The White Desert
- 248 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Noel Barber Book order
September 9, 1909 – July 10, 1988
Noel Barber was a British novelist and journalist whose exotic romances and historical works are rooted in his firsthand experiences as a leading foreign correspondent. His reporting from Morocco, where he was stabbed five times, and from Hungary, where he survived a gunshot wound to the head during the revolution, shaped his unique literary style. Barber masterfully blended thrilling narratives with a deep understanding of complex geopolitical situations. His writings offer readers a captivating glimpse into the world through the eyes of a man who had personally experienced its dangers and wonders.
- 2023
- 2017
A Farewell to France
- 736 pages
- 26 hours of reading
A rich, sweeping novel of love and war from the author of TANAMERA.
- 2007
Tanamera
- 736 pages
- 26 hours of reading
A truly Great Read - 'Convincing, exotic, lively, for sheer story-telling it puts other so-called epics in the shade' Standard
- 2004
'The story of the first all-out struggle in Asia between Communism and the West, vividly told in an exciting and engrossing book' Sunday Express
- 1990
The daughters of the prince.
- 528 pages
- 19 hours of reading
The story of three Italian sisters; Raefella, Rosanna and Fiammetta, living under Mussolini in 1938 and the men who fell in love with them: Steve, an American playboy; Kurt, a German musician; Hamilton Johns, an English painter. Set in Florence at the beginning of the World War II, this is the last novel by Noel Barber, whose novels include TANAMERA, A FAREWELL TO FRANCE and A WOMAN OF CAIRO.
- 1988
The Weeping and the Laughter
- 512 pages
- 18 hours of reading
This story describes the dramatic lives of Prince Dmitri Korolev and his family caught up in the upheavals of European revolution and war. They flee Russia in 1919, escape to Switzerland and then Paris, but, with the Second World War, they come under further pressure from the Communist police. The author worked for many years in Paris as a foreign correspondent and wrote several novels including "Tanamera", "A Farewell to France", "A Woman of Cairo" and "The Other Side of Paradise".
- 1985
A woman of Cairo
- 672 pages
- 24 hours of reading
Tracing the childhood friendship between Mark Holt, son of the British resident and Serena Sirry, daughter of a court advisor, that blossoms into a passionate love affair, A Woman of Cairo also paints a fascinating picture of two different societies in a time of violent change.
- 1981
Tanamera (Coronet Books)
- 736 pages
- 26 hours of reading
The story of two lovers and two great dynasties - one British, the other Chinese - of the society that separated them and the passion that bound them.
- 1979
