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Best Historical Fiction List by Jonathan Nield - 1902 Books recommended for juvenile reading are marked with (b) for boys and (g) for girls. Author Title Subject Century Abbott, Edwin Onesimus Memoirs of a Disciple of Paul 1st Abbott, Edwin Philochristus Memoirs of a Disciple of Christ 1st Achard, Amedee Belle Rose France--Louis XIV 17th Achard, Amedee The Golden Fleece Turkish Wars (Louis XIV) 17th Aguilar, Grace The Days of Bruce(g) Edward II; Bruce 14th Aguilar, Grace The Vale of Cedars Jewish Persecution in Spain 15th Ainsworth, William Harrison The Lancashire Witches (b) Time of James I 17th Ainsworth, William Harrison The Miser’s Daughter (b) Time of George II 18th Ainsworth, William Harrison Old Saint Paul’s (b) Time of Charles II (Plague) 17th Ainsworth, William Harrison Saint James's (b) Time of Anne 18th Ainsworth, William Harrison The Tower of London (b) Period of Mary 16th Ainsworth, William Harrison Windsor Castle (b) Period of Henry VIII 16th Alcock, Deborah The Spanish Brothers Spain--The Inquisition 16th Alcock, Deborah Under the Southern Cross Peru--late 16th Cent 16th Alexander, Mrs. (or Annie Hector) The Heritage of Langdale Time of George I 18th Alexis, Willibald The Burgomaster of Berlin Germany 15th Alexis, Willibald Isegrimm Prussia--Invasion of Napoleon, etc. 19th Alexis, Willibald Ruhe Ist Die Erste Burgerflicht Prussia--Invasion of Napoleon, etc. 19th Allen, James Lane The Choir Invisible Kentucky, 1795 18th Armitage, Alfred Red Rose and White (b) (g) Time of Richard III 15th Armstrong, Jessie My Friend Anne (g) Period of Henry VIII 16th Auerbach, Berthold Spinoza Romance of Spinoza the Philosopher 17th Austin, Jane G. Standish of Standish (part of a series) America--Pilgrim Fathers 17th Bacheller, Irving D’Ri and I America--War of 1812 19th Bacheller, Irving Eben Holden NY Journalism (Horace Greeley) 19th Bailey, H. C. My Lady of Orange Netherlands--Inquisition & Revolt against Spain 16th Baker, James The Cardinal’s Page Bohemia 15th Baker, James The Gleaming Dawn The Hussites 15th Balfour, Andrew By Stroke of Sword Elizabeth I 16th Balfour, Andrew To Arms! The Jacobites 18th

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Best Historical Fiction List by Jonathan Nield - 1902

Books recommended for juvenile reading are marked with (b) for boys and (g) for girls.

Author Title Subject Century

Abbott, Edwin Onesimus Memoirs of a Disciple of Paul 1st

Abbott, Edwin Philochristus Memoirs of a Disciple of Christ 1st

Achard, Amedee Belle Rose France--Louis XIV 17th

Achard, Amedee The Golden Fleece Turkish Wars (Louis XIV) 17th

Aguilar, Grace The Days of Bruce(g) Edward II; Bruce 14th

Aguilar, Grace The Vale of Cedars Jewish Persecution in Spain 15th

Ainsworth, William Harrison The Lancashire Witches (b) Time of James I 17th

Ainsworth, William Harrison The Miser’s Daughter (b) Time of George II 18th

Ainsworth, William Harrison Old Saint Paul’s (b) Time of Charles II (Plague) 17th

Ainsworth, William Harrison Saint James's (b) Time of Anne 18th

Ainsworth, William Harrison The Tower of London (b) Period of Mary 16th

Ainsworth, William Harrison Windsor Castle (b) Period of Henry VIII 16th

Alcock, Deborah The Spanish Brothers Spain--The Inquisition 16th

Alcock, Deborah Under the Southern Cross Peru--late 16th Cent 16th

Alexander, Mrs.

(or Annie Hector)The Heritage of Langdale Time of George I 18th

Alexis, Willibald The Burgomaster of Berlin Germany 15th

Alexis, Willibald Isegrimm Prussia--Invasion of Napoleon, etc. 19th

Alexis, Willibald Ruhe Ist Die Erste Burgerflicht Prussia--Invasion of Napoleon, etc. 19th

Allen, James Lane The Choir Invisible Kentucky, 1795 18th

Armitage, Alfred Red Rose and White (b) (g) Time of Richard III 15th

Armstrong, Jessie My Friend Anne (g) Period of Henry VIII 16th

Auerbach, Berthold Spinoza Romance of Spinoza the Philosopher 17th

Austin, Jane G.Standish of Standish

(part of a series)America--Pilgrim Fathers 17th

Bacheller, Irving D’Ri and I America--War of 1812 19th

Bacheller, Irving Eben Holden NY Journalism (Horace Greeley) 19th

Bailey, H. C. My Lady of OrangeNetherlands--Inquisition & Revolt

against Spain16th

Baker, James The Cardinal’s Page Bohemia 15th

Baker, James The Gleaming Dawn The Hussites 15th

Balfour, Andrew By Stroke of Sword Elizabeth I 16th

Balfour, Andrew To Arms! The Jacobites 18th

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Balfour, Andrew Vengeance is Mine Napoleon and his time (Elba) 19th

Balzac, Honore de (About) Catherine De Medici Catherine de Medici 16th

Balzac, Honore de The Chouans Brittany in 1800 19th

Banim, John The Boyne Water Battle of the Boyne (1690) 17th

Banim, John and Michael The Croppy Ireland (the '98 Rebellion) 18th

Banks, Mrs. G. L.

(or Isabella Varley Banks)The Manchester Man

Manchester early 19th Century

(Peterloo)19th

Baring-Gould, Sabine Cheap Jack Zita The Fen Riots 19th

Baring-Gould, Sabine Domitia Time of Domitian 1st

Baring-Gould, Sabine Guavas the Tinner The Devonshire Tinneries 16th

Baring-Gould, Sabine In Exitu Israel Church and State in France, 1788-9 18th

Baring-Gould, Sabine Noemi Guienne; Time of Charles VII 15th

Baring-Gould, Sabine Pabo the Priest (b) (g) Time of Henry I 12th

Baring-Gould, Sabine Perpetua Nimes--beginning of Third Century 3rd

Baring-Gould, Sabine Royal Georgie Time of George IV 19th

Baring-Gould, Sabine Urith James II--Monmouth Rebellion 17th

Barr, Amelia E. Friend Olivia George Fox, the Quaker 17th

Barr, Amelia E. The Maid of Maiden Lane New York, 1791 18th

Barr, Robert The Countess Tekla Germany 13th

Barr, Robert The Strong Arm Germany 13th

Barrett, Frank A Set of Rogues Algerine Pirates, etc. 17th

Barrett, Wilson

with Elwyn BarronIn Old New York New York, mid 18th Cent 18th

Belden, Jessie Van Zile Antonia Dutch in Hudson River Area 17th

Bell, Gertrude True to the PrinceNetherlands--Inquisition & Revolt

against Spain16th

Bellamy, Edward The Duke of Stockbridge Massachusetts (Shays' Rebellion) 18th

Bennett, John Master Skylark (b) (g) Shakespeare 16th

Benson, B. K. Friend with the Countersign American Civil War period 19th

Benson, B. K. Who Goes There? American Civil War period 19th

Benson, E. F. The Capsina Greek War of Independence, 1821 19th

Benson, E. F. The Vintage Greek War of Independence, 1821 19th

Besant, Walter and J. Rice By Celia’s Arbour Period of Crimean War 19th

Besant, Walter, and J. Rice The Chaplain of the Fleet (g) Manners, mid 18th Century 18th

Besant, Walter Dorothy Forster (b) (g) The Jacobites 18th

Besant, Walter For Faith and Freedom James II--Monmouth Rebellion 17th

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Besant, Walter The Orange Girl Time of George III 18th

Besant, Walter St. Katherine’s by the Tower French Revolution pd-England 1793 18th

Besant, Walter The World Went Very Well Then Time of George II 18th

Betham-Edwards, Matilda A Storm-Rent Sky French Revolution pd. (Normandy) 18th

Bevan, Tom A Lion of Wessex Alfred and his times 9th

Bidder, Miss Mary

(or Mrs. Horace Porter)In the Shadow of the Crown Edward II; Edward III 14th

Black, William Judith Shakespeare Time of James I 17th

Blackmore, R. D. Alice Lorraine (g) Peninsular War 19th

Blackmore, R. D. Lorna Doone (b) (g) James II--Monmouth Rebellion 17th

Blackmore, R. D. The Maid of Sker (g) Time of George III 18th

Blackmore, R. D. Springhaven Time of Nelson (Trafalgar) 19th

Blake, Matilda Maria Grantley Fenton (b) Napoleon and his time (Elba) 19th

Blayney, Owen The MacMahon Battle of the Boyne (1690) 17th

Blissett, Nellie K. The Most Famous LobaPersecution of the Albigenses;

Carcassonne13th

Bloundelle-Burton, John Across the Salt Seas Time of Anne, Battle of Blenheim 18th

Bloundelle-Burton, John The Clash of Arms Wars of Turenne (John Churchill) 17th

Bloundelle-Burton, John Denounced The Jacobites 18th

Bloundelle-Burton, John Fortune's My Foe Cartagena, 1758 18th

Bloundelle-Burton, John In the Day of Adversity France--Louis XIV 17th

Bloundelle-Burton, John The Scourge of God France--Louis XIV (Huguenots) 17th

Bodkin, M. McDonnell The Rebels Ireland (the '98 Rebellion) 18th

Bourchier, Miss M. H. The Adventures of a Goldsmith France; Royalist Conspiracy 19th

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth In High Places Earlier years of Charles I 17th

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth Ishmael France; Louis Philippe; Napoleon III 19th

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth London Pride Time of Charles II 17th

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth Mohawks Time of Anne 18th

Braine, Sheila E. The King’s "Blue Boys" Frederick William I of Prussia 18th

Braine, Sheila E. The Turkish Automaton Russia, time of Catharine II 18th

Bramston, Mary The Banner of St. George (g) Richard II; Wat Tyler 14th

Bramston, Mary For Faith and Fatherland (b)Netherlands--Inquisition & Revolt

against Spain16th

Bramston, Mary Shaven Crown Conversion of the Surrey Border 6th

Brereton, Capt. Frederick S. In the King’s Service Ireland--Cromwellian wars 17th

Brereton, Capt. Frederick S. A Gallant Grenadier (b) Period of Crimean War 19th

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Breton, Frederick God Save England Edward III (Winchelsea and Rye) 14th

Breton, Frederick True Heart Switzerland 1514-25 / Erasmus, etc. 16th

Briton, E. Vincent Amyot Brough (g) England & Canada, mid 18th century 18th

Bronte, Charlotte Shirley The Luddite Riots 19th

Brooks, Elbridge S. A Boy of the First Empire Napoleon, Fouche, etc. (1806-15) 19th

Brooks, Elbridge S. A Son of the Revolution America; time of Aaron Burr 19th

Brown, Charles Brockden Arthur Mervyn Philadelphia, 1793 (yellow fever) 18th

Bryden, H. A. An Exiled Scot The Jacobites (The Cape) 18th

Buchan, John John Burnet of Barns Scotland / Low Countries 1678-88 17th

Buchan, John A Lost Lady of Old Years The Jacobites 18th

Buchanan, Robert The Shadow of the Sword Napoleon and his time (Elba) 19th

Burchell, Sidney H. Daniel Herrick Time of Charles II 17th

Burchell, Sidney H. The Duke’s Servants The Duke of Buckingham 17th

Burchell, Sidney H. In the Days of King James Time of James I 17th

Burnett, Frances Hodgson His Grace of Osmonde Social Life, end of 17th Century 17th

Burnett, Frances Hodgson A Lady of Quality Social Life, end of 17th Century 17th

Bynner, Edwin L. Agnes Surriage Boston, mid 18th Century 18th

Bynner, Edwin L. The Begum’s Daughter New York (Jacob Leisler) 17th

Cable, George W. The Cavalier American Civil War period 19th

Cahun, Leon The Blue Banner Crusades & Mongol Conquest 12th

Caine, Hall The Shadow of a Crime Quakers at the Restoration 17th

Caine, O. V. Face to Face with Napoleon (b)(g) Napoleon and his time 19th

Caine, O. V. In the Year of Waterloo (b) (g) Napoleon and his time 19th

Callwell, Josephine M. A Champion of the Faith (g) Henry IV; Henry V 15th

Cantu, Cesare Margherita Pusterla Italy 14th

Capes, BernardThe Adventures of the Comte de la

MuetteFrench Revolution period 18th

Capes, Bernard Love Like a Gipsy American Revolution 18th

Capes, Bernard Our Lady of Darkness French Revolution period 18th

Carey, Wymond Monsieur Martin Sweden from 1699 (Charles XII) 17th

Carleton, William Black Prophet Ireland, in 1822 19th

Carleton, William Redmond Count O’Hanlon Battle of Aughrim 17th

Castle, Agnes and Egerton The Bath Comedy Bath, middle of 18th Century 18th

Castle, Agnes and Egerton The Pride of Jennico Moravia, 1771 18th

Catherwood, Mary H. Lazarre Son of Louis XVI / France & US

1795-181519th

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Catherwood, Mary H. The Romance of Dollard French in Canada 17th

Chambers, Robert W. Ashes of Empire Franco-German War Period 19th

Chambers, Robert W. Cardigan American Revolution 18th

Chambers, Robert W. Lorraine Franco-German War Period 19th

Chambers, Robert W. The Red Republic Paris Commune 19th

Charles, Elizabeth R.Chronicles of the Schönberg-Cotta

FamilyThe Reformation 16th

Charles, Elizabeth R. Conquering and to Conquer Jerome 5th

Charles, Elizabeth R. On Both Sides of the Sea (g) Commonwealth period 17th

Chesney, Sir George The Dilemma Indian Mutiny 19th

Chetwode, R. D. John of Strathbourne Period of Francis I 16th

Chetwode, R. D.The Knight of the Golden Chain

(b)Time of Stephen 12th

Church, A. J. The Burning of Rome Rome in the time of Nero 1st

Church, A. J. The Chantry Priest of Barnet (b) Wars of the Roses 15th

Church, A. J. The Count of Saxon Shore Departure of Romans from Britain 5th

Church, A. J. (Callias) The Fall of Athens Peloponnesian War BC

Church, A. J.

with Richmond SeeleyThe Hammer Maccabaean Times BC

Church, A. J. Lords of the World Rome versus Carthage BC

Church, A. J. To the Lions Christians and the Younger Pliny 2nd

Church, A. J. Two Thousand Years Ago Rome; Spartacus and Mithridates BC

Church, A. J. With the King at Oxford (b) English Civil War Period 17th

Church, A. J. A Young Macedonian Alexander the Great BC

Church, Samuel H. John Marmaduke (b) Ireland--Cromwellian wars 17th

Churchill, Winston The Crisis American Civil War period 19th

Churchill, Winston Richard Carvel American Revolution 18th

Clare, Austin The Carved Cartoon (g) Grinling Gibbons 17th

Clark, Alfred Woe to the Conquered Roman Life, BC 73-71 BC

Cobban, J. Maclaren The Angel of the Covenant Period of Montrose & the Covenant 17th

Cobbold, Richard Freston Tower Time of Wolsey 16th

Coleridge, Mary E. The Fiery Dawn Duchesse de Berri (1831-2) 19th

Coleridge, Mare E. The King with Two Faces Gustavus III of Sweden 18th

Collins, Wilkie Antonina Rome in 546 6th

Colomb, Col. George H. For King and KentEnglish Civil War Period (Royalist

standpoint)17th

Compton, Herbert The Inimitable Mrs. Massingham Gretna Green & Botany Bay, 1799 18th

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Conscience, Hendrik The Lion of Flanders France 14th

Conscience, Hendrik Ludovic and Gertrude

Netherlands--Inquisition & Revolt

against Spain (Roman Catholic

standpoint)

16th

Cooke, John Esten Fairfax Shenandoah Valley, 1748-81 18th

Cooke, John Esten The Virginia Comedians Virginia, 1763-5 18th

Cooper, James Fenimore The Last of the Mohicans Montcalm, 1757 18th

Cooper, James Fenimore Lionel Lincoln American Revolution (Bunker Hill) 18th

Cooper, James Fenimore The Pilot American Revolution (Paul Jones) 18th

Cooper, James Fenimore The SpyAmerican Revolution (Hudson

District)18th

Corbett, Julian A Business in Great WatersSussex Smugglers /

French Conspirators18th

Corbett, Julian The Fall of Asgard St. Olaf's Days 11th

Corbett, Julian For God and Gold Elizabeth I 16th

Cornford, L. Cope Captain Jacobus (b) Commonwealth period 17th

Cornford, L. Cope The Master BeggarsNetherlands--Inquisition & Revolt

against Spain16th

Cornford, L. Cope Sons of Adversity Elizabeth I 16th

Cowper, Frank Caedwalla Saxons in the Isle of Wight 7th

Cowper, Frank The Captain of the Wight (b) Time of Henry VII 15th

Craddock, Charles Egbert

(or Mary Noailles Murfree)The Story of Old Fort Loudon North America, 1758 (French War) 18th

Crake, A. D. Alfgar the Dane (#2 in series) Edmund Ironside 11th

Crake, A. D. The Camp on the Severn Persecution in Britain 3rd

Crake, A. D. Edwy the Fair (#1 in series) Britain--Dunstan 10th

Crake, A. D. The Rival Heirs (#3 in series) The Norman Conquest 11th

Crane, Stephen The Red Badge of Courage American Civil War period 19th

Crawford, Francis Marion In the Palace of the King Spain--Time of Philip II 16th

Crawford, Francis Marion Marietta Venice, 1470 15th

Crawford, Francis Marion Via Crucis Second Crusade 12th

Crawford, Francis Marion ZoroasterZoroaster, the Persian Religious

ReformerBC

Creswick, Paul In Aelfred's Days Alfred and his times 9th

Creswick, Paul Under the Black Raven Alfred and his times 9th

Crockett, Samuel R. Black Douglas James II of Scotland 15th

Crockett, Samuel R. The Dark O’ The Moon Galloway; early 18th cent 18th

Crockett, Samuel R. The Firebrand Spain--Queen Cristina and Carlists 19th

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Crockett, Samuel R. Lochinvar Battle of Killiecrankie 17th

Crockett, Samuel R. The Men of Moss Hags Bothwell Bridge, 1679 17th

Crockett, Samuel R. The Raiders Galloway--early 18th Century 18th

Crockett, Samuel R. Red Axe Thirty Years War 17th

Crockett, Samuel R. The Standard Bearer Period of James II (Covenanters) 17th

Croly, George Tarry Thou Till I Come

(or Salathiel)

Early struggle of Judaism and

Christianity1st

Cunningham, Lady F. The Little Saint of God French Revolution period 18th

Cuthell, Edith E.

with Albert J. Foster

The Robber Baron of Bedford

CastlePeriod of Henry III 13th

Cutts, E. L. The Villa of Claudius Roman occupation of Britain 3rd

Dahn, Felix Felicitas The German Migrations 5th

Dahn, Felix A Struggle for Rome The Ostrogoths and Belisarius 6th

Dasent, George Webbe The Vikings of the Baltic The Vikings 10th

Daudet, Ernest Rafael Spain--Charles IV and Napoleon 19th

Davidson, Mary Edward the Exile Edward the Confessor's period 11th

Davis, William S. A Friend of Caesar Pompey and Caesar BC

Davis, William S. God Wills It First Crusade 11th

D’Azeglio, Massimo The Challenge of Barletta Gonsalvo di Cordova, etc. 16th

D’Azeglio, MassimoThe Maid of Florence

(or Niccolo De Lapi)Florence 1529-30 16th

Defoe, DanielHistory of the Plague [in London]

(or A Journal of the Plague Year)Time of Charles II (Plague) 17th

Defoe, Daniel Memoirs of a Cavalier English Civil War Period 17th

D’Esterre Keeling, Elsa The Queen’s Serf Time of Anne 18th

Dickens, Charles Barnaby Rudge (b) (g) Time of George III (Gordon Riots) 18th

Dickens, Charles A Tale of Two Cities French Revolution period 18th

Dickson, Harris The Black Wolf’s Breed Louis XIV--Old and New World 17th

Disraeli, Benjamin Sybil Early Victorian period (Chartists) 19th

Dix, Beulah M. Hugh Gwyeth (b) English Civil War Period 17th

Dix, Beulah M.The Making of Christopher

Ferringham

Commonwealth period (New

England)17th

Dix, Beulah M. Soldier Rigdale America--Pilgrim Fathers 17th

Dorr, Julia C. R. In King’s Houses Time of Anne 18th

Doyle, Arthur Conan Exploits of Brigadier Gerard Napoleon and his time 19th

Doyle, Arthur Conan The Great Shadow Napoleon and his time (Waterloo) 19th

Doyle, Arthur Conan Micah Clarke (b) James II--Monmouth Rebellion 17th

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Doyle, Arthur Conan The Refugees Louis XIV--Old and New World 17th

Doyle, Arthur Conan Rodney Stone English Social Life, early 19th cent 19th

Doyle, Arthur Conan Uncle Bernac Napoleon and his time 19th

Doyle, Arthur Conan The White Company (b) Period of Edward III 14th

Drummond, Hamilton For the Religion France / Coligny, etc. 16th

Drummond, Hamilton A King’s Pawn Henry of Navarre 16th

Drummond, Hamilton A Man of His Age France / Coligny, etc. 16th

Dumas, Alexandre Ange Pitou French Revolution period 18th

Dumas, Alexandre Ascanio France, 1540 16th

Dumas, Alexandre The Black Tulip William of Orange, 1672 17th

Dumas, Alexandre Le Chevalier De Maison Rouge French Revolution period (1793) 18th

Dumas, Alexandre The Companions of Jehu Napoleon in Egypt (1799-1800) 18th

Dumas, Alexandre The Forty Five (Guardsmen) French Court 1585 16th

Dumas, Alexandre La Comtesse De Charny French Revolution period (1789-94) 18th

Dumas, Alexandre La Dame De Monsoreau French Court 1578 16th

Dumas, Alexandre Le Chevalier D'Harmental France--the Regency (1718) 18th

Dumas, Alexandre Marguerite De Valois France / Coligny, St. Bartholomew 16th

Dumas, Alexandre Memoirs of a Physician Louis XV-XVI (1770-74) 18th

Dumas, Alexandre Olympe De Cleves France, Louis XV 18th

Dumas, Alexandre The Page of the Duke of Savoy Period of Charles V 16th

Dumas, Alexandre The Queen's Necklace Court of Louis XVI (1784-5) 18th

Dumas, AlexandreThe Regent's Daughter (sequel to

"Le Chevalier D'Harmental")France--the Regency (1719) 18th

Dumas, AlexandreThe Last Vendee (or The She

Wolves of Machecoul)Duchesse de Berri (1795-1843) 19th

Dumas, Alexandre The Three Musketeers France--Richelieu, etc. 17th

Dumas, Alexandre The Two Dianas Period of Francis I 16th

Dumas, Alexandre Twenty Years After France–Time of Mazarin, 1648-9 17th

Dumas, Alexandre Vicomte De Bragelonne France--Louis XIV 17th

Dumas, Alexandre The War of Women France-Time of Mazarin, 1650 17th

Dumas, Alexandre The Whites and the Blues Rise of Napoleon (1793-9) 18th

Duros, Edward Otterbourne Battle of Otterbourne 14th

Ebers, Georg Barbara Blomberg Charles V and Luther 16th

Ebers, Georg The Bride of the Nile Egypt AD 643 7th

Ebers, Georg Cleopatra Latter Years of Cleopatra BC

Ebers, Georg An Egyptian Princess Egypt; Amasis & Cambyses BC

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Ebers, Georg Homo Sum Christians in Arabia 4th

Ebers, Georg In the Blue Pike Germany--time of Maximilian 16th

Ebers, Georg Per Aspera (or A Thorny Path)Alexandria in time of Emperor

Caracalla3rd

Ebers, Georg Serapis Alexandria AD 391 4th

Ebers, Georg The SistersEgypt; Ptolemy Philometer, and

EuergetesBC

Ebers, Georg Uarda Egypt; Rameses Sesostris BC

Eckstein, Ernst Nero Rome in the time of Nero 1st

Eckstein, Ernst Prusias The Slave Revolt under Spartacus BC

Eckstein, Ernst Quintus Claudius Time of Domitian 1st

Eden, Charles H. Afloat With Nelson (b) Time of Nelson (Trafalgar) 19th

Edgar, John George Crecy and Poitiers (b) Period of Edward III 14th

Edgar, John George How I Won My Spurs (b) Henry III; Barons' Wars 13th

Edgar, John GeorgeRunnymede and Lincoln Fair

(b)(g)Time of John (the Charter) 13th

Eggleston, George C. The Big BrotherAmerica--War of 1812. Indian War,

181319th

Eliot, George Felix Holt Time of William IV 19th

Eliot, George Middlemarch Time of William IV 19th

Eliot, George Romola Florence; Savonarola 15th

Ellis, Edward S. Uncrowning a King America--King Philip's war 17th

Elrington, Helen In The Days of Prince Hal (b) (g) Henry IV; Henry V 15th

Erckmann-Chatrian The Blockade (of Phalsburg) Napoleon and his time 19th

Erckmann-Chatrian The Conscript Napoleon and his time 19th

Erckmann-Chatrian The Plébiscite Franco-German War Period 19th

Erckmann-Chatrian The Story of a Peasant French Revolution pd (1789-1815) 18th

Erckmann-ChatrianWaterloo

(sequel to "The Conscript")Napoleon and his time 19th

Everett-Green, Evelyn After Worcester (g) Commonwealth period 17th

Everett-Green, Evelyn A Clerk of Oxford (g) Henry III; Barons' Wars 13th

Everett-Green, Evelyn The Heir of Hascombe Hall (b)(g) Time of Henry VII 15th

Everett-Green, Evelyn In Fair Granada Spain--Time of Philip II 16th

Everett-Green, Evelyn In Taunton Town (g) James II--Monmouth Rebellion 17th

Everett-Green, Evelyn In the Days of Chivalry (g) Crecy, taking of Calais 14th

Everett-Green, Evelyn In the Wars of the Roses (g) Wars of the Roses 15th

Everett-Green, Evelyn The Lord of Dyneover (g) Time of Edward I 13th

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Everett-Green, Evelyn The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn (g) Time of the Gunpowder Plot 17th

Everett-Green, Evelyn Shut In Siege of Antwerp 16th

Everett-Green, Evelyn Tom Tufton's Toll (b) (g) Time of Anne 18th

Everett-Green, Evelyn Tom Tufton's Travels (b) (g) Time of Anne 18th

Everett-Green, Evelyn The Young Pioneers La Salle, the French Explorer 17th

Falkner, John Meade Moonfleet Smugglers, 1757 18th

Farrar, Dean Frederic W. Darkness and Dawn Persecutions under Nero 1st

Farrar, Dean Frederic W. Gathering Clouds St. Chrysostom 5th

Fenn, Clive Robert For the Old Flag (b) Indian Mutiny 19th

Fenn, George Manville The Black Tor (b) Time of James I 17th

Fenn, George ManvilleThe King's Sons

(for younger readers)Alfred and his times 9th

Fenn, George Manville Ned Leger (b) Time of George II 18th

Field, Mrs. E. M.

(or Louise Frances Field)Ethne (g) Ireland--Cromwellian wars 17th

Findlater, Jane Helen A Daughter of Strife The Jacobites 18th

Fletcher, Joseph Smith Mistress Spitfire English Civil War Period 17th

Fletcher, Joseph Smith When Charles I Was King (b) English Civil War Period 17th

Ford, Paul Leicester Janice Meredith American Revolution 18th

Forrest, Thorpe Builders of the Waste Britains v. Anglians in Yorkshire 6th

Foster, Albert J.

with Edith E. Cuthell

The Robber Baron of Bedford

Castle (g)Period of Henry III 13th

Francillon, Robert E. Ropes of Sand North Devon, 1793 18th

Francis, Marian Where Honour Leads Time of George II (Fontenoy) 18th

Francis, Mary E.

(or Mrs. Blundell)Yeoman Fleetwood Last Years of the Regency 19th

Franzos, Karl Emil For the Right Carpathian district, 1835 19th

Frederic, Harold The Copperhead and Other Tales American Civil War period 19th

Frederic, Harold A Day in the Wilderness American Civil War period 19th

Frederic, Harold The Deserter American Civil War period 19th

Frederic, Harold

How Dickon Came By His Name

(in "The Deserter and other

Stories")(b)

Wars of the Roses 15th

Frederic, Harold

Where Avon Into Severn Flows

(in "The Deserter and other

Stories") (b)

Wars of the Roses 15th

Freytag, Gustav Debit and Credit Silesia, 1848 19th

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Freytag, Gustav Our Forefathers (Die Ahnen)

[series]Stages of German Civilization

4th-

19th

Frith, Henry Under Bayard's Banner Chevalier de Bayard 16th

Froude, James Anthony Two Chiefs of Dunboy Ireland (the '98 Rebellion) 18th

Fuller, Hulbert Vivian of Virginia Virginia, late 17th Century 17th

Galt, John Ringan Gilhaize Battle of Killiecrankie 17th

Gardner, Edmund G. Desiderio Florence; Savonarola 15th

Garnier, Russell His Counterpart Wars of Turenne (John Churchill) 17th

Garnier, Russell The White Queen Mary Tudor 1514 16th

Gaulot, Paul The Red Shirts French Revolution period 18th

Gautier, Theophile Captain Fracasse Strolling Players, period of Louis XIII17th

Gay, Madame Sophie Marie De Mancini France--Time of Mazarin 17th

Gibbon, Charles For the King Time of George I 18th

Gibbon, Charles The Braes of Yarrow James V of Scotland (Flodden) 16th

Gibney, Somerville The Maid of London Bridge (g) Edward VI 16th

Gilliat, Edward Forest Outlaws (b) (g) Henry II 12th

Gilliat, Edward God Save King Alfred Alfred and his times 9th

Gilliat, Edward John Standish (b) Richard II; Wat Tyler 14th

Gilliat, Edward The King's Reeve (b) (g) Time of Edward I 13th

Gleig, George R. The Subaltern Peninsular War 19th

Godwin, William St. Leon Battle of Pavia, 1525 16th

Graeme, Alastor (or Mrs.

Frederick T. Marryat)Romance of the Lady Arbell Time of James I 17th

Graham, John W. Neaera Rome under Tiberius 1st

Grant, James Adventures of an Aide-de-Camp Battle of Maida, 1806 19th

Grant, James The Captain of the Guard James II of Scotland 15th

Grant, James Harry Ogilvie Scotland--Cromwellian wars 17th

Grant, James Mary of Lorraine Battle of Pinkie 1547 16th

Grant, James Phillip Rollo Thirty Years War 17th

Grant, James The Romance of War (b) Peninsular War 19th

Grant, James The Scottish Cavalier Battle of Killiecrankie 17th

Grant, James The Yellow Frigate Scotland 15th

Grant, James Gregor Rufus, or The Red King William II 11th

Gras, Felix The Reds of the Midi French Revolution period 18th

Gras, Felix The Terror French Revolution period 18th

Gras, Felix The White Terror French Revolution period 18th

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Grier, Sydney C. In Furthest Ind East India Company, 1697 17th

Grier, Sydney C. Like Another Helen India, mid 18th Century 18th

Griffin, Gerald Duke of Monmouth James II--Monmouth Rebellion 17th

Griffin, Gerald The Invasion Ireland / N. Europe 8th

Grossi, Tommaso Marco Visconti Italy 14th

Guerrazzi, Francesco D. Beatrice Cenci Italy late 16th Cent 16th

Guerrazzi, Francesco D. Isabella Orsini Italy; The Medicis 15th

Guerrazzi, Francesco D.

La Battaglia Di Benevento

(or Manfred: Or The Battle of

Benevento)

Italy under Emperor Frederick II 13th

Haggard, H. Rider LysbethNetherlands--Inquisition & Revolt

against Spain16th

Haggard, H. Rider Montezuma's Daughter Conquest of Mexico 16th

Haggard, H. Rider Swallow South Africa--the Great Trek, 1836 19th

Hale, Edward Everet In His Name The Waldenses 12th

Hale, Edward Everet The Man Without a Country America; time of Aaron Burr 19th

Hall, Mrs. S. C.

(or Anna Maria Hall)The Outlaw Revolution period (1688) 17th

Hall, Mrs. S. C.

(or Anna Maria Hall)The Whiteboy Ireland, in 1822 19th

Hamilton, Ernest Mary Hamilton Mary, Queen of Scots 16th

Hamilton, Ernest The Outlaws of the Marches Scotland 1587 16th

Hancock, Albert Elmer Henry Bourland American Civil War period 19th

Harcourt, Col. Alfred F. P. Jenetha's Venture Indian Mutiny 19th

Hatton, Joseph The Dagger and the Cross Time of Charles II (Eyam) 17th

Hatton, Joseph The White King of Manoa Sir Walter Raleigh, etc. 16th

Hauff, Wilhelm Lichtenstein Germany, early 16th Century 16th

Hayens, Herbert An Emperor's Doom Mexican War of Independence 19th

Helps, Sir Arthur Ivan De Biron Russia, mid 18th Century 18th

Henty, George Alfred At Agincourt (b) Henry V 15th

Henty, George Alfred At the Point of the Bayonet (b) Battle of Assaye, etc. 19th

Henty, George Alfred Beric the Briton Roman Invasion of Britain 1st

Henty, George Alfred Both Sides the Border (b) (g) Period of Henry IV 15th

Henty, George Alfred The Bravest of the Brave (b) Time of Anne (Peterborough) 18th

Henty, George Alfred By England's AidNetherlands--Inquisition & Revolt

against Spain16th

Henty, George Alfred By Pike and DykeNetherlands--Inquisition & Revolt

against Spain16th

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Henty, George Alfred By Right of Conquest Conquest of Mexico 16th

Henty, George Alfred The Cornet of Horse (b) (g) Time of Anne (Duke of Marlborough) 18th

Henty, George Alfred The Dragon and the Raven Alfred and his times 9th

Henty, George Alfred In Freedom's Cause (b) Wallace and Bruce 14th

Henty, George Alfred In the Irish Brigade Time of Anne (Foreign Wars) 18th

Henty, George Alfred A Jacobite Exile Charles XII of Sweden 18th

Henty, George Alfred The Lion of St. Mark Venice, late 14th Cent 14th

Henty, George Alfred The Lion of the North Gustavus Adolphus 17th

Henty, George Alfred A March on London (b) Richard II--Wat Tyler 14th

Henty, George Alfred One of the 28th (b) Napoleon and his time (Waterloo) 19th

Henty, George Alfred Out with Garibaldi War of Italian Liberation, 1859 19th

Henty, George Alfred St. George for England (b) Period of Edward III 14th

Henty, George Alfred Through Russian Snows Napoleon's Russian Campaign 19th

Henty, George Alfred To Herat and Cabul First Afghan War 19th

Henty, George Alfred Under Wellington's Command (b) Peninsular War 19th

Henty, George Alfred With Clive in India India, mid 18th Century 18th

Henty, George Alfred With Frederick the Great The Seven Years War 18th

Henty, George Alfred With Lee in Virginia American Civil War period 19th

Henty, George Alfred Won by the Sword Thirty Years War 17th

Henty, George Alfred Wulf the Saxon (b) The Norman Conquest 11th

Hewlett, MauriceThe Countess Alys

(In New Canterbury Tales)Period of Edward III 14th

Hewlett, Maurice Little Novels of ItalyItalian manners early 14th - late 15th

century15th

Hewlett, Maurice(The Life and Death of) Richard

Yea-And-NayRichard I 12th

Hillary, Max The Blue Flag James II--Monmouth Rebellion 17th

Hinkson, Henry A. The King's Deputy Dublin in time of Grattan 18th

Hinkson, Henry A. Up for the Green Ireland (the '98 Rebellion) 18th

Hocking, Joseph The Birthright Time of John Wesley (Cornwall) 18th

Hocking, Joseph Lest We Forget Period of Mary 16th

Hocking, Joseph Mistress Nancy Molesworth (g) The Jacobites 18th

Hollis, Gertrude In the Days of St. Anselm (b) (g) William II 11th

Hollis, Gertrude The Son of Aella Conversion of Northumbria 7th

Holroyd, Caroline C. Seething Days (b) (g) Edward VI--Mary 16th

Hope, Anthony Simon Dale Time of Charles II 17th

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Hopkins, Tighe For Freedom War of Italian Liberation, 1859 1859

Hudson, Henry Wild Humphrey Kynaston Shrewsbury 15th

Hugo, Victor L'An ‘93 (or Ninety Three) French Revolution period 18th

Hugo, Victor Les Miserables France, 1815 19th

Hugo, Victor Notre Dame (de Paris) Paris 15th

Hunt, Leigh Sir Ralph Esher Time of Charles II 17th

Ingemann, Bernhard S. Waldemar Denmark 13th

Jacobs, Joseph As Others Saw Him Early Christianity (AD 54) 1st

James, G. P. R. Agincourt (b) (g) Henry V 15th

James, G. P. R. Attila Decline of Roman Empire 5th

James, G. P. R. The Brigand (or Corse de Leon) France, mid 16th Cent 16th

James, G. P. R. The Gipsy Time of George II 18th

James, G. P. R. Henry MastertonEngland Civil War /

France - the Fronde17th

James, G. P. R. Mary of Burgundy Ghent 15th

James, G. P. R. Philip Augustus France 13th

James, G. P. R. Richelieu France--Richelieu, etc. 17th

James, G. P. R. The Robber Time of Charles II 17th

James, G. P. R. The Woodman (b) (g) Time of Richard III 15th

Jewett, Sarah Orne The Tory Lover American Revolution (Paul Jones) 18th

Johnson, William H. The King's Henchman Henry of Navarre 16th

Johnson, William H. Under the Spell of the Fleur de Lis Henry of Navarre 16th

Johnston, Mary Audrey Virginia, in George I-II Period 18th

Johnston, MaryBy Order of the Company

(or To Have and to Hold)Old Virginia, 1622 17th

Johnston, MaryThe Old Dominion

(or Prisoners of Hope)Virginia, late 17th Century 17th

Jokai, Mor (Maurus) The Baron's Sons Hungarian Revolution, 1848 1848

Jokai, Mor (Maurus) The Green Book Russia, 1825 19th

Jokai, Mor (Maurus) Halil the Pedlar Stambul, 1730 18th

Jokai, Mor (Maurus) Hungarian Nabob Hungary, 1822 19th

Jokai, Mor (Maurus) Manasseh Italy and Transylvania, 1848-59 19th

Jokai, Mor (Maurus) Midst the Wild Carpathians Transylvania, 1666 17th

Jokai, Mor (Maurus) The Nameless CastleDaughter of Louis XVI (Hungary in

Napoleonic period)19th

Jokai, Mor (Maurus) Pretty Michal Hungary, mid 17th Cent 17th

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Josika, Baron Nicolas‘Neath the Hoof of the Tartar

(or The Scourge of God)Hungary; the Tartar Invasion 13th

Keary, Annie Castle Daly (g) Irish Famine 19th

Keightley, Samuel R. The Cavaliers English Civil War Period 17th

Keightley, Samuel R. The Crimson Sign Siege of Derry (1689) 17th

Keightley, Samuel R. The Last Recruit of Clare's Irish Brigade stories 18th

Keightley, Samuel R. The Silver Cross France--Time of Mazarin 17th

Kennedy, John P. Horse-Shoe Robinson Virginia, 1780 18th

Kennedy, John P. Swallow Barn Virginian Life, early 19th Cent 19th

Kingsley, Charles Alton Locke Early Victorian period (Chartists) 19th

Kingsley, Charles Hereward the Wake (b) The Norman Conquest 11th

Kingsley, Charles Hypatia Alexandria 5th

Kingsley, Charles Westward Ho! (b) (g) Elizabeth I 16th

Kingsley, Henry Mademoiselle Mathilde French Revolution period 18th

Kingsley, Henry Old Margaret Ghent 15th

Kingsley, Henry Ravenshoe Period of Crimean War 19th

Kingsley, Henry Valentin Franco-German War Period 19th

Kirby, William The Golden Dog Quebec, in the days of Louis XV 18th

Lane, Elinor Macartney The Mills of God Virginia and England 18th

Lang, Andrew A Monk of Fife Joan of Arc 15th

Lang, Andrew

with A. E. W. MasonParson Kelly Time of George I 18th

Laube, Heinrich Der Deutsche Krieg (series) Thirty Years War 17th

Laut, Agnes C. Lords of the NorthCanada--Hudson Bay & NW

Companies19th

Lawless, Emily Maelcho Irish Rebellion 16th

Lawless, Emily With Essex in Ireland Ireland 1599 16th

Le Breton, John Mis'ess Joy Last Years of the Regency 19th

Lee, Albert The Black Disc Conquest of Granada 15th

Lee, Albert The Inca's Ransom Conquest of Peru 16th

Leighton, Robert Olaf the Glorious Russia and Norway 11th

Leighton, Robert The Thirsty Sword Norse Invasion of Scotland 13th

Lever, Charles James Charles O'Malley Peninsular War 19th

Lever, Charles James Tom Burke (of “Ours”) French Wars (Consulate--Empire) 19th

Levett-Yeats, Sidney Chevalier D'Auriac Henry of Navarre 16th

Levett-Yeats, Sidney The Honour of Savelli Italy--the Borgias 16th

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Levett-Yeats, Sidney The Traitor's Way France--Conspiracy of Amboise 16th

Liefde, Jacob B. de The BeggarsNetherlands--Inquisition & Revolt

against Spain16th

Liefde, Jacob B. de A Brave Resolve Wallenstein 17th

Lockhart, John Gibson Valerius Time of Trajan (Rome) 2nd

Lover, Samuel Rory O'More Ireland (the '98 Rebellion) 18th

Lover, Samuel Treasure Trove Time of George II (Fontenoy) 18th

Lowe, Charles A Fallen Star The Seven Years War 18th

Ludlow, James M. Deborah Maccabaean Times BC

Luther, Mark L. The Favor of Princes Adventure in time of Louis XV 18th

Lyall, Edna In Spite of All (g) Falkland, Laud, etc. 17th

Lyall, Edna In the Golden Days (g) Time of Charles II (Algernon Sidney) 17th

Lyall, Edna To Right the Wrong (g) Hampden 17th

Lytton, Edward Bulwer Devereux Time of Anne (England and Abroad) 18th

Lytton, Edward Bulwer Harold (b) (g) The Norman Conquest 11th

Lytton, Edward Bulwer The Last Days of Pompeii Time of Vespasian 1st

Lytton, Edward Bulwer The Last of the Barons (b) (g) Wars of the Roses 15th

Lytton, Edward Bulwer Leila Conquest of Granada 15th

Lytton, Edward Bulwer The Parisians Paris Commune 19th

Lytton, Edward Bulwer Rienzi Rome 14th

MacDonald, George St. George and St. Michael English Civil War Period 17th

MacDonald, Ronald God Save the King Commonwealth--Charles II 17th

MacDonald, Ronald The Sword of the King William of Orange 17th

MacFarlane, Charles The Camp of Refuge (b) (g) The Norman Conquest 11th

MacFarlane, Charles(Stephen:) A Legend of Reading

Abbey (b) (g)Time of Stephen 12th

Macquoid, Katherine S. A Ward of the King Period of Francis I 16th

Maitland, Arthur L. I Lived as I Listed Time of Charles II 17th

Major, Charles

(or Edwin Caskoden)When Knighthood Was in Flower Period of Henry VIII 16th

Manning, Anne Cherry and Violet (g) Time of Charles II 17th

Manning, AnneThe Colloquies of Edward

Osborne (b) (g)Edward VI--Mary 16th

Manning, Anne

Deborah's Diary

(sequel to "The Maiden and

Married Life of Mary Powell")

Milton's Daughter 17th

Manning, AnneThe Household of Sir Thomas

More (g)Period of Henry VIII 16th

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Manning, Anne(The Maiden and Married Life

of) Mary PowellJohn Milton 17th

Manning, Anne A Noble Purpose Nobly Won Joan of Arc 15th

Manning, Anne The Old Chelsea Bun House (g) Time of Anne 18th

Manzoni, Allesandro The Betrothed (Lovers) Italy, the Plague in Milan 17th

Margueritte, Paul and Victor

Une Epoque, (contains four novels)

Le Desastre [Metz 1870]

Les Troncons du Glaive [La

Defense Nationale]

Les Brave Gens [Episodes]

La Commune [Paris, 1875]

Franco-German War Period 19th

Marks, Mary A. M. Hoppus A Great TreasonAmerican Revolution (Benedict

Arnold)18th

Marks, Mary A. M. Hoppus Masters of the World Time of Domitian 1st

Marquis, Thomas G. Marguerite de Roberval Period of Francis I 16th

Marryat, Frederick The Children of the New Forest English Civil War Period 17th

Marryat, Frederick The King's Own Mutiny at the Nore, 1797 18th

Marshall, Beatrice Old Blackfriars Van Dyck 17th

Marshall, Emma By the North Sea (g) Cromwell's Grand-daughter 17th

Marshall, Emma A Haunt of Ancient Peace (g) Nicholas Ferrar 17th

Marshall, Emma In Colston's Days Bristol, 1636-1720 17th

Marshall, EmmaIn the East Country with Sir

Thomas BrowneAuthor of "Religio Medici" 17th

Marshall, EmmaIn the Service of Rachel, Lady

Russell (g)Period of James II 17th

Marshall, Emma In the Choir of Westminster Abbey Purcell the Composer 17th

Marshall, Emma Kensington Palace (g) William III 17th

Marshall, Emma The Master of the Musicians Handel 18th

Marshall, Emma The Parson's Daughter (g) George Romney, the Painter 18th

Marshall, Emma Penshurst Castle (g) Sir Philip Sydney 16th

Marshall, Emma Under Salisbury Spire (g) George Herbert 17th

Marshall, Emma Under the Mendips (g) Time of William IV (Bristol Riots) 19th

Marshall, Emma The White King's Daughter The Princess Elizabeth 17th

Marshall, Emma Winchester Meads (g) Bishop Ken 17th

Martineau, Harriet The Hour and the Man Toussaint L'Ouverture 19th

Mason, A. E. W Clementina Clementina Sobieski / Jacobites 18th

Mason, A. E. W.The Courtship of Morice Buckler

(b)Period of James II (1685-7) 17th

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Mason, A. E. W

with Andrew LangParson Kelly Time of George I 18th

Mathew, Frank Defender of the Faith Period of Henry VIII 16th

Mathew, Frank One Queen Triumphant Mary, Queen of Scots 16th

Mathew, Frank The Royal Sisters Period of Mary 16th

Maxwell, Sir HerbertThe Chevalier of the Splendid

Crest (b)Edward II; Bruce 14th

Maxwell, Sir Herbert A Duke of Britain Picts and Romans 4th

Maxwell, William H. The Bivouac Peninsular War 19th

Maxwell, William H. Stories of Waterloo Napoleon and his time 19th

McCarthy, Justin Mononia Ireland, 1848 19th

McChesney, Dora Kathleen Clare Ireland, 1637-41 17th

McChesney, Dora Miriam Cromwell (g) English Civil War Period 17th

McChesney, Dora Rupert By the Grace of God Prince Rupert's time 17th

McDonnell, Randal Kathleen Mavourneen Ireland (the '98 Rebellion) 18th

Meredith, George Vittoria Italian Revolution, 1848 19th

Merejkowski, DmitriThe Death of the Gods

(#1 of trilogy)The Emperor Julian 4th

Merejkowski, Dmitri The Resurrection of the Gods Leonardo da Vinci 15th

Merimee, ProsperA Chronicle of the Reign of

Charles IXFrance / Coligny, St. Bartholomew 16th

Merriman, Henry S. Flotsam Indian Mutiny 19th

Merriman, Henry S. In Kedar's Tents The Carlists 19th

Merriman, Henry S. The Isle of Unrest Franco-German War Period (Corsica)19th

Merriman, Henry S. The Velvet Glove Spain, 1870--The Carlists 19th

Merwin, Samuel The Road to Frontenac French occupation of Canada 17th

Meyer, Annie N. Robert Annys, Poor Priest (g) Richard II; Wat Tyler 14th

Miller, Thomas Royston Gower Time of John 13th

Mitchell, Silas Weir The Adventures of Francois French Revolution period 18th

Mitchell, Silas Weir Hugh Wynne American Revolution (Washington) 18th

Moore, F. Frankfort The Fatal Gift The Sisters Gunning 18th

Moore, F. Frankfort The Jessamy Bride Goldsmith, Garrick, etc. 18th

Moore, F. Frankfort Nell Gwyn, Comedian Time of Charles II 17th

Moore, F. Frankfort The Nest of Linnets R. B. Sheridan, Johnson, etc. 18th

Motley, John Lothrop Merry-Mount Plymouth Colony 17th

Muddock, Joyce E. In the King's Favour James V of Scotland (Flodden) 16th

Muddock, Joyce E. Kate Cameron of Brux Scotland 14th

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Muhlbach, Louise (Luise) Frederick the Great and His

Family Time of Frederick the Great 18th

Muhlbach, Louise (Luise) Henry VIII and His Court

(or Catherine Parr)Period of Henry VIII 16th

Munro, Neil John Splendid Period of Montrose & the Covenant 17th

Munro, Neil The Shoes of Fortune Jacobites, 1755 18th

Munroe, Kirk At War With Pontiac Canada, mid 18th Century 18th

Munroe, Kirk The Flamingo Feather Huguenots in Florida 16th

Munroe, Kirk Longfeather the Peacemaker America--Pilgrim Fathers 17th

Murray, Eustace C. Grenville The Member for Paris France--Napoleon III 19th

Napier, Sir Charles William the Conqueror The Norman Conquest 11th

Neale, John M. Theodora Phranza Fall of Constantinople 15th

Newbolt, Henry Taken From the Enemy Pd of George IV-Napoleon plot 1821 19th

Newman, John H. Callista North Africa persecutions 3rd

Noeldechen, Wilhelm Baron and Squire Thirty Years War 17th

Norway, G. Duance Pendray (g) Time of George I (Cornish Jacobites) 18th

O'Grady, Standish The Flight of the Eagle Ireland late 16th Cent 16th

O'Grady, Standish In the Wake of King James Siege of Derry (1689) 17th

Oliphant, Margaret Magdalen Hepburn Mary, Queen of Scots (Knox) 16th

Osborne, Duffield The Lion's Brood Rome versus Carthage BC

Paalzow, Henriette W. von The Citizen of Prague Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria 18th

Page, Thomas Nelson Red RockAmerican Civil War period

(Reconstruction)19th

Palgrave, Mary E. Deb Clavel (g) James II--Monmouth Rebellion 17th

Parker, Gilbert The Battle of the Strong Jersey, etc., end of 18th Cent 18th

Parker, Gilbert The Seats of the Mighty The Taking of Quebec 18th

Parker, Gilbert The Trail of the Sword French occupation of Canada 17th

Pater, Walter Marius the Epicurean Time of Marcus Aurelius 2nd

Paterson, Arthur Cromwell's Own English Civil War Period 17th

Paulding, James K. The Dutchman's Fireside New York, mid 18th Century 18th

Paull, Mary Anna My Mistress the Queen (g)Mary & William /

Charles II - William III17th

Peacock, Thomas Love Maid Marian Richard I 12th

Pemberton, Max The Garden of SwordsFranco-German War Period

(Strasburg)19th

Pemberton, Max The Little Huguenot France, Louis XV 18th

Pemberton, Max The Puritan's Wife Time of Charles II 17th

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Perez Galdos, BenitoTrafalgar (Part of 20 vol series

“Episodios Nacionales”)Time of Nelson (Trafalgar) 19th

Pickering, Edgar The Fortunes of Claude (b) The Jacobites 18th

Pickering, Edgar In Press-Gang Days (b) Battle of the Nile, etc. 18th

Pickering, Edgar Silas Verney (b) Time of Charles II 17th

Pickering, Edgar A Stout English Bowman (b) Period of Henry III 13th

Pidgin, Charles Felton Blennerhassett America; time of Aaron Burr 19th

Pollard, Eliza F. A Daughter of France France and Acadia 17th

Pollard, Eliza F. A Hero King Alfred and his times 9th

Pollard, Eliza F. The King's Signet Madame de Maintenon, etc. 17th

Pollard, Eliza F. My Lady Marcia French Revolution period 18th

Pollard, Eliza F. The Scarlet JudgesNetherlands--Inquisition & Revolt

against Spain16th

Porter, Anna Maria The Hungarian Brothers Vienna, end of 18th century 18th

Porter, Jane The Scottish Chiefs (g) Scotch Wars; Wallace 14th

Porter, Jane Thaddeus of Warsaw Poland, about 1830 19th

Potter, Margaret H. The House of De Mailly France, Louis XV 18th

Prior, James Forest Folk The Luddite Riots 19th

Quiller-Couch, Arthur (or "Q") Blue Pavilions (b) William III 17th

Quiller-Couch, Arthur (or "Q") The Splendid Spur (b) English Civil War Period 17th

Rau, HeribertThe Tone King (or Mozart; a

biographical romance)Mozart 18th

Rawson, Maud Stepney Journeyman Love France (Period of the '48 Revolution) 19th

Rawson, Maud Stepney A Lady of the Regency Time of George IV 19th

Rayner, Emma Free to Serve Colonial New York 18th

Reade, Charles The Cloister and the Hearth Eve of Reformation 15th

Reade, Charles Peg Woffington The Stage, mid 18th Century 18th

Reed, Talbot Baines Sir Ludar (b) Elizabeth I 16th

Reuter, Fritz In the Year ‘13 French occupation of Mecklenburg 19th

Rhoscomyl, Owen For the White Rose of Arno Wales, in 1745 18th

Rhoscomyl, Owen The Shrouded Face Wales in Tudor times 16th

Rhys, Ernest The Whistling Maid Wales in time of Edward II 14th

Rice, J. and Walter Besant By Celia's Arbour Period of Crimean War 19th

Rice, J. and Walter Besant The Chaplain of the Fleet (g) Manners, mid 18th Century 18th

Ridding, Lady Laura By Weeping Cross Southern France 1424 15th

Roberton, Margaret H. A Gallant Quaker George Fox and William Penn 17th

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Roberts, Charles G. D. The Forge in the Forest Canada, mid 18th Century 18th

Roberts, Charles G. D. A Sister to Evangeline Canada, mid 18th Century 18th

Roberts, Margaret The Atelier Du Lys French Revolution period 18th

Roberts, Margaret In the Olden Time Germany, early 16th Century 16th

Roberts, Margaret Mademoiselle Mori Italian Revolution, 1848 19th

Roberts, Margaret On The Edge of the Storm French Revolution period 18th

Robinson, Emma Westminster Abbey Wolsey, Cranmer, etc. 1527 16th

Robinson, Emma Whitefriars (b) Time of Charles II 17th

Robinson, Emma Whitehall Earlier years of Charles I 17th

Rosegger, Peter The God Seeker The Styrian Alps, 1493 15th

Roulet, Mary F. Nixon God, The King, My Brother (g) Period of Edward III (Spain) 14th

Rowsell, Mary C. Traitor or Patriot? (b) (g) Time of Charles II (Rye House Plot) 17th

Ruffini, Giovanni Doctor Antonio Italian Revolution, 1848 19th

Runkle, Bertha The Helmet of Navarre Henry of Navarre 16th

Russell, W. Clark An Ocean Free Lance Privateering in 1812 19th

Rutherford, Mark The Revolution in Tanner's Lane Nonconformity, early 19th Cent 19th

Rydberg, Viktor The Last Athenian Athens AD 361 4th

Sagon, Amyot When George III Was King (b) Time of Nelson 19th

Saintine, Xavier B.

(or Joseph Boniface)Picciola Earlier Napoleonic period 19th

Samarow, Gregor

(or Johann F. M. O. Meding)For Sceptre and Crown Prussia v. Austria, 1866 19th

Sand, George Consuelo Time of Frederick the Great 18th

Sand, GeorgeThe Countess of Rudolstadt

(Sequel to "Consuelo")Time of Frederick the Great 18th

Scheffel, Joseph Viktor von Ekkehard Germany; The Huns 10th

Schimmel, Hendrik Jan The Lifeguardsman Revolution period (1688) 17th

Schimmel, Hendrik Jan Mary Hollis Time of Charles II 17th

Scott, Sir Walter The Abbot Mary, Queen of Scots 16th

Scott, Sir Walter Anne of Geirstein Charles the Bold, Margaret of Anjou 15th

Scott, Sir Walter The Antiquary Scotch Manners 18th

Scott, Sir Walter The Betrothed (b) (g) Henry II 12th

Scott, Sir Walter The Black Dwarf Scottish Lowlands 1706 (Jacobites) 18th

Scott, Sir Walter The Bride of Lammermoor East Lothian, 1695 17th

Scott, Sir Walter Castle Dangerous Scotch Wars 14th

Scott, Sir Walter Count Robert of Paris (b) (g) First Crusade 11th

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Scott, Sir Walter The Fair Maid of Perth Scotland 15th

Scott, Sir Walter The Fortunes of Nigel (b) (g) Time of James I 17th

Scott, Sir Walter Guy Mannering Time of George III 18th

Scott, Sir Walter Heart of Midlothian Time of George II (Porteous Riots) 18th

Scott, Sir Walter Ivanhoe (b) (g) Richard I 12th

Scott, Sir Walter Kenilworth (b) (g) Elizabeth I 16th

Scott, Sir Walter The Legend of Montrose Period of Montrose & the Covenant 17th

Scott, Sir Walter The Monastery Melrose and District-1550 16th

Scott, Sir Walter Old Mortality (b) (g) Bothwell Bridge, 1679 17th

Scott, Sir Walter Peveril of the Peak Time of Charles II 17th

Scott, Sir Walter The Pirate Shetland and Orkney Islands 18th

Scott, Sir Walter Quentin Durward France--Louis XI 15th

Scott, Sir Walter Redgauntlet Time of George III 18th

Scott, Sir Walter Rob Roy (b) The Jacobites 18th

Scott, Sir Walter St. Ronan's Well Near Firth of Forth, 1812 19th

Scott, Sir Walter The Surgeon's Daughter Fifeshire, Isle of Wight, India (1780) 18th

Scott, Sir Walter The Talisman (b) (g) Richard I 12th

Scott, Sir Walter Waverley (b) (g) The Jacobites 18th

Scott, Sir Walter Woodstock (b) (g) Commonwealth period 17th

Seawell, Molly Elliot(The Lively Adventures of)

Gavin HamiltonThe Seven Years War 18th

Seawell, Molly Elliot Little Jarvis US quarrel with France 1798-1800 18th

Seawell, Molly Elliot The Rock of the LionTime of George III / Siege of

Gibraltar18th

Seeley, Richmond

with A. J. ChurchThe Hammer Maccabaean Times BC

Shelley, Mary (The Fortunes of) Perkin Warbeck Richard III; Henry VII 15th

Shipley, Mary E. Like A Rasen Fiddler Destruction of the Monasteries, 1536 16th

Shorthouse, J. Henry The Countess Eve Burgundy, 1785 18th

Shorthouse, J. Henry John InglesantEngland - Charles I /

Italy - the Molinists17th

Sienkiewicz , HenrykThe Deluge (Sequel to "With Fire

and Sword")Poland & Russia, mid 17th cent 17th

Sienkiewicz , Henryk Knights of the Cross Poland; The Teutonic Knights 14th

Sienkiewicz , HenrykPan Michael

(Sequel to "The Deluge")Poland & Russia, mid 17th cent 17th

Sienkiewicz , Henryk Quo Vadis Rome in the time of Nero 1st

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Sienkiewicz , Henryk With Fire and Sword Poland & Russia, mid 17th cent 17th

Simms, William Gilmore Eutaw American Revolution 18th

Simms, William Gilmore The Forayers American Revolution 18th

Simms, William Gilmore The Yemassee South Carolina, 1715 18th

Sizer, Kate T. The Wooing of Osyth Edmund the Martyr 9th

Sladen, Douglas The Admiral Nelson, 1798-9 18th

Smith, Albert The Marchioness of BrinvilliersMarquise de Brinvilliers, the

poisoner17th

Smith, Horace Brambletye House Commonwealth--Charles II 17th

Smith, Jane M. FowlerJournal of the Lady Beatrix

GrahamPeriod of Montrose & the Covenant 17th

Smollett, Tobias G. Humphrey Clinker Manners, mid 18th Century 18th

Smollett, Tobias G. Roderick Random Time of George II 18th

Snaith, John C. Mistress Dorothy Marvin Period of Judge Jeffreys, etc. 17th

Spender, Harold At the Sign of the Guillotine Robespierre, 1794 18th

Stables, GordonAlfred the Great

(or 'Twixt Daydawn and Light)Alfred and his times 9th

Stables, Gordon Westward with Columbus Christopher Columbus 15th

Steel, Flora Annie On the Face of the Waters Indian Mutiny (Siege of Delhi) 19th

Stephens, Robert N. An Enemy to the King Henry of Guise 16th

Stephens, Robert N. A Gentleman Player Elizabeth I 16th

Stephens, Robert N. Philip Winwood American Revolution 18th

Stevenson, Burton E. A Soldier of Virginia American Revolution 18th

Stevenson, Robert Louis The Black Arrow (b) Wars of the Roses 15th

Stevenson, Robert LouisCatriona (or David Balfour) -

(sequel to "Kidnapped") (b) (g)Scotland, 1751 18th

Stevenson, Robert Louis Kidnapped (b) (g) Scotland, 1751 18th

Stevenson, Robert Louis The Master of Ballantrae (b) (g) The Jacobites 18th

Stevenson, Robert Louis St. Ives French prisoner in England, 1813-14 19th

Stowe, Harriet Beecher The Minister's WooingUS Manners - late 18th / early 19th

century18th

Strain, Euphans Helen A Man's Foes (b) (g) Siege of Derry (1689) 17th

Strauss, Friedrich Helon's Pilgrimage to Jerusalem Judaism in century preceding Christ BC

Sutcliffe, Halliwell Ricroft of Withens The Jacobites 18th

Sutcliffe, Halliwell Willowdene Will Time of George II 18th

Suttner, Baroness Bertha von Lay Down Your Arms Foreign Wars, 1864-70 19th

Swan, Annie S. Adam Hepburn's Vow Scotland--Kirk and Covenant 17th

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Tarkington, Booth Monsieur Beaucaire Bath--early 18th Century 18th

Taylor, George

(or Adolph Hausrath)Antinous Time of Hadrian 2nd

Taylor, George

(or Adolph Hausrath)Jetta Heidelberg under the Romans 4th

Taylor, George

(or Adolph Hausrath)Klytia Germany--Erastus 16th

Taylor, Mary Imlay The House of the Wizard Period of Henry VIII 16th

Taylor, Mary Imlay An Imperial Lover Russia--Peter the Great 18th

Taylor, Mary Imlay On the Red Staircase Russia--early days of Peter the Great 17th

Taylor, (Philip) Meadows Ralph Darnell India, mid 18th Century 18th

Taylor, (Philip) Meadows Seeta Indian Mutiny 19th

Taylor, (Philip) Meadows Tara India, 1657 17th

Thackeray, Miss

(or Anne Thackeray Ritchie)Miss Angel (g)

Art (Reynolds and Angelica

Kauffmann)18th

Thackeray, William Makepeace (History of Henry) Esmond Time of Anne 18th

Thackeray, William Makepeace (Memoirs of) Barry Lyndon Fashion, middle to end of 18th Cent 18th

Thackeray, William Makepeace Vanity Fair "High Life," George III-IV 19th

Thackeray, William Makepeace The Virginians America and England, George II-III 18th

Thomas, R. M. Trewern Time of William IV (Wales) 19th

Thompson, Daniel P. The Green Mountain Boys American Revolution 18th

Thompson, Maurice Alice of Old Vincennes Fort Vincennes (Clark's Conquest) 18th

Thruston, Lucy M. Mistress Brent Maryland, 1636 17th

Tolstoy, Aleksey The Terrible Czar Russia--Ivan IV 16th

Tolstoy, Leo Sevastopol Period of Crimean War 19th

Tolstoy, Leo War and Peace Napoleon's Russian Campaign 19th

Topelius, ZachariasThe King's Ring (1st of series

"The Surgeon's Stories" )Thirty Years War 17th

Topelius, Zacharias Times of Charles XII Charles XII of Sweden 18th

Trollope, Anthony Castle Richmond Irish Famine 19th

Trollope, Anthony La Vendee French Revolution period 18th

Trowbridge, William A Girl of the Multitude French Revolution period 18th

Twain, MarkPersonal Recollections of Joan of

ArcJoan of Arc 15th

Twain, Mark The Prince and the Pauper (b) (g) Edward VI 16th

Tytler, Sarah Citoyenne Jacqueline French Revolution period 18th

Tytler, Sarah A Loyal Little Maid (g) The Jacobites 18th

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Vachell, Horace A. John Charity Early Victoria (Hants and California) 19th

Vigny, Alfred de Cinq Mars France--Richelieu, etc. 17th

Wallace, Lew Ben Hur Rome in the time of Christ 1st

Wallace, Lew The Fair God Conquest of Mexico 16th

Wallace, Lew The Prince of India Fall of Constantinople 15th

Wallis, A. S. C.

(or Adele Opzoomer)In Troubled Times

Netherlands--Inquisition & Revolt

against Spain16th

Wallis, A. S. C.

(or Adele Opzoomer)Royal Favour Melanchthon & Eric XIV of Sweden 16th

Warburton, Eliot Darien William Paterson / Darien Scheme 17th

Ware, William Aurelian Rome near end of century 3rd

Ware, WilliamThe Last Days and Fall of Palmyra

(or Zenobia)Zenobia and Longinus 3rd

Watson, H. B. Marriot The House Divided Time of George II 18th

Watson, H. B. Marriot The Rebel Rising at Taunton, 1684 17th

Watson, W. L. Sir Sergeant The Jacobites 18th

Westall, William A Red Bridal Austria, early 19th Cent (Hofer.) 19th

Westall, William With the Red Eagle Austria, early 19th cent 19th

Westbury, Hugh Acte Rome in the time of Nero 1st

Weyman, Stanley The Castle Inn English Manners, late 18th Century 18th

Weyman, Stanley Count Hannibal France / Coligny, St. Bartholomew 16th

Weyman, StanleyFrom the Memoirs of a Minister of

FranceHenry of Navarre 16th

Weyman, Stanley A Gentleman of France Period of the League 16th

Weyman, Stanley The House of the Wolf France / Coligny, St. Bartholomew 16th

Weyman, Stanley The Man in Black France--Richelieu, etc. 17th

Weyman, Stanley My Lady Rotha Thirty Years War 17th

Weyman, Stanley The Red Cockade French Revolution period 18th

Weyman, Stanley The Story of Francis Cludde England and the Netherlands 16th

Weyman, Stanley Under the Red Robe France--Richelieu, etc. 17th

Whishaw, Frederick Boris the Bear-Hunter Russia (from late 17th Century) 18th

Whishaw, Frederick A Boyar of the Terrible Russia--Ivan IV 16th

Whishaw, Frederick A Forbidden Name Russia, time of Catharine II 18th

Whishaw, Frederick The Lion Cub Russia--early days of Peter the Great 17th

Whishaw, Frederick A Lost Army Russia (from late 17th Cent) 17th

Whishaw, Frederick Many Ways of Love Russia, time of Catharine II 18th

Whishaw, Frederick Mazeppa Mazeppa / Cossacks 17th

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Whistler, Charles W. Havelok the Dane Denmark and England 6th

Whistler, Charles W. King Alfred's Viking Alfred and his times 9th

Whistler, Charles W. King Olaf's Kinsman Ethelred the Unready 11th

Whistler, Charles W. A Thane of Wessex Ethelwulf 9th

Whistler, Charles W. Wulfric the Weapon Thane Edmund Ironside 11th

Whyte-Melville, George J. The Gladiators Fall of Jerusalem 1st

Whyte-Melville, George J. Holmby House (b) (g) English Civil War Period 17th

Whyte-Melville, George J. The Interpreter Period of Crimean War 19th

Whyte-Melville, George J. Katerfelto Time of George III (Exmoor) 18th

Whyte-Melville, George J. The Queen's Maries Mary, Queen of Scots 16th

Whyte-Melville, George J. Sarchedon Ancient Babylon and the Assyrians BC

Wilkins, Mary E.

(or Mary E. W. Freeman)The Heart's Highway Virginia, late 17th Century 17th

Wingfield, Lewis Lady Grizel Time of George II 18th

Wingfield, Lewis My Lords of Strogue Ireland at the Union 19th

Wiseman, Cardinal Nicholas Fabiola Rome 5th

Woods, Margaret L. Esther Vanhomrigh Dean Swift 18th

Woods, Margaret L. Sons of the Sword Peninsular War 19th

Yonge, Charlotte M. The Armourer's ‘Prentices (b) (g) Period of Henry VIII 16th

Yonge, Charlotte M. The Caged Lion Scotland 15th

Yonge, Charlotte M. The Chaplet of Pearls France / Coligny, St. Bartholomew 16th

Yonge, Charlotte M. The Dove in the Eagles Nest Time of Maximilian 15th

Yonge, Charlotte M. Grisly Grissell (g) Wars of the Roses 15th

Yonge, Charlotte M. Kenneth Napoleon's Russian Campaign 19th

Yonge, Charlotte M. The Lances of Lynwood (b) (g) Period of Edward III 14th

Yonge, Charlotte M. The Little Duke Normandy; Richard the Fearless 10th

Yonge, Charlotte M. The Prince and the Page (g) 8th Crusade 13th

Yonge, Charlotte M. A Reputed Changeling (g) Period of Charles II--William III 17th

Yonge, Charlotte M. Stray Pearls Prince Rupert's time 17th

Yonge, Charlotte M. Two Penniless Princesses (g) Period of Henry VI 15th

Yonge, Charlotte M. Unknown to History (g) Mary, Queen of Scots 16th

Zola, Emile The Downfall Franco-German War Period (Sedan) 19th

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Semi-Historical

(depict a bygone era)

Author Title Subject Century

Allen, James Lane Aftermath American Manners, 1850 19th

Allen, James Lane A Kentucky Cardinal American Manners, 1850 19th

Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudice Everyday Society, early 1800s 19th

Blackmore, R. D. Perlycross English Provincial Life in the 1800s 19th

Burney, Frances (Fanny) Evelina Fashionable manners late 1700s 18th

Cable, George W. The Grandissimes USA early 1800s (Creole life) 19th

Carleton, WilliamTraits and Stories of the Irish

PeasantryIrish Peasant-life, early 1800s 19th

Cornish, Francis Warre SunningwellHigh Church and Broad Church, mid

1800s19th

Edgeworth, Maria Castle Rackrent Irish character, early 1700s 18th

Eliot, George Adam Bede English Rural Life, early 1800s 19th

Ferrier, Susan E. Destiny Scotch character, early 1800s 19th

Galt, John Annals of the Parish Scotch Village Life, 1760-181018th-

19th

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cranford English Provincial Life in the 1800s 19th

Gaskell, Elizabeth Mary Barton Manufacturing District, mid 1800s 19th

Goldsmith, Oliver The Vicar of Wakefield English Rural Life, 1700s 18th

Hawthorne, Nathaniel The Blithedale RomanceMargaret Fuller and the "Brook

Farm" group, under fictitious names19th

Hawthorne, Nathaniel The Scarlet Letter Massachusetts, late 1600s 17th

Hewlett, Maurice The Forest Lovers Medieval LifeMiddle

Ages

Meredith, George Beauchamp's Career English Politics, mid 1800s 19th

Meredith, George The Tragic ComediansFerdinand Lassalle, under fictitious

name19th

Morgan, Lady

(or Sydney Owenson)O'Donnel Irish character, early 1800s 19th

Stevenson, Robert Louis Treasure Island Adventure, mid 1700s 18th

Stowe, Harriet Beecher Uncle Tom's Cabin Slavery in America 19th

Thackeray, William Makepeace The NewcomesLate Georgian - Early Victorian

manners19th

Thackeray, William Makepeace (History of) PendennisLate Georgian - Early Victorian

manners19th

Trollope, Anthony Barchester Towers English Cathedral City, mid 1800s 19th