8 must-read historical fiction books like Die Purpurlinie by Wolfram Fleischhauer

Cover of Die Purpurlinie by Wolfram Fleischhauer

Die Purpurlinie

By: Wolfram Fleischhauer

3.43

Format: 432 pages, Pocket Book

Rare Book

If you liked the historical fiction plot in Die Purpurlinie by Wolfram Fleischhauer , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz, W.S. Kuniczak

1. Quo Vadis

By: Henryk Sienkiewicz , W.S. Kuniczak

4.01

Format: 589 pages, Hardcover

This glorious saga unfolds against the backdrop of ancient Rome--from the Forum to the Coliseum, fr… read more

Similar categories in Henryk Sienkiewicz's Quo Vadis book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"If we repay evil with good, then how do we repay the good?"

-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis

"-Моето щастие мина, и радостта ми отмина, но аз не съм зла."

-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis

"Светът е измамен, а животът е илюзия. Трябва да имаш достатъчно ум за да различиш приятните от лошите илюзии."

-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis

"Look at us! For us there are no partings, no pains, no sufferings; or if they come they are turned into pleasure. And death itself, which for you is the end of life, is for us merely its beginning,—t…"

-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis

Cover of One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2) by Ellis Peters

2. One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2)

By: Ellis Peters

4.08

Format: 214 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In the summer of 1138, war between King Stephen and the Empress Maud takes Brother Cadfael from the… read more

Similar categories in Ellis Peters's One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2) book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Perhaps thought really is prayer."

-Ellis Peters, One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2)

"All the things of the wild have their proper uses. Only misuse makes them evil."

-Ellis Peters, One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2)

"So, wonder! I also wonder about you," said Cadfael mildly. "Do you know any human creatures who are not strangers, one to another?"

-Ellis Peters, One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2)

"The trouble with me, he thought unhappily, is that I have been about the world long enough to know that God's plans for us, however infallibly good, may not take the form we expect and demand."

-Ellis Peters, One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2)

Cover of L'Arminuta by Donatella Di Pietrantonio

3. L'Arminuta

By: Donatella Di Pietrantonio

4.09

Format: 163 pages, Hardcover

Ci sono romanzi che toccano corde così profonde, originarie, che sembrano chiamarci per nome. È que… read more

Similar categories in Donatella Di Pietrantonio's L'Arminuta book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

  • fiction
"You talk shit because all you’re good for is buying your children day-old bread from the baker"

-Donatella Di Pietrantonio, L'Arminuta

"Nel tempo ho perso anche quell'idea confusa di normalita' e oggi davvero ignoro che luogo sia una madre. Mi manca come puo' mancare la salute, un riparo, una certezza. E' un vuoto persistente, che co…"

-Donatella Di Pietrantonio, L'Arminuta

Cover of Mio fratello rincorre i dinosauri by Giacomo Mazzariol

4. Mio fratello rincorre i dinosauri

By: Giacomo Mazzariol

3.51

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

Mi chiamo Giacomo Mazzariol, ho diciotto anni. Vivo in una cittadina del Veneto con i miei genitori… read more

Similar categories in Giacomo Mazzariol's Mio fratello rincorre i dinosauri book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

Cover of The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling

5. The Casual Vacancy

By: J.K. Rowling

3.96

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A BIG NOVEL ABOUT A SMALL TOWN ... When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pa… read more

Similar categories in J.K. Rowling's The Casual Vacancy book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Swarm by None, Frank Schätzing

6. The Swarm

By: None , Frank Schätzing

4.50

Format: 87 pages, Hardcover

For more than two years, one book has taken over Germany's hardcover and paperback bestseller lists… read more

Similar categories in None's The Swarm book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

  • german literature
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction

7. Untenrum frei

By: Margarete Stokowski

4.10

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

War es das jetzt mit der sexuellen Revolution? Sind wir unendlich liberal, weil mit nackten Brusten… read more

Similar categories in Margarete Stokowski's Untenrum frei book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

  • german literature
Cover of The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox

8. The Meaning of Night

By: Michael Cox

4.10

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Convinced he is destined for greatness, Glyver will stop at nothing to win back a prize that he kno… read more

Similar categories in Michael Cox's The Meaning of Night book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Kruistocht in spijkerbroek by Thea Beckman

9. Kruistocht in spijkerbroek

By: Thea Beckman

4.06

Format: 363 pages, Hardcover

De zestienjarige Dolf uit Amstelveen geeft zich op als hij zal door een materie-transmitter terugg… read more

Similar categories in Thea Beckman's Kruistocht in spijkerbroek book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

10. Yellow Dog

By: Martin Amis

4.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

Explores the complex lives of five very different men, including Xan Meo, a one-time familial parag… read more

Similar categories in Martin Amis's Yellow Dog book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

11. Zout op mijn huid

By: Benoîte Groult , Nini Wielink , None

5.00

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Zout op mijn huidis een roman over liefde die niet slijt of gedoemd is ten onder te gaan aan dageli… read more

Similar categories in Benoîte Groult's Zout op mijn huid book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

12. The Pursuit of Love

By: Nancy Mitford

3.41

Format: None pages, Paperback

Few aristocratic English families of the twentieth century enjoyed the glamorous notoriety of the i… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

13. Embers

By: Sándor Márai , Carol Brown Janeway

3.87

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

Originally published in 1942 and now rediscovered to international acclaim, this taut and exquisite… read more

Similar categories in Sándor Márai's Embers book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

14. Doctor Faustus

By: Thomas Mann , John E. Woods

3.44

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Thomas Mann's last great novel, first published in 1947 and now rendered into English by acclaimed … read more

Similar categories in Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

15. Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

By: None , Keith Gessen

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award On April 2… read more

Similar categories in None's Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

16. The Burning Times

By: Jeanne Kalogridis

3.00

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

The year is 1357. The Inquisition rages throughout medieval France, searching ruthlessly for hereti… read more

Similar categories in Jeanne Kalogridis's The Burning Times book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

17. Pista nera

By: Antonio Manzini

4.03

Format: 325 pages, ebook

Semisepolto in mezzo a una pista sciistica sopra Champoluc, in Val d'Aosta, viene rinvenuto un cada… read more

Similar categories in Antonio Manzini's Pista nera book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

18. Smilla's Sense of Snow

By: Peter Høeg , Tiina Nunnally

4.21

Format: 391 pages, Paperback

She thinks more highly of snow and ice than she does of love. She lives in a world of numbers, scie… read more

Similar categories in Peter Høeg's Smilla's Sense of Snow book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

19. The Innocence of Father Brown (Father Brown, #1)

By: G.K. Chesterton

0.00

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Chesterton portrays Father Brown as a short, stumpy Roman Catholic priest, with shapeless clothes a… read more

Similar categories in G.K. Chesterton's The Innocence of Father Brown (Father Brown, #1) book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

20. La Mémoire de Babel

By: Christelle Dabos

4.13

Format: None pages, Paperback

Deux ans et sept mois qu'Ophelie se morfond sur son arche d'Anima. Aujourd'hui il lui faut agir, ex… read more

Similar categories in Christelle Dabos's La Mémoire de Babel book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

Cover of Lost Illusions by Honoré de Balzac, Ellen Marriage, George Saintsbury

21. Lost Illusions

By: Honoré de Balzac , Ellen Marriage , George Saintsbury

4.16

Format: 656 pages, Paperback

Handsome would-be poet Lucien Chardon is poor and naive, but highly ambitious. Failing to make his … read more

Similar categories in Honoré de Balzac's Lost Illusions book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

  • roman
  • fiction
"For avarice begins where poverty ends."

-Honoré de Balzac, Lost Illusions

"ci sono uomini-quercia, io sono forse solo un arbusto elegante, e ho la pretesa di essere un cedro."

-Honoré de Balzac, Lost Illusions

"Conscience, my dear, is a kind of stick that everyone picks up to thrash his neighbor with, but one he never uses against himself."

-Honoré de Balzac, Lost Illusions

"căci excesele de orice soi împing trupul pe calea spre care e predispus din naştere: ca şi învăţătura multă, beţia îl îngraşă pe cel gras şi îl slăbeşte pe cel slab."

-Honoré de Balzac, Lost Illusions

22. Cockroaches (Harry Hole, #2)

By: Jo Nesbø , Don Bartlett

4.65

Format: None pages, Paperback

When the Norwegian ambassador to Thailand is found dead in a Bangkok brothel, Inspector Harry Hole … read more

Similar categories in Jo Nesbø's Cockroaches (Harry Hole, #2) book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

23. Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes (Arsène Lupin, #2)

By: Maurice Leblanc

4.29

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

LeBlanc's creation, gentleman thief Arsene Lupin, is everything you would expect from a French aris… read more

Similar categories in Maurice Leblanc's Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes (Arsène Lupin, #2) book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

24. Homo Faber

By: Max Frisch

4.19

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

Walter Faber, engineer, is a man for whom only the tangible, calculable, verifiable exists. Dubbed … read more

Similar categories in Max Frisch's Homo Faber book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

25. The Black Tulip

By: Alexandre Dumas , Robin Buss

4.34

Format: 592 pages,

'To have discovered the black tulip, to have seen it for a moment...then to lose it, to lose it for… read more

Similar categories in Alexandre Dumas's The Black Tulip book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

Cover of ‎22 Bahnen by Caroline Wahl

26. ‎22 Bahnen

By: Caroline Wahl

4.36

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Tildas Tage sind strikt durchgetaktet: studieren, an der Supermarktkasse sitzen, sich um ihre klein… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Wahl's ‎22 Bahnen book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

  • german literature
  • roman
  • fiction
Cover of Stay Away from Gretchen: Eine unmögliche Liebe by Susanne Abel

27. Stay Away from Gretchen: Eine unmögliche Liebe

By: Susanne Abel

4.50

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Eine große Liebe in dunklen Zeiten Der bekannte Kölner Nachrichtenmoderator Tom Monderath macht … read more

Similar categories in Susanne Abel's Stay Away from Gretchen: Eine unmögliche Liebe book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

  • german literature
  • roman
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Achtsam morden (Achtsam morden #1) by Karsten Dusse

28. Achtsam morden (Achtsam morden #1)

By: Karsten Dusse

4.06

Format: 415 pages, Paperback

Björn Diemel wird von seiner Frau gezwungen, ein Achtsamkeits-Seminar zu besuchen, um seine Ehe ins… read more

Similar categories in Karsten Dusse's Achtsam morden (Achtsam morden #1) book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

  • german literature
  • roman
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann

29. Tyll

By: Daniel Kehlmann

3.94

Format: 474 pages, Hardcover

Tyll, der neue Roman des Erfolgsautors Daniel Kehlmann – er veröffentlichte u.a. Die Vermessung der… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Kehlmann's Tyll book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

  • german literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"What should he do if word went around that in his throne room hung a magic picture that only the highborn could see, but he couldn't? Of course there was no picture there, it had been one of the fool…"

-Daniel Kehlmann, Tyll

"Die Liebe zu den Kindern - besser, man kämpft gegen sie an. Man kommt ja auch nicht einem Hund zu nahe; sogar wenn er freundlich aussieht, kann er zuschnappen. Stets muss man einen Abstand lassen zwi…"

-Daniel Kehlmann, Tyll

Cover of The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6) by Ellis Peters

30. The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

By: Ellis Peters

4.17

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

The winter of 1139 will disrupt Brother Cadfael’s tranquil life in Shrewsbury with the most disturb… read more

Similar categories in Ellis Peters's The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6) book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Love shared is no sin."

-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

"There never was, for all I could ever learn, a time when living was easy and peaceful."

-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

Cover of Die Purpurlinie by Wolfram Fleischhauer

31. Die Purpurlinie

By: Wolfram Fleischhauer

3.43

Format: 432 pages, Pocket Book

Rare Book read more

Similar categories in Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie book and Wolfram Fleischhauer's Die Purpurlinie

  • german literature
  • roman
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller

14 Top fiction books like Die Purpurlinie by Wolfram Fleischhauer

Transform Your Habits

Quo Vadis

Henryk Sienkiewicz , W.S. Kuniczak

4.01

Transform Your Habits

One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2)

Ellis Peters

4.08

Transform Your Habits

L'Arminuta

Donatella Di Pietrantonio

4.09

Transform Your Habits

The Casual Vacancy

J.K. Rowling

3.96

View all the books

15 Top fiction books like Lost Illusions by Honoré de Balzac, Ellen Marriage, George Saintsbury

Transform Your Habits

Aurélien

Louis Aragon

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert , Margaret Mauldon , Malcolm Bowie , Mark Overstall

3.70

Transform Your Habits

Demons

Fyodor Dostoevsky , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The Princesse de Clèves

Madame de La Fayette

3.00

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.