Historical Fiction
Through the Fray
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G. A. Henty
Ned Sankey is a quick-tempered, strong-willed boy during the Luddite riots in Yorkshire. The happy times at the beginning of the story are s…
Mendizábal
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Benito Pérez Galdós
Segunda Novela de la tercera serie de los Episodios Nacionales, describe la España desgarrada por la Primera Guerra Carlista y la Reg…
Bonnie Prince Charlie
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G. A. Henty
This is a tale of the son of a Scottish officer, who gets arrested for helping a Jacobite agent. Set during the Jacobite rebellion in Scotl…
The Master of Ballantrae
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Heir to a noble Scottish house in the mid 18th century, the Master is a charming, clever, and resourceful villain whose daring but ill-advis…
The House of the Wolfings
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William Morris
William Morris was a writer, illustrator and medievalist from the Romantic period and associated with other renowned authors of the time suc…
The Marrow of Tradition
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Charles Waddell Chesnutt
In The Marrow of Tradition, Charles W. Chesnutt--using the 1898 Wilmington, North Carolina massacre as a backdrop--probes and exposes the ra…
Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates
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Howard Pyle
Swashbuckling tales of legendary pirates, buccaneers, and marooners, terrors of the Spanish Main.(Summary by Epistomolus)
The Lion of Saint Mark
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G. A. Henty
"Of all the chapters of history, there are few more interesting or wonderful than that which tells the story of the rise and progress …
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady
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Samuel Richardson
Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady is an epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson, published in 1748. It tells the tragic story of a her…
Chicot the Jester
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Alexandre Dumas
This sequel to Dumas' “Marguerite de Valois” begins four years after the sudden death of King Charles IX and succession of his brother Henry…
Clotel
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William Wells Brown
Clotel; or, The President's Daughter is a novel by William Wells Brown (1814-84), a fugitive from slavery and abolitionist and was published…
The Shades of the Wilderness
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Joseph A. Altsheler
"The Shades of the Wilderness" is the seventh book of the Civil War Series by Joseph A. Altsheler. Picking up where "The Star…
His Grace of Osmonde
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
His Grace of Osmonde, being the portions of that nobleman's life omitted in the relation of his Lady's story presented to the world of fashi…
A Prisoner of Morro
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Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair, born in 1878 was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author. He wrote over 90 books in many genres. Best known for his muckrak…
The World’s Story
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Eva March Tappan
This is the first volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Ta…
Kenilworth
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Sir Walter Scott
An Elizabethan era historical novel by Scotland's master of fiction, Sir Walter Scott. With a cast of historical and created characters, inc…
Between the Lines
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Boyd Cable
This book, all of which has been written at the Front within sound of the German guns and for the most part within shell and rifle range, is…
De Oñate a La Granja
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Benito Pérez Galdós
Tercera Novela de la tercera serie de los Episodios Nacionales. Fernando Calpena y don Pedro Hillo se encuentran prisioneros en la misma c&a…
Hans of Iceland
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Victor Hugo
Hans of Iceland was written in 1821 and is the very first novel written by young Victor, years before he became the great Hugo. It has all t…
The Life and Death of King John
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William Shakespeare
The Life and Death of King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatises the reign of John, King of England (ruled 1199–1216), son…