

With Buller in Natal, or, a Born Leader G. A. Henty · 2011 Shares South africa with this book.

Coldsleep lullaby Andrew Brown · 2014 · ★ 3.5 · 262p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "Andrew Brown, winner of the Sunday Times Fiction Prize, has stunned readers in his native South Africa with this intelligent and compelling police procedural set in Stellenbosch, South Africa. Now, Brown is ready to take on America with this top notch mystery series, published here for the first time. In Coldsleep Lullaby the body of a young woman is found drifting in a river, and Detective… Shares South africa

The Burning Shore

The Burning Shore Wilbur Smith · 1998 · 636p · ≈ 21h · Challenging 'Smith will take you on an exciting, taut and thrilling journey you will never forget' - Sun'With Wilbur Smith the action is never further than the turn of a page' - Independent'No one does adventure quite like Smith' - Daily Mirror LOVE IN A TIME OF WAR. HOPE IN A TIME OF CRISIS. One of the greatest fighter pilots of the Great War, Michael Courtney, is saved by the French noblewoman Centaine… Shares South africa

The autobiography of an unknown South African Naboth Mokgatle · 1971 · 349p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares South africa with this book.

Torches Together Emmy Arnold · 1964 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Moderate **Not many people talk about "joy" these days.** Emmy Arnold's memoir radiates just that - an enthusiasm for life and an unflagging optimism grounded in faith. In a genre awash in sordid sex and dysfunctional relationships, she offers a refreshing account of a hard life lived victoriously, of people brought together, despite their own weakness and turbulent times, to experience new levels of… Shares History

Pan Michael An historical novel Henryk Sienkiewicz · 1893 · ★ 5.0 · 542p · ≈ 18h · Challenging The third and final book of Henryk Sienkiewicz’s Trilogy takes a closer and more intimate look at one of the series’ protagonists: Pan Michael Volodyovski. The Polish Commonwealth has been through intense periods of war, and the peace that follows leaves one of its greatest heroes, Pan Michael, finally free to marry his beloved Panna Anusia. But in a twist of fate, she falls ill and dies, leaving… Shares History

St. George and St. Michael George MacDonald · 1876 · 450p · ≈ 15h · Challenging It was the middle of autumn, and had rained all day. Through the lozenge-panes of the wide oriel window the world appeared in the slowly gathering dusk not a little dismal. The drops that clung trickling to the dim glass added rain and gloom to the landscape beyond, whither the eye passed, as if vaguely seeking that help in the distance, which the dripping hollyhocks and sodden sunflowers… Shares History

Marmion Sir Walter Scott · 1800 · 295p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Shares History with this book.

The Other Brother Geoff Elliott · 2005 · 201p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares South africa with this book.

Psychology John B. Watson · 1913 · 450p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Shares History with this book.

Prester John John Buchan · 1900 · ★ 3.6 · 270p · ≈ 9h · Moderate I mind as if it were yesterday my first sight of the man. Little I knew at the time how big the moment was with destiny, or how often that face seen in the fitful moonlight would haunt my sleep and disturb my waking hours. But I mind yet the cold grue of terror I got from it, a terror which was surely more than the due of a few truant lads breaking the Sabbath with their play. Shares South africa

American Icon

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

Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing · 1800 · 148p · ≈ 4h · Challenging The reminiscences of a young girl growing up in early nineteenth-century England. Shares History

Decline of Science in England Charles Babbage · 1830 · 228p · ≈ 7h · Challenging xvi, 228 p. 22 cm Shares History

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