Historical Fiction

The Primitive

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Chester Himes



A nerve-twisting novel of passion and destruction (Summary by a literary critic)

Jack Sheppard

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William Harrison Ainsworth



The fictionalized exploits of the very real English outlaw, Jack Sheppard. Published in 1839, this Newgate novel outsold its rival, Dickens'…

Fortune's Fool

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Rafael Sabatini



This novel follows the adventures of the handsome but impecunious Colonel Randal Holles, as he seeks to escape the misfortunes of his past. …

By the Marshes of Minas

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Sir Charles G. D. Roberts and Charles G. D. Roberts



The Acadians around the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, Canada, were removed by the British forcibly, leading to a French presence in several E…

The Underdogs

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Mariano Azuela



A historical, revolutionary novel from a first-person narration of the Mexican Revolution in the 1910s. The author was a military medic …

El Visitador

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José Milla Y Vidaurre



Novela histórica situada en el Reino de Guatemala a inicios del siglo XVI. En ella se conjuntan intrigas palaciegas, pasiones y venga…

Gaspar Ruiz

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Joseph Conrad



This story takes place during the wars of South American independence against Spanish rule. Gaspar Ruiz, a former Spanish soldier thrust int…

A Dream of John Ball

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William Morris



A Dream of John Ball recounts a dream of being transported back in time to 1381 during the Peasants' Revolt as John Ball and an army of peas…

From the Life of a Good-For-Nothing

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Joseph Von Eichendorff



The main character leaves his parental home to earn his own livelihood. During his journey, he falls in love with Aurelie but believes she i…

The Rover

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Joseph Conrad



Possessed "of a passion weary of itself", elderly ex-privateer Peyrol is driven by "a sudden impulse of scorn, of magnanimity…

Lord Montagu's Page

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George Payne Rainsford James



A young man is crossing the English Channel bound for France. It is obviously not his first such trip, but who is he and what is his errand?…

The Rush for the Spoil

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Émile Zola



Book Two of Zola's 20-volume Rougon-Macquart Cycle. "The Rush for the Spoil" ("La Curee") concerns Aristide Siccard (on…

The Vengence of the Gods

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William Pickens



Although slavery was abolished in the United States with the ratification of the 13th Amendment on December 6, 1865, its cancerous tendrils …

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