Historical Fiction
The Castle of Twilight
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Margaret Horton Potter
"Wistfully I deliver up to you my simple story, knowing that the first suggestion of “historical novel” will bring before you an image …
Helen of the Old House
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Harold Bell Wright
Helen is not the main character; it is the mill, in this small town in the first half of the 20th century. This is a story of labor strife, …
A Study in Shadows
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William John Locke
Among the mixture of people spending the summer in a pension (boarding house) in Geneva are Felicia, a 20-year-old, and Katherine (30) who b…
Babel
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Louis Couperus
'Babel' is de stoutste fantasmagorie ooit aan zijn brein ontsproten. Het is alsof hij met zijn fantasie hetzelfde heeft willen doen als Cyru…
The Chouans (version 2)
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Honoré de Balzac
“The Chouans” (1829) was the first novel published under Balzac’s own name (rather than a pen-name). It became the first book in the great w…
The Complete Works of Artemus Ward Part 4, To California and Return
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Artemus Ward
Charles Farrar Browne, a native of Maine, became famous as a writer and lecturer under the name of Artemus Ward. Like his friend Mark Twain,…
Oil!
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Upton Sinclair
The two main characters of “Oil” are James Arnold Ross, called “Dad”, and his son James Jr., called “Bunny”. The book is loosely based on a …
Die letzten Tage von Pompeji
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Historienroman aus der Zeit des alten Roms.Glaukus, ein junger griechischer Adeliger versucht sich in dem dekadenten Vergnügungsort Pom…
Consuelo
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George Sand
This roman à clef follows the musical adventures of Consuelo, a gifted singer under the tutelage of the composer Nicola Porpora. Afte…
Taten des Großen Alexander
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Michail Alexejewitsch Kusmin
Wenig bekanntes Werk über Alexander den Großen.In komprimierter Form werden durch Michail Kusmin sowohl biografische Daten als au…
Peeps at People - Being Certain Papers from the Writings of Anne Warrington Witherup (Dramatic Reading)
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John Kendrick Bangs
Written by a fictitious first-person narrator, this book puts a humorous spin on encounters with several famous people of the time. "I …
Gudrun
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Ferdinand Schmidt
The charming story of “Gudrun” is a romance of the old heroic period, written by some unknown poet of Austria or Bavaria in the thirteenth c…
Prince and Heretic
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Marjorie Bowen
This novel is centered on the Dutch House of Orange, and begins with its prince, William. It is set in the time of the Holy Inquisition, whe…
Katharine von Bora: Dr. Martin Luther's Wife
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Armin Stein
This is a fictionalized biography of the wife of the reformer Dr. Martin Luther. In the author's words, he hopes that "people may learn…
Alice of Old Vincennes
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Maurice Thompson
This entertaining book of adventure, love and war was a Bestseller in 1900 and 1901. The heroine Alice Roussillon is a brave young woman who…
The Prince and the Pauper (Version 4 - Dramatic Reading)
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Mark Twain
The Prince and the Pauper tells the story of two young boys who are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives with his abusive …
Memorias de un Abogado
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José Milla y Vidaurre and José Milla Y Vidaurre
A novel full of suspense, romance and tragedies. A young orphan boy is adopted by his uncle and compelled to work for him. The boy falls in …
The Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance, Volume 1
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William Harrison Ainsworth
A romance with the backdrop of the notorious Star Chamber of the English legal system. The Chamber began as purely administrative, but gradu…