Historical Fiction
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Version 2)
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Baroness Emma Orczy
In the year 1792, the French Revolution is in the midst of its bloodiest stage. Aristocrats are being executed left and right by the Republi…
Le Dernier des Mohicans
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James Fenimore Cooper
Le récit a pour théâtre l’Amérique du Nord, pendant la guerre de Sept Ans. Les affrontements entre françai…
In the Irish Brigade: A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain
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G. A. Henty
In this adventure story by the novelist and war correspondent, G.A. Henty, Desmond Kennedy, a young Irishman flees political oppression and …
The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line
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Charles Waddell Chesnutt
Published in 1899, The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line is a collection of narratives that addresses the impact of Jim …
Come Rack! Come Rope!
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Robert Hugh Benson
Come Rack! Come Rope! is a historical novel by the English priest and writer Robert Hugh Benson, a convert to Catholicism from Anglicanism. …
История России. От Рюрика до Путина
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Анисимов Евгений
История России. От Рюрика до Путина История России. Книга была создана известным всему миру историком Е.В. Анисимовым, лауреатом Анциферовс…
Tschun
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Elisabeth Von Heyking
Tschun ist ein kleiner chinesischer Junge in Peking, der von den kolonialen Gesandtschaften hingezogen fühlt und dort - gegen den Wille…
Castle Rackrent
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Maria Edgeworth
"One of the most inspired chronicles written in English" was the verdict of William Butler Yeats on the novel Castle Rackrent by M…
Ruth of Boston: A Story of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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James Otis
James Otis wrote a series of books depicting life in the new colonies, written from a child's point of view. Ruth of Boston is the story of …
A Knight of the White Cross
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G. A. Henty
Adventure, pirates, a young orphan finds a place with a legendary order of knights. Fighting on sea and land to defend his people from barba…
The White Peacock
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D. H. Lawrence
Lawrence’s first novel is set in Nethermere (his name for the real-life Eastwood in Nottinghamshire). The plot is narrated by Cyril Beardsal…
Fortunata y Jacinta: dos historias de casadas (Primera Parte)
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Benito Pérez Galdós
"Fortunata y Jacinta" esta considerada la mejor obra de su autor: Benito Pérez Galdós, y junto con "La Regenta&…
Elsie's Children
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Martha Finley
This book continues the delightful "Elsie Dinsmore" series. Elsie's children, introduced in the previous volume, live life, grow u…
Robin Hood
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Paul Creswick
"Well, Robin, on what folly do you employ yourself? Do you cut sticks for our fire o' mornings?" Thus spoke Master Hugh Fitzooth, …
The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 2: Twenty Years After (version 2)
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Alexandre Dumas
Volume 2 of The d'Artagnan Romances begins twenty years after "The Three Musketeers." Since then, d'Artagnan's career has stagnate…
Rescue Dog of the High Pass
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Jim Kjelgaard
Jim Kjelgaard has long wanted to tell the story of the gallant dogs who have gone out with the monks of St. Bernard Hospice to rescue travel…
The Empty Sack
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Basil King
The book follows the fortunes of Jennie Follett, a New York artist’s model, and Teddy, her brother. After their father’s dismissal from his …
The Prime Minister
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Anthony Trollope
The Prime Minister is the fifth in Trollope's series of six Palliser novels. With Phineas' difficulties resolved, Trollope introduces new c…
The Prussian Officer
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D. H. Lawrence
The collection of short stories - of which The Prussian Officer is one - was Lawrence’s first such book. A German officer and his orderly ar…
Phineas Redux
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Anthony Trollope
Phineas Finn is the fourth in Trollope's series of six Palliser novels. At the end of Phineas Finn, the second novel in the series, Phineas…