Best Historical Fiction List   (In Chronological Order)   by Jonathan Nield-1902   (or pdf version)          Books recommended for juvenile reading are marked with (b) for boys and (g) for girls. Title Author Subject Century PRE-CHRISTIAN ERA       Sarchedon George J. Whyte-Melville Ancient Babylon and the Assyrians B.C. Uarda Georg Ebers Egypt--Rameses Sesostris B.C. Zoroaster Francis Marion Crawford Zoroaster, the Persian Religious Reformer B.C. An Egyptian Princess Georg Ebers Egypt--Amasis & Cambyses B.C. (Callias) The Fall of Athens A. J. Church Peloponnesian War B.C. A Young Macedonian A. J. Church Alexander the Great B.C. The Lion's Brood Duffield Osborne Rome versus Carthage B.C. Lords of the World A. J. Church Rome versus Carthage B.C. The Sisters Georg Ebers Egypt--Ptolemy Philometer, and Euergetes B.C. The Hammer A. J. Church & Richmond Seeley Maccabaean Times B.C. Deborah James M. Ludlow Maccabaean Times B.C. Helon's Pilgrimage to Jerusalem Friedrich Strauss Judaism in the century preceding Christ B.C. Prusias Ernst Eckstein The Slave Revolt under Spartacus B.C. Two Thousand Years Ago (or Lucius) A. J. Church Rome--Spartacus and Mithridates B.C. Woe to the Conquered Alfred Clark Roman Life, B.C. 73-71 B.C. A Friend of Caesar William S. Davis Pompey and Caesar B.C. Cleopatra Georg Ebers Latter Years of Cleopatra B.C. FIRST CENTURY A.D.       Neaera John W. Graham Rome under Tiberius (A. D. 26) 1st Philochristus Edwin Abbott Memoirs of a Disciple of Christ 1st Ben Hur Lew Wallace Rome in the time of Christ 1st Tarry Thou Till I Come (or Salathiel) George Croly Early struggle of Judaism and Christianity 1st As Others Saw Him Joseph Jacobs Early Christianity (A. D. 54) 1st Beric the Briton George Alfred Henty Roman Invasion of Britain 1st Onesimus Edwin Abbott Memoirs of a Disciple of Paul 1st Quo Vadis Henryk Sienkiewicz Rome in the time of Nero 1st Nero Ernst Eckstein Rome in the time of Nero 1st The Burning of Rome A. J. Church Rome in the time of Nero 1st Acte Hugh Westbury Rome in the time of Nero 1st Darkness and Dawn Dean Frederic W. Farrar Persecutions under Nero 1st The Last Days of Pompeii Edward Bulwer Lytton Time of Vespasian 1st The Gladiators George J. Whyte-Melville Fall of Jerusalem 1st Domitia Sabine Baring-Gould Time of Domitian 1st Masters of the World Mary A. M. Hoppus Marks Time of Domitian 1st Quintus Claudius Ernst Eckstein Time of Domitian 1st SECOND CENTURY       Valerius John G. Lockhart Time of Trajan (Rome) 2nd To the Lions A. J. Church Christians and the Younger Pliny 2nd Antinous George Taylor (or Adolph Hausrath) Time of Hadrian 2nd Marius the Epicurean Walter Pater Time of Marcus Aurelius 2nd THIRD CENTURY       Per Aspera (or A Thorny Path) Georg Ebers Alexandria in time of Emperor Caracalla 3rd Perpetua Sabine Baring-Gould Nimes--beginning of Third Century 3rd The Camp on the Severn A. D. Crake Persecution in Britain 3rd The Villa of Claudius E. L. Cutts Roman occupation of Britain 3rd Callista John H. Newman North Africa persecutions 3rd Aurelian William Ware Rome--late Third Century 3rd The Last Days and Fall of Palmyra (or Zenobia) William Ware Zenobia and Longinus 3rd FOURTH CENTURY       Homo Sum Georg Ebers Christians in Arabia 4th Our Forefathers (Die Ahnen) [Series] Gustav Freytag Stages of German Civilization 4th-19th The Last Athenian Viktor Rydberg Athens A. D. 36 4th The Death of the Gods (#1 of a trilogy) Dmitri Merejkowski The Emperor Julian 4th Jetta George Taylor (or Adolph Hausrath) Heidelberg under the Romans 4th Serapis Georg Ebers Alexandria A. D. 391 4th A Duke of Britain Sir Herbert Maxwell Picts and Romans 4th FIFTH CENTURY       Gathering Clouds Dean Frederic W. Farrar St. Chrysostom 5th Conquering and to Conquer Elizabeth R. Charles Jerome 5th Fabiola Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman Rome early Fifth Century 5th Hypatia Charles Kingsley Alexandria 5th The Count of the Saxon Shore A. J. Church Departure of Romans from Britain 5th Attila G. P. R. James Decline of Roman Empire 5th Felicitas Felix Dahn The German Migrations, A. D. 476 5th SIXTH CENTURY       Builders of the Waste Thorpe Forrest Britains v. Anglians in Yorkshire 6th A Struggle for Rome Felix Dahn The Ostrogoths and Belisarius 6th Antonina Wilkie Collins Rome in 546 6th Havelok the Dane Charles W. Whistler Denmark and England 6th Shaven Crown Mary Bramston Conversion of the Surrey Border 6th SEVENTH CENTURY       The Son of Aella Gertrude Hollis Conversion of Northumbria 7th Caedwalla Frank Cowper Saxons in the Isle of Wight 7th The Bride of the Nile Georg Ebers Egypt, A. D. 643 7th EIGHTH CENTURY       The Invasion Gerald Griffin Ireland / N. Europe in 2nd half of 8th Century 8th NINTH CENTURY       A Thane of Wessex Charles W. Whistler Ethelwulf (mid Ninth Century) 9th The Wooing Of Osyth Kate T. Sizer Edmund the Martyr 9th The King's Sons George Manville Fenn Alfred and his times 9th In Aelfred's Days Paul Creswick Alfred and his times 9th Under the Black Raven Paul Creswick Alfred and his times 9th God Save King Alfred Edward Gilliat Alfred and his times 9th The Dragon and the Raven George Alfred Henty Alfred and his times 9th King Alfred's Viking Charles W. Whistler Alfred and his times 9th A Hero King Eliza F. Pollard Alfred and his times 9th Alfred the Great, (or 'Twixt Daydawn and Light) Gordon Stables Alfred and his times 9th A Lion of Wessex Tom Bevan Alfred and his times 9th TENTH CENTURY       The Little Duke Charlotte M. Yonge Normandy--Richard the Fearless 10th Ekkehard Joseph Viktor von Scheffel Germany--The Huns, etc 10th Edwy the Fair (#1 in series) A. D. Crake Britain--Dunstan 10th The Vikings of the Baltic George Webbe Dasent The Vikings 10th ELEVENTH CENTURY       Olaf the Glorious Robert Leighton Russia and Norway 11th The Fall of Asgard Julian Corbett St. Olaf's Days 11th King Olaf's Kinsman Charles W. Whistler Ethelred the Unready 11th Wulfric the Weapon Thane Charles W. Whistler Edmund Ironside 11th Alfgar the Dane (#2 in series) A. D. Crake Edmund Ironside 11th Edward the Exile Mary Davidson Edward the Confessor's period 11th Harold (b) (g) Edward Bulwer Lytton The Norman Conquest 11th William the Conqueror Sir Charles Napier The Norman Conquest 11th The Camp of Refuge (b) (g) Charles MacFarlane The Norman Conquest 11th Hereward the Wake (or The Last of the English) (b) Charles Kingsley The Norman Conquest 11th The Rival Heirs (#3 in series) A. D. Crake The Norman Conquest 11th Wulf the Saxon (b) George Alfred Henty The Norman Conquest 11th Rufus, or The Red King James Gregor Grant William II 11th In The Days of St. Anselm (b) (g) Gertrude Hollis William II 11th Count Robert of Paris (b) (g) Sir Walter Scott First Crusade 11th God Wills It William S. Davis First Crusade 11th TWELFTH CENTURY       Pabo the Priest (b) (g) Sabine Baring-Gould Time of Henry I 12th (Stephen:) A Legend of Reading Abbey (b) (g) Charles MacFarlane Time of Stephen 12th The Knight of the Golden Chain (b) R. D. Chetwode Time of Stephen 12th Via Crucis Francis Marion Crawford Second Crusade 12th The Betrothed (b) (g) Sir Walter Scott Henry II 12th Forest Outlaws (b) (g) Edward Gilliat Henry II 12th In His Name Edward Everet Hale The Waldenses 12th The Talisman (b) (g) Sir Walter Scott Richard I 12th Ivanhoe (b) (g) Sir Walter Scott Richard I 12th Richard Yea-and-Nay Maurice Hewlett Richard I 12th Maid Marian Thomas Love Peacock Richard I 12th The Blue Banner Leon Cahun Crusades & Mongol Conquest 12th THIRTEENTH CENTURY       Royston Gower Thomas Miller Time of John 13th Runnymede and Lincoln Fair (b) (g) John George Edgar Time of John (the Charter) 13th Waldemar Bernhard S. Ingemann Denmark, 1204 13th The Most Famous Loba Nellie K. Blissett Persecution of the Albigenses; Carcassonne 13th Philip Augustus G. P. R. James France in early Thirteenth Century 13th La Battaglia di Benevento (or Manfred: Or, The Battle of Benevento) Francesco D. Guerrazzi Italy under Emperor Frederick II 13th The Countess Tekla Robert Barr Germany mid-Thirteenth Century 13th The Strong Arm Robert Barr Germany mid-Thirteenth Century 13th 'Neath the Hoof of the Tartar (or The Scourge of God) Baron Nicolas Josika Hungary--the Tartar Invasion 13th A Clerk of Oxford (g) Evelyn Everett-Green Henry III; Barons' Wars 13th How I Won My Spurs (b) John George Edgar Henry III; Barons' Wars 13th A Stout English Bowman (b) Edgar Pickering Period of Henry III 13th The Robber Baron of Bedford Castle (g) Albert J. Foster & Edith E. Cuthell Period of Henry III 13th The Thirsty Sword Robert Leighton Norse Invasion of Scotland, 1262-3 13th The Prince and the Page (g) Charlotte M. Yonge 8th Crusade 13th The King's Reeve (b) (g) Edward Gilliat Time of Edward I 13th The Lord of Dyneover (g) Evelyn Everett-Green Time of Edward I 13th FOURTEENTH CENTURY       The Scottish Chiefs (g) Jane Porter Scotch Wars--Wallace 14th In Freedom's Cause (b) George Alfred Henty Wallace and Bruce 14th Castle Dangerous Sir Walter Scott Scotch Wars 14th The Days of Bruce (g) Grace Aguilar Edward II; Bruce 14th The Chevalier of the Splendid Crest (b) Sir Herbert Maxwell Edward II; Bruce 14th The Whistling Maid Ernest Rhys Wales in time of Edward II 14th Marco Visconti Tommaso Grossi Italy, early Fourteenth Century 14th Margherita Pusterla Cesare Cantu Italy, early Fourteenth Century 14th Rienzi Edward Bulwer Lytton Rome, mid Fourteenth Century 14th In the Shadow of the Crown Miss Mary Bidder (or Mrs. Horace Porter) Edward II; Edward III 14th The Countess Alys (in "New Canterbury Tales") Maurice Hewlett Period of Edward III 14th The White Company (b) Arthur Conan Doyle Period of Edward III 14th St. George For England (b) George Alfred Henty Period of Edward III 14th Crecy and Poitiers (b) John George Edgar Period of Edward III 14th The Lances of Lynwood (b) (g) Charlotte M. Yonge Period of Edward III 14th God, The King, My Brother (g) Mary F. Nixon Roulet Period of Edward III (Spain) 14th Gob Save England Frederick Breton Edward III (Winchelsea and Rye) 14th In the Days of Chivalry (g) Evelyn Everett-Green Crecy, taking of Calais, etc 14th John Standish (b) Edward Gilliat Richard II-- Wat Tyler 14th Robert Annys, Poor Priest (g) Annie N. Meyer Richard II--Wat Tyler 14th The Banner of St. George (g) Mary Bramston Richard II--Wat Tyler 14th A March on London (b) George Alfred Henty Richard II--Wat Tyler 14th Otterbourne Edward Duros Battle of Otterbourne, 1388 14th Kate Cameron of Brux Joyce E. Muddock Scotland, late Fourteenth Century 14th The Lion of Flanders Hendrik Conscience France, late Fourteenth Century 14th The Lion of St. Mark George Alfred Henty Venice, late Fourteenth Century 14th Knights of the Cross Henryk Sienkiewicz Poland; The Teutonic Knights 14th FIFTEENTH CENTURY       Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc Mark Twain Joan of Arc 15th A Noble Purpose Nobly Won Anne Manning Joan of Arc 15th A Monk of Fife Andrew Lang Joan of Arc 15th The Caged Lion Charlotte M. Yonge Scotland, early Fifteenth Century 15th The Fair Maid of Perth Sir Walter Scott Scotland, early Fifteenth Century 15th Old Margaret Henry Kingsley Ghent, in early Fifteenth Century 15th The Gleaming Dawn James Baker The Hussites 15th Isabella Orsini Francesco D. Guerrazzi Italy; The Medicis 15th Both Sides the Border (b) (g) George Alfred Henty Period of Henry IV 15th In the Days of Prince Hal (b) (g) Helen Elrington Henry IV; Henry V 15th A Champion of the Faith (g) Josephine M. Callwell Henry II--Henry V 15th Agincourt (b) (g) G. P. R. James Henry V 15th At Agincourt (b) George Alfred Henty Henry V 15th By Weeping Cross Lady Laura Ridding Southern France, 1424 15th Noemi Sabine Baring-Gould Guienne; Time of Charles VII 15th The Captain of the Guard James Grant James II of Scotland 15th Black Douglas Samuel R. Crockett James II of Scotland 15th The Cardinal's Page James Baker Bohemia, mid Fifteenth Century 15th The Prince of India Lew Wallace Fall of Constantinople, 1453 15th Theodora Phranza John M. Neale Fall of Constantinople, 1453 15th Two Penniless Princesses (g) Charlotte M. Yonge Period of Henry VI 15th The Last of the Barons (b) (g) Edward Bulwer Lytton Wars of the Roses 15th The Black Arrow (b) Robert Louis Stevenson Wars of the Roses 15th Grisly Grissell (g) Charlotte M. Yonge Wars of the Roses 15th In the Wars of the Roses (g) Evelyn Everett-Green Wars of the Roses 15th How Dickon Came By His Name (in "The Deserter and other Stories") (b) Harold Frederic Wars of the Roses 15th Where Avon into Severn Flows (in "The Deserter and other Stories") (b) Harold Frederic Wars of the Roses 15th The Chantrey Priest of Barnet (b) A. J. Church Wars of the Roses 15th The Woodman (b) (g) G. P. R. James Time of Richard III 15th Red Rose and White (b) (g) Alfred Armitage Time of Richard III 15th (The Fortunes of) Perkin Warbeck Mary Shelley Richard III; Henry VII 15th The Heir of Hascombe Hall (b) (g) Evelyn Everett-Green Time of Henry VII 15th The Captain of the Wight (b) Frank Cowper Time of Henry VII 15th Wild Humphrey Kynaston Henry Hudson Shrewsbury (1490-1493) 15th The Yellow Frigate James Grant Scotland, late Fifteenth Century 15th Mary of Burgundy G. P. R. James Ghent (1456-1477) 15th The Dove in the Eagles Nest Charlotte M. Yonge Time of Maximilian (1472-1531) 15th The Burgomaster of Berlin Willibald Alexis Germany, late 15th Century 15th Quentin Durward Sir Walter Scott France--Louis XI 15th Anne of Geirstein Sir Walter Scott Charles the Bold, Margaret of Anjou 15th Marietta Francis Marion Crawford Venice, 1470 15th Desiderio Edmund G. Gardner Florence; Savonarola 15th Romola George Eliot Florence--Savonarola 15th Notre Dame (de Paris) Victor Hugo Paris, late Fifteenth Century 15th The Cloister and the Hearth Charles Reade Eve of Reformation (Erasmus family) 15th The Resurrection of the Gods Dmitri Merejkowski Leonardo da Vinci 15th The Vale of Cedars Grace Aguilar Jewish Persecution in Spain 15th The Black Disc Albert Lee Conquest of Granada 15th Leila Edward Bulwer Lytton Conquest of Granada 15th Westward With Columbus Gordon Stables Christopher Columbus, 1492 15th The God Seeker Peter Rosegger The Styrian Alps, 1493 15th Little Novels of Italy Maurice Hewlett Italian manners early 14th-late 15th century 15th SIXTEENTH CENTURY       The Honour of Savelli Sidney Levett-Yeats Italy--the Borgias 16th The Challenge of Barletta Massimo D'Azeglio Gonsalvo di Cordova, etc 16th The Maid of Florence (or Niccolo de Lapi) Massimo D'Azeglio Florence, 1529-1530 16th True Heart Frederick Breton Switzerland, 1514-25 (Erasmus, etc) 16th In the Blue Pike Georg Ebers Germany--time of Maximilian 16th Chronicles of the Schönberg-Cotta Family Elizabeth R. Charles The Reformation 16th Barbara Blomberg Georg Ebers Charles V and Luther 16th Lichtenstein Wilhelm Hauff Germany, early 16th Century 16th In the Olden Time Margaret Roberts Germany, early 16th Century 16th The Braes of Yarrow Charles Gibbon James V of Scotland (Flodden) 16th In the King's Favour Joyce E. Muddock James V of Scotland (Flodden) 16th Mary of Lorraine James Grant Battle of Pinkie, 1547 16th The Shrouded Face Owen Rhoscomyl Wales in Tudor times 16th By Right of Conquest George Alfred Henty Conquest of Mexico 16th The Fair God Lew Wallace Conquest of Mexico 16th Montezuma's Daughter H. Rider Haggard Conquest of Mexico 16th The Inca's Ransom Albert Lee Conquest of Peru 16th The Household of Sir Thomas More (g) Anne Manning Period of Henry VIII 16th Henry VIII and His Court (or Catherine Parr) Louise (Luise) Muhlbach Period of Henry VIII 16th Windsor Castle (b) William Harrison Ainsworth Period of Henry VIII 16th Defender of the Faith Frank Mathew Period of Henry VIII 16th My Friend Anne (g) Jessie Armstrong Period of Henry VIII 16th The Armourer's 'Prentices (b) (g) Charlotte M. Yonge Period of Henry VIII 16th The House of the Wizard Mary Imlay Taylor Period of Henry VIII 16th When Knighthood Was in Flower Charles Major (or Edwin Caskoden) Period of Henry VIII 16th The White Queen Russell Garnier Mary Tudor, 1514 16th Freston Tower Richard Cobbold Time of Wolsey 16th Westminster Abbey Emma Robinson Wolsey, Cranmer, etc, 1527 16th Like a Rasen Fiddler Mary E. Shipley Destruction of the Monasteries, 1536 16th Under Bayard's Banner Henry Frith Chevalier de Bayard 16th The Two Dianas Alexandre Dumas Period of Francis I 16th John of Strathbourne R. D. Chetwode Period of Francis I 16th Marguerite de Roberval Thomas G. Marquis Period of Francis I 16th A Ward of the King Katherine S. Macquoid Period of Francis I 16th St. Leon William Godwin Battle of Pavia, 1525 16th The Brigand (or Corse de Leon) G. P. R. James France, mid 16th Century 16th Ascanio Alexandre Dumas France, mid 16th Century(1540) 16th The Page of the Duke of Savoy Alexandre Dumas Period of Charles V (1528-80) 16th Royal Favour A. S. C. Wallis (or Adele Opzoomer) Melanchthon & Eric XIV of Sweden 16th The Prince and the Pauper (b) (g) Mark Twain Edward VI 16th The Maid of London Bridge (g) S. Gibney Edward VI 16th The Colloquies of Edward Osborne (b) (g) Anne Manning Edward VI--Mary 16th Seething Days (b) (g) Caroline C. Holroyd Edward VI--Mary 16th The Tower of London (b) William Harrison Ainsworth Period of Mary 16th The Royal Sisters Frank Mathew Period of Mary 16th Lest We Forget Joseph Hocking Period of Mary 16th The Story of Francis Cludde Stanley Weyman England and the Netherlands 16th The Scarlet Judges Eliza F. Pollard Netherlands--Inquisition & Revolt against Spain 16th My Lady of Orange H. C. Bailey Netherlands--Inquisition & Revolt against Spain 16th By Pike and Dyke George Alfred Henty Netherlands--Inquisition & Revolt against Spain 16th By England's Aid George Alfred Henty Netherlands--Inquisition & Revolt against Spain 16th Lysbeth H. Rider Haggard Netherlands--Inquisition & Revolt against Spain 16th True to the Prince Gertrude Bell Netherlands--Inquisition & Revolt against Spain 16th In Troubled Times A. S. C. Wallis (or Adele Opzoomer) Netherlands--Inquisition & Revolt against Spain 16th The Master Beggars L. Cope Cornford Netherlands--Inquisition & Revolt against Spain 16th Ludovic and Gertrude Hendrik Conscience Netherlands--Inquisition & Revolt against Spain 16th The Beggars Jacob B. de Liefde Netherlands--Inquisition & Revolt against Spain (Roman Catholic standpoint) 16th For Faith and Fatherland Mary Bramston Netherlands--Inquisition & Revolt against Spain 16th Shut In Evelyn Everett-Green Siege of Antwerp 16th The Spanish Brothers Deborah Alcock Spain--The Inquisition 16th In Fair Granada Evelyn Everett-Green Spain--Time of Philip II 16th In the Palace of the King Francis Marion Crawford Spain--Time of Philip II 16th The Traitor's Way Sidney Levett-Yeats France--Conspiracy of Amboise 16th (About) Catherine de Medici Honore de Balzac Catherine de Medici and her Policy 16th Klytia George Taylor (or Adolph Hausrath) Germany--Erastus 16th For the Religion Hamilton Drummond France / Coligny, etc 16th A Man of His Age Hamilton Drummond France / Coligny, etc 16th Marguerite de Valois (or Queen Margot) - (#1 in the Valois series) Alexandre Dumas France / Coligny, St. Bartholomew 16th A Chronicle of the Reign of Charles IX Prosper Merimee France / Coligny, St. Bartholomew 16th The House of the Wolf Stanley Weyman France / Coligny, St. Bartholomew 16th Count Hannibal Stanley Weyman France / Coligny, St. Bartholomew 16th The Chaplet of Pearls Charlotte M. Yonge France / Coligny, St. Bartholomew 16th An Enemy to the King Robert N. Stephens Henry of Guise 16th A Gentleman of France Stanley Weyman Period of the League 16th Under the Spell of the Fleur de Lis William H. Johnson Henry of Navarre 16th The King's Henchman William H. Johnson Henry of Navarre 16th The Helmet of Navarre Bertha Runkle Henry of Navarre 16th A King's Pawn Hamilton Drummond Henry of Navarre 16th Chevalier d'Auriac Sidney Levett-Yeats Henry of Navarre 16th From the Memoirs of a Minister of France Stanley Weyman Henry of Navarre 16th La Dame de Monsoreau (or Chicot the Jester) - (#2 in the Valois series) Alexandre Dumas French Court, etc (1578) 16th The Forty Five (Guardsmen) - (#3 in the Valois series) Alexandre Dumas French Court, etc (1585) 16th Beatrice Cenci Francesco D. Guerrazzi Italy, late Sixteenth Century 16th The Terrible Czar Aleksey Tolstoy Russia--Ivan IV 16th A Boyar of the Terrible Frederick Whishaw Russia--Ivan IV 16th Under the Southern Cross Deborah Alcock Peru--late 16th Century 16th The Flamingo Feather Kirk Munroe Huguenots in Florida 16th The Monastery Sir Walter Scott Melrose and District (1550) 16th The Abbot Sir Walter Scott Mary, Queen of Scots 16th The Queen's Maries George J. Whyte-Melville Mary, Queen of Scots 16th Unknown to History (g) Charlotte M. Yonge Mary, Queen of Scots 16th Mary Hamilton Lord Ernest Hamilton Mary, Queen of Scots 16th One Queen Triumphant Frank Mathew Mary, Queen of Scots 16th Magdalen Hepburn Margaret Oliphant Mary, Queen of Scots (Knox) 16th Kenilworth (b) (g) Sir Walter Scott Elizabeth I 16th Westward Ho! (b) (g) Charles Kingsley Elizabeth I 16th For God and Gold Julian Corbett Elizabeth I 16th By Stroke of Sword Andrew Balfour Elizabeth I 16th Sons of Adversity L. Cope Cornford Elizabeth I 16th A Gentleman Player Robert N. Stephens Elizabeth I 16th Sir Ludar (b) Talbot Baines Reed Elizabeth I 16th Maelcho Emily Lawless Irish Rebellion 16th Guavas the Tinner Sabine Baring-Gould The Devonshire Tinneries 16th The White King of Manoa Joseph Hatton Sir Walter Raleigh, etc 16th Penshurst Castle (g) Emma Marshall Sir Philip Sydney 16th Master Skylark (b) (g) John Bennett Shakespeare 16th The Outlaws of the Marches Lord Ernest Hamilton Scotland (1587) 16th The Flight of the Eagle Standish O'Grady Ireland late 16th Century 16th With Essex in Ireland Emily Lawless Ireland (1599) 16th SEVENTEENTH CENTURY       The Fortunes of Nigel (b) (g) Sir Walter Scott Time of James I 17th The Lancashire Witches (b) William Harrison Ainsworth Time of James I 17th The Black Tor (b) George Manville Fenn Time of James I 17th In the Days of King James Sidney H. Burchell Time of James I 17th Romance of the Lady Arbell Alastor Graeme (or Mrs. Frederick T. Marryat) Time of James I 17th Judith Shakespeare William Black Time of James I 17th The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn (g) Evelyn Everett-Green Time of the Gunpowder Plot 17th Standish of Standish Jane G. Austin America--Pilgrim Fathers 17th Soldier Rigdale Beulah M. Dix America--Pilgrim Fathers 17th Longfeather the Peacemaker Kirk Munroe America--Pilgrim Fathers 17th By Order of the Company (or To Have and to Hold) Mary Johnston Old Virginia, 1622 17th Merry-Mount John Lothrop Motley Plymouth Colony 17th Mistress Brent Lucy M. Thruston Maryland, 1636 17th Antonia Jessie Van Zile Belden Dutch in Hudson River Area 1640-50 17th The Duke's Servants Sidney H. Burchell The Duke of Buckingham (1624-8) 17th In High Places Mary Elizabeth Braddon Earlier years of Charles I 17th Whitehall Emma Robinson Earlier years of Charles I 17th Memoirs of a Cavalier Daniel Defoe English Civil War Period 17th The Cavaliers Samuel R. Keightley English Civil War Period 17th When Charles I Was King (b) Joseph S. Fletcher English Civil War Period 17th Holmby House (b) (g) George J. Whyte-Melville English Civil War Period 17th The Splendid Spur (b) Arthur Quiller-Couch (or "Q") English Civil War Period 17th With the King at Oxford (b) A. J. Church English Civil War Period 17th Mistress Spitfire Joseph S. Fletcher English Civil War Period 17th Cromwell's Own Arthur Paterson English Civil War Period 17th St. George and St. Michael George MacDonald English Civil War Period 17th Hugh Gwyeth (b) Beulah M. Dix English Civil War Period 17th Miriam Cromwell (g) Dora McChesney English Civil War Period 17th The Children of the New Forest Frederick Marryat English Civil War Period 17th For King and Kent Col. George H. Colomb English Civil War Period (Royalist standpoint) 17th To Right the Wrong (g) Edna Lyall Hampden 17th In Spite of All (g) Edna Lyall Falkland, Laud, etc 17th John Inglesant J. Henry Shorthouse England - Charles I / Italy - the Molinists 17th Under Salisbury Spire (g) Emma Marshall George Herbert 17th A Haunt of Ancient Peace (g) Emma Marshall Nicholas Ferrar 17th (The Maiden and Married Life of) Mary Powell Anne Manning John Milton (1643) 17th Old Blackfriars Beatrice Marshall Van Dyck 17th The Three Musketeers Alexandre Dumas France--Richelieu, etc 17th Under the Red Robe Stanley Weyman France--Richelieu, etc 17th The Man in Black Stanley Weyman France--Richelieu, etc 17th Cinq Mars Alfred de Vigny France--Richelieu, etc 17th Richelieu G. P. R. James France--Richelieu, etc 17th Captain Fracasse Theophile Gautier Strolling Players, pd of Louis XIII 17th A Daughter of France Eliza F. Pollard France and Acadia 17th The Betrothed (Lovers) Allesandro Manzoni Italy--the Plague in Milan, 1630 17th Rupert By the Grace of God Dora McChesney Prince Rupert's time 17th Stray Pearls Charlotte M. Yonge Prince Rupert's time 17th The Lion of the North George Alfred Henty Gustavus Adolphus 17th A Brave Resolve Jacob B. de Liefde Wallenstein 17th Baron and Squire Wilhelm Noeldechen Thirty Years War 17th Won by the Sword George Alfred Henty Thirty Years War 17th My Lady Rotha Stanley Weyman Thirty Years War 17th Red Axe Samuel R. Crockett Thirty Years War 17th The King's Ring (part of series "The Surgeon's Stories") Zacharias Topelius Thirty Years War 17th Der Deutsche Krieg (Series) Heinrich Laube Thirty Years War 17th Phillip Rollo James Grant Thirty Years War 17th Twenty Years After Alexandre Dumas France–pd of Mazarin, etc (1648-9) 17th The War of Women Alexandre Dumas France--Time of Mazarin, etc (1650) 17th Marie de Mancini Madame Sophie Gay France--Time of Mazarin, etc 17th The Silver Cross Samuel R. Keightley France--Time of Mazarin 17th Henry Masterton G. P. R. James England Civil War / France - the Fronde 17th Pretty Michal Mor (Maurus) Jokai Hungary, mid 17th Century 17th With Fire and Sword Henryk Sienkiewicz Poland & Russia, mid 17th Century 17th The Deluge (Sequel to "With Fire and Sword") Henryk Sienkiewicz Poland & Russia, mid 17th Century 17th Pan Michael (Sequel to "The Deluge") Henryk Sienkiewicz Poland & Russia, mid 17th Century 17th John Splendid Neil Munro Period of Montrose & the Covenant 17th The Legend of Montrose Sir Walter Scott Period of Montrose & the Covenant 17th Journal of the Lady Beatrix Graham Jane M. Fowler Smith Period of Montrose & the Covenant 17th The Angel of the Covenant J. Maclaren Cobban Period of Montrose & the Covenant 17th Kathleen Clare Dora McChesney Ireland, 1637-41 17th John Marmaduke (b) Samuel H. Church Ireland--Cromwellian wars 17th In the King's Service Captain Frederick S. Brereton Ireland--Cromwellian wars 17th Ethne (g) Mrs. E. M. Field (or Louise Frances Field) Ireland--Cromwellian wars 17th Harry Ogilvie James Grant Scotland--Cromwellian wars 17th The White King's Daughter Emma Marshall The Princess Elizabeth 17th In Colston's Days Emma Marshall Bristol, 1636-1720 17th Woodstock(b) (g) Sir Walter Scott Commonwealth period 17th Captain Jacobus (b) L. Cope Cornford Commonwealth period 17th After Worcester (g) Evelyn Everett-Green Commonwealth period 17th On Both Sides of the Sea (g) Elizabeth R. Charles Commonwealth period 17th The Making of Christopher Ferringham Beulah M. Dix Commonwealth period (New England) 17th Deborah's Diary (Sequel to "The Maiden and Married Life of Mary Powell") Anne Manning Milton's Daughter 17th Adam Hepburn's Vow Annie S. Swan Scotland--Kirk and Covenant 17th Friend Olivia Amelia E. Barr George Fox, the Quaker 17th The Shadow of a Crime Hall Caine Quakers at the Restoration 17th A Gallant Quaker Margaret H. Roberton George Fox and William Penn 17th The Romance of Dollard Mary H. Catherwood French in Canada 17th Tara (Philip) Meadows Taylor India, 1657 17th Brambletye House Horace Smith Commonwealth--Charles II 17th God Save the King Ronald MacDonald Commonwealth--Charles II 17th Peveril of the Peak Sir Walter Scott Time of Charles II 17th London Pride Mary Elizabeth Braddon Time of Charles II 17th Daniel Herrick Sidney H. Burchell Time of Charles II 17th I Lived as I Listed Arthur L. Maitland Time of Charles II 17th The Puritan's Wife Max Pemberton Time of Charles II 17th Whitefriars (b) Emma Robinson Time of Charles II 17th The Robber G. P. R. James Time of Charles II 17th Silas Verney (b) Edgar Pickering Time of Charles II 17th Cherry and Violet (g) Anne Manning Time of Charles II 17th History of the Plague [in London] (or A Journal of the Plague Year) Daniel Defoe Time of Charles II (Plague) 17th Old Saint Paul's (b) William Harrison Ainsworth Time of Charles II (Plague) 17th The Dagger and the Cross Joseph Hatton Time of Charles II (Eyam) 17th Traitor of Patriot? (b) (g) Mary C. Rowsell Time of Charles II (Rye House Plot) 17th Simon Dale Anthony Hope Time of Charles II 17th Nell Gwyn, Comedian Frankfort Moore Time of Charles II 17th In the Golden Days (g) Edna Lyall Pd of Charles II (Algernon Sidney) 17th Sir Ralph Esher Leigh Hunt Time of Charles II 17th Mary Hollis Hendrik Jan Schimmel Time of Charles II 17th Old Mortality (b) (g) Sir Walter Scott Bothwell Bridge, 1679 17th The Men of Moss Hags Samuel R. Crockett Bothwell Bridge, 1679 17th John Burnet of Barns John Buchan Scotland / Low Countries (1678-88) 17th Winchester Meads (g) Emma Marshall Bishop Ken 17th In the East Country with Sir Thomas Browne Emma Marshall About the author of "Religio Medici" 17th In the Choir of Westminster Abbey Emma Marshall Purcell the Composer 17th The Carved Cartoon (g) Austin Clare Grinling Gibbons 17th Spinoza Berthold Auerbach Romance of Spinoza the Philosopher 17th 'Midst the Wild Carpathians Mor (Maurus) Jokai Transylvania, 1666 17th The Black Tulip Alexandre Dumas William of Orange, 1672 17th The Vicomte de Bragelonne Alexandre Dumas France--Louis XIV 17th Belle Rose Amedee Achard France--Louis XIV 17th In the Day of Adversity John Bloundelle-Burton France--Louis XIV 17th The Scourge of God John Bloundelle-Burton France--Louis XIV (Huguenots) 17th The Refugees Arthur Conan Doyle Louis XIV--Old and New World 17th The Black Wolf's Breed Harris Dickson Louis XIV--Old and New World 17th The King's Signet Eliza F. Pollard Madame de Maintenon, etc 17th The Marchioness of Brinvilliers Albert Smith Marquise de Brinvilliers, the poisoner 17th The Golden Fleece Amedee Achard Turkish Wars (Louis XIV) 17th His Counterpart Russell M. Garnier Wars of Turenne (John Churchill) 17th The Clash of Arms John Bloundelle-Burton Wars of Turenne (John Churchill) 17th Uncrowning a King Edward S. Ellis America--King Philip's war 17th The Old Dominion (or Prisoners of Hope) Mary Johnston Virginia, late 17th Century 17th Vivian of Virginia Hulbert Fuller Virginia, late 17th Century 17th The Hearth's Highway Mary E. Wilkins (or Mary E. W. Freeman) Virginia, late 17th Century 17th A Reputed Changeling (g) Charlotte M. Yonge Period of Charles II--William III 17th The Rebel H. B. Marriott Watson Rising at Taunton, 1684 17th Lorna Doone (b) (g) R. D. Blackmore James II--Monmouth Rebellion 17th For Faith and Freedom (b) Walter Besant James II--Monmouth Rebellion 17th Micah Clarke (b) Arthur Conan Doyle James II--Monmouth Rebellion 17th In Taunton Town (g) Evelyn Everett-Green James II--Monmouth Rebellion 17th The Blue Flag Max Hillary James II--Monmouth Rebellion 17th Urith Sabine Baring-Gould James II--Monmouth Rebellion 17th Deb Clavel (g) Mary E. Palgrave James II--Monmouth Rebellion 17th Duke of Monmouth Gerald Griffin James II--Monmouth Rebellion 17th In the Service of Rachel, Lady Russell (g) Emma Marshall Period of James II 17th The Standard Bearer Samuel R. Crockett Period of James II (Covenanters) 17th The Courtship of Morice Buckler (b) A. E. W. Mason Period of James II(1685-7) 17th The Sword of the King Ronald MacDonald William of Orange 17th The Outlaw Mrs. S. C. Hall (or Anna Maria Hall) Revolution period (1688) 17th The Lifeguardsman Hendrik Jan Schimmel Revolution period (1688) 17th The Scottish Cavalier James Grant Battle of Killiecrankie 17th Ringan Gilhaize John Galt Battle of Killiecrankie 17th Lochinvar Samuel R. Crockett Battle of Killiecrankie 17th Mistress Dorothy Marvin John C. Snaith Period of Judge Jeffreys, etc 17th Blue Pavilions(b) Arthur Quiller-Couch (or "Q") William III 17th Kensington Palace (g) Emma Marshall William III 17th My Mistress the Queen (g) Mary Anna Paull Mary & William / Charles II - William III 17th By the North Sea (g) Emma Marshall Cromwell's Grand-daughter 17th A Man's Foes (b) (g) Euphans Helen Strain Siege of Derry (1689) 17th The Crimson Sign Samuel R. Keightley Siege of Derry (1689) 17th In the Wake of King James Standish O'Grady Siege of Derry (1689) 17th The Boyne Water John Banim Battle of the Boyne (1690) 17th The MacMahon Owen Blayney Battle of the Boyne (1690) 17th Redmond Count O'Hanlon William Carleton Battle of Aughrim 17th The Bride of Lammermoor Sir Walter Scott East Lothian, 1695 17th On the Red Staircase Mary Imlay Taylor Russia--early days of Peter the Great 17th The Lion Cub Frederick Whishaw Russia--early days of Peter the Great 17th The Road to Frontenac Samuel Merwin French occupation of Canada 17th The Trail of the Sword Gilbert Parker French occupation of Canada 17th The Young Pioneers Evelyn Everett-Green La Salle, the French Explorer 17th The Begum's Daughter Edwin L. Bynner New York (Jacob Leisler) 17th In Furthest Ind Sydney C. Grier East India Company, 1697 17th Darien Eliot Warburton William Paterson / Darien Scheme 17th Mazeppa Frederick Whishaw Mazeppa / Cossacks 17th - 18th Century 17th Monsieur Martin Wymond Carey Sweden from 1699 (Charles XII) 17th A Lady of Quality Frances Hodgson Burnett Social Life, end of 17th Century 17th His Grace of Osmonde Frances Hodgson Burnett Social Life, end of 17th Century 17th A Set of Rogues Frank Barrett Algerine Pirates, etc 17th EIGHTEENTH CENTURY       The Pirate Sir Walter Scott Shetland and Orkney Islands, 1700 18th (History of Henry) Esmond William Makepeace Thackeray Time of Anne 18th Devereux Edward Bulwer Lytton Time of Anne (England and Abroad) 18th Saint James's (b) William Harrison Ainsworth Time of Anne 18th The Old Chelsea Bun House (g) Anne Manning Time of Anne 18th Across the Salt Seas John Bloundelle-Burton Time of Anne (Battle of Blenheim) 18th The Queen's Serf Elsa D'Esterre Keeling Time of Anne 18th Mohawks Mary Elizabeth Braddon Time of Anne 18th In King's Houses Julia C. R. Dorr Time of Anne 18th The Bravest of the Brave (b) George Alfred Henty Time of Anne (Peterborough) 18th The Cornet of Horse (b) (g) George Alfred Henty Time of Anne (Duke of Marlborough) 18th In the Irish Brigade George Alfred Henty Time of Anne (Foreign Wars) 18th Tom Tufton's Travels (b) (g) Evelyn Everett-Green Time of Anne 18th Tom Tufton's Toll (b) (g) Evelyn Everett-Green Time of Anne 18th Esther Vanhomrigh Margaret L. Woods Dean Swift 18th The Black Dwarf Sir Walter Scott Scottish Lowlands 1706 (Jacobites) 18th An Imperial Lover Mary Imlay Taylor Russia--Peter the Great 18th Boris the Bear-Hunter Frederick Whishaw Russia (from late 17th Century) 18th A Lost Army Frederick Whishaw Russia (from late 17th Century) 18th For the King Charles Gibbon Time of George I 18th The Heritage of Langdale Mrs. Alexander (or Annie Hector) Time of George I 18th Parson Kelly A. E. W. Mason & Andrew Lang Time of George I 18th Duance Pendray (g) G. Norway Time of George I (Cornish Jacobites) 18th Monsieur Beaucaire Booth Tarkington Bath--early 18th Century 18th The Raiders Samuel R. Crockett Galloway--early 18th Century 18th The Dark O' the Moon Samuel R. Crockett Galloway--early 18th Century 18th Rob Roy (b) Sir Walter Scott The Jacobites 18th Dorothy Forster (b) (g) Walter Besant The Jacobites 18th A Daughter of Strife Jane Helen Findlater The Jacobites 18th A Loyal Little Maid (g) Sarah Tytler The Jacobites 18th To Arms! Andrew Balfour The Jacobites 18th Clementina A. E. W. Mason Clementina Sobieski / Jacobites 18th A Jacobite Exile George Alfred Henty Charles XII of Sweden 18th Times of Charles XII Zacharias Topelius Charles XII of Sweden 18th Le Chevalier d'Harmental (or The Conspirators) Alexandre Dumas France--the Regency (1718) 18th The Regent's Daughter (Sequel to "Le Chevalier d'Harmental") Alexandre Dumas France--the Regency (1719) 18th The Yemassee William Gilmore Simms South Carolina, 1715 18th Free to Serve Emma Rayner Colonial New York 18th Audrey Mary Johnston Virginia, in George I-II Period 18th Halil the Pedlar Mor (Maurus) Jokai Stambul, 1730 18th The Miser's Daughter (b) William Harrison Ainsworth Time of George II 18th The World Went Very Well Then Walter Besant Time of George II 18th Hearth of Midlothian Sir Walter Scott Time of George II (Porteous Riots) 18th Willowdene Will Halliwell Sutcliffe Time of George II 18th The Gipsy G. P. R. James Time of George II 18th Ned Leger (b) George Manville Fenn Time of George II 18th Roderick Random Tobias G. Smollett Time of George II 18th Treasure Trove Samuel Lover Time of George II (Fontenoy) 18th Where Honour Leads Marian Francis Time of George II (Fontenoy) 18th The House Divided H. B. Marriott Watson Time of George II 18th Lady Grizel Lewis Wingfield Time of George II 18th For the White Rose of Arno Owen Rhoscomyl Wales, in 1745 18th Waverley (b) (g) Sir Walter Scott The Jacobites 18th Mistress Nancy Molesworth (g) Joseph Hocking The Jacobites 18th The Fortunes of Claude (b) Edgar Pickering The Jacobites 18th A Lost Lady of Old Years John Buchan The Jacobites 18th Denounced John Bloundelle-Burton The Jacobites 18th Ricroft of Withens Halliwell Sutcliffe The Jacobites 18th The Master of Ballantrae (b) (g) Robert Louis Stevenson The Jacobites 18th An Exiled Scot H. A. Bryden The Jacobites (The Cape) 18th Sir Sergeant W. L. Watson The Jacobites 18th Kidnapped (b) (g) Robert Louis Stevenson Scotland, 1751 18th Catriona (or David Balfour) - (Sequel to "Kidnapped") (b) (g) Robert Louis Stevenson Scotland, 1751 18th The Shoes of Fortune Neil Munro Jacobites, 1755 18th The Birthright Joseph Hocking Time of John Wesley (Cornwall) 18th Humphrey Clinker Tobias G. Smollett Manners, mid 18th Century 18th The Chaplain of the Fleet (g) Walter Besant and J. Rice Manners, mid 18th Century 18th Moonfleet John Meade Falkner Smugglers, 1757 18th The Master of the Musicians Emma Marshall Handel, 1742-1759 18th Peg Woffington Charles Reade The Stage, mid 18th Century 18th The Jessamy Bride F. Frankfort Moore Goldsmith, Garrick, etc 18th Memoirs of Barry Lyndon William Makepeace Thackeray Fashion, middle to end of 18th Century 18th The Bath Comedy Agnes & Egerton Castle Bath, middle of 18th Century 18th The Dutchman's Fireside James K. Paulding New York, mid 18th Century 18th In Old New York Wilson Barrett & Elwyn Barron New York, mid 18th Century 18th Agnes Surriage Edwin L. Bynner Boston, mid 18th Century 18th Fairfax John Esten Cooke Valley of the Shenandoah, 1748-81 18th With Clive in India George Alfred Henty India, mid 18th Century 18th Ralph Darnell (Philip) Meadows Taylor India, mid 18th Century 18th Like Another Helen Sydney C. Grier India, mid 18th Century 18th Ivan de Biron Sir Arthur Helps Russia, mid 18th Century 18th The King's "Blue Boys" Sheila E. Braine Frederick William I of Prussia 18th The Citizen of Prague Henriette W. von Paalzow Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria 18th The Countess of Rudolstadt (Sequel to "Consuelo") George Sand Time of Frederick the Great 18th Consuelo George Sand Time of Frederick the Great 18th Frederick the Great and His Family Louise (Luise) Muhlbach Time of Frederick the Great 18th (The Lively Adventures of) Gavin Hamilton Molly Elliot Seawell The Seven Years War 18th With Frederick the Great George Alfred Henty The Seven Years War 18th A Fallen Star Charles Lowe The Seven Years War 18th Amyot Brough (g) E. Vincent Briton England & Canada, mid 18th Century 18th The Forge in the Forest Charles G. D. Roberts Canada, mid 18th Century 18th A Sister to Evangeline Charles G. D. Roberts Canada, mid 18th Century 18th At War With Pontiac Kirk Munroe Canada, mid 18th Century 18th The Seats of the Mighty Gilbert Parker The Taking of Quebec 18th The Last of the Mohicans James Fenimore Cooper Montcalm, 1757 18th The Story of Old Fort Loudon Charles Egbert Craddock (or Mary Noailles Murfree) North America, 1758 (French War) 18th Fortune's My Foe John Bloundelle-Burton Cartagena, 1758 18th The Virginians William Makepeace Thackeray America and England, George II-III 18th The Golden Dog William Kirby Quebec, in the days of Louis XV 18th Olympe de Cleves Alexandre Dumas France, Louis XV 18th The House of de Mailly Margaret H. Potter France, Louis XV 18th The Little Huguenot Max Pemberton France, Louis XV 18th The Last Recruit of Clare's Samuel R. Keightley Irish Brigade stories 18th The Favor of Princes Mark L. Luther Adventure in time of Louis XV 18th Memoirs of a Physician (#1 in Marie Antoinette series) Alexandre Dumas Louis XV-XVI (1770-74) 18th The Queen's Necklace (#2 in Marie Antoinette series) Alexandre Dumas Court of Louis XVI (1784-5) 18th The Countess Eve J. Henry Shorthouse Burgundy, 1785 18th In Exitu Israel Sabine Baring-Gould Church and State in France, 1788-9 18th The King with Two Faces Mary E. Coleridge Gustavus III of Sweden 18th Many Ways of Love Frederick Whishaw Russia, time of Catharine II 18th A Forbidden Name Frederick Whishaw Russia, time of Catharine II 18th The Turkish Automaton Sheila E. Braine Russia, time of Catharine II 18th The Pride of Jennico Agnes & Egerton Castle Moravia, 1771 18th Redgauntlet Sir Walter Scott Time of George III 18th Guy Mannering Sir Walter Scott Time of George III 18th Katerfelto George J. Whyte-Melville Time of George III (Exmoor) 18th The Orange Girl Walter Besant Time of George III 18th The Rock of the Lion Molly Elliot Seawell Time of George III (Siege of Gibraltar) 18th Barnaby Rudge (b) (g) Charles Dickens Time of George III (Gordon Riots) 18th The Maid of Sker (g) R. D. Blackmore Time of George III 18th Miss Angel (g) Miss Thackeray (or Anne Thackeray Ritchie) Art (Reynolds and Angelica Kauffmann) 18th The Fatal Gift F. Frankfort Moore The Sisters Gunning 18th A Nest of Linnets F. Frankfort Moore R. B. Sheridan, Johnson, etc 18th The Surgeon's Daughter Sir Walter Scott Fifeshire, Isle of Wight, India (1780) 18th The Castle Inn Stanley Weyman English Manners, late 18th Century 18th The Tone King (or Mozart; a biographical romance) Heribert Rau Mozart 18th The Virginia Comedians John Esten Cooke Virginia, 1763-5 18th Alice of Old Vincennes Maurice Thompson Fort Vincennes (Clark's Conquest) 18th The Green Mountain Boys Daniel P. Thompson American Revolution 18th Lionel Lincoln James Fenimore Cooper American Revolution (Bunker Hill) 18th The Spy James Fenimore Cooper American Revolution (Hudson River district) 18th The Pilot James Fenimore Cooper American Revolution (Paul Jones) 18th Richard Carvel Winston Churchill American Revolution 18th Hugh Wynne Silas Weir Mitchell American Revolution (Washington) 18th A Great Treason Mary A. M. Hoppus Marks American Revolution (Benedict Arnold) 18th A Soldier of Virginia Burton E. Stevenson American Revolution 18th Philip Winwood Robert N. Stephens American Revolution 18th Love Like a Gipsy Bernard Capes American Revolution 18th Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford American Revolution 18th The Tory Lover Sarah Orne Jewett American Revolution (Paul Jones) 18th Cardigan Robert W. Chambers American Revolution 18th The Forayers William Gilmore Simms American Revolution 18th Eutaw William Gilmore Simms American Revolution 18th Horse-Shoe Robinson John P. Kennedy Virginia, 1780 18th The Duke of Stockbridge Edward Bellamy Massachusetts (Shays' Rebellion) 18th Ange Pitou (#3 in Marie Antoinette series) Alexandre Dumas French Revolution period 18th La Comtesse de Charny (or the Countess of Charny) - (#4 in Marie Antoinette series) Alexandre Dumas French Revolution period (1789-94) 18th Chevalier de Maison Rouge (#5 in Marie Antoinette series) Alexandre Dumas French Revolution period (1793) 18th The Story of a Peasant Erckmann-Chatrian French Revolution pd (1789-1815) 18th The Reds of the Midi Felix Gras French Revolution period 18th The Terror Felix Gras French Revolution period 18th The White Terror Felix Gras French Revolution period 18th A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens French Revolution period 18th L'An '93 (or Ninety-Three) Victor Hugo French Revolution period 18th My Lady Marcia Eliza F. Pollard French Revolution period 18th The Atelier du Lys Margaret Roberts French Revolution period 18th On the Edge of the Storm Margaret Roberts French Revolution period 18th Citoyenne Jacqueline Sarah Tytler French Revolution period 18th La Vendee (or The She-Wolves of Machecoul) Anthony Trollope French Revolution period 18th The Red Cockade Stanley Weyman French Revolution period 18th Mademoiselle Mathilde Henry Kingsley French Revolution period 18th The Adventures of Francois Silas Weir Mitchell French Revolution period 18th A Storm-Rent Sky Matilda Betham-Edwards French Revolution period 18th The Adventures of the Comte de la Muette Bernard Capes French Revolution period 18th Our Lady of Darkness Bernard Capes French Revolution period 18th The Red Shirts Paul Gaulot French Revolution period 18th A Girl of the Multitude William Trowbridge French Revolution period 18th The Little Saint of God Lady F. Cunningham French Revolution period 18th St. Katherine's by the Tower Walter Besant French Revolution pd-England 1793 18th At the Sign of the Guillotine Harold Spender Robespierre, 1794 18th The Parson's Daughter (g) Emma Marshall George Romney, the Painter 18th The Maid of Maiden Lane Amelia E. Barr New York, 1791 18th Arthur Mervyn Charles Brockden Brown Philadelphia, 1793 (yellow fever) 18th Ropes of Sand Robert E. Francillon North Devon, 1793 18th A Business in Great Waters Julian Corbett Sussex Smugglers / French Conspirators 18th The Whites and the Blues Alexandre Dumas Rise of Napoleon (1793-9) 18th The Choir Invisible James Lane Allen Kentucky, 1795 18th The Mills of God Elinor Macartney Lane Virginia and England 18th The King's Own Frederick Marryat Mutiny at the Nore, 1797 18th The Admiral Douglas Sladen Nelson, 1798-9 18th The Battle of the Strong Gilbert Parker Jersey, etc, end of 18th Century 18th In Press-Gang Days (b) Edgar Pickering Battle of the Nile, etc 18th The Antiquary Sir Walter Scott Scotch Manners end of 18th Century 18th The King's Deputy Henry A. Hinkson Dublin in time of Grattan 18th Rory O'More Samuel Lover Ireland (the '98 Rebellion) 18th Kathleen Mavourneen Randal McDonnell Ireland (the '98 Rebellion) 18th Two Chiefs of Dunboy James A. Froude Ireland (the '98 Rebellion) 18th The Rebels M. McDonnell Bodkin Ireland (the '98 Rebellion) 18th Up for the Green Henry A. Hinkson Ireland (the '98 Rebellion) 18th The Croppy John and Michael Banim Ireland (the '98 Rebellion) 18th The Inimitable Mrs. Massingham Herbert Compton Gretna Green & Botany Bay, 1799 18th The Companions of Jehu Alexandre Dumas Napoleon in Egypt (1799-1800) 18th The Minister's Wooing Harriet Beecher Stowe US Manners - late 18th / early 19th century 18th Little Jarvis Molly Elliot Seawell US quarrel with France 1798-1800 18th The Hungarian Brothers Anna Maria Porter Vienna, end of 18th century 18th NINETEENTH CENTURY (EARLY AND MID)       The Chouans Honore de Balzac Brittany in 1800 19th Rodney Stone Arthur Conan Doyle English Social Life, early 19th cent 19th My Lords of Strogue Lewis Wingfield Ireland at the Union 19th Swallow Barn John P. Kennedy Virginian Life, early 19th Century 19th Blennerhassett Charles Felton Pidgin America--time of Aaron Burr 19th A Son of the Revolution Elbridge S. Brooks America--time of Aaron Burr 19th The Man Without a Country Edward Everet Hale America--time of Aaron Burr 1805-7 19th At the Point of the Bayonet (b) George Alfred Henty Battle of Assaye, etc 19th The Hour and the Man Harriet Martineau Toussaint L'Ouverture 19th The Adventures of a Goldsmith Miss M. H. Bourchier France; Royalist Conspiracy 19th Picciola Xavier B. Saintine (or Joseph Boniface) Earlier Napoleonic period 19th A Boy of the First Empire Elbridge S. Brooks Napoleon, Fouche, etc (1806-15) 19th When George III Was King (b) Amyot Sagon Time of Nelson 19th Springhaven R. D. Blackmore Time of Nelson (Trafalgar) 19th Trafalgar Benito Perez Galdos Time of Nelson 19th Afloat With Nelson (b) Charles H. Eden Time of Nelson (Trafalgar) 19th Ruhe Ist Die Erste Burgerflicht Willibald Alexis Prussia--Invasion of Napoleon, etc 19th Isegrimm Willibald Alexis Prussia--Invasion of Napoleon, etc 19th Rafael Ernest Daudet Spain--Charles IV and Napoleon 19th Tom Burke (of "Ours") Charles Lever French Wars (Consulate--Empire) 19th Adventures of an Aide-de-Camp James Grant Battle of Maida, 1806 19th Charles O'Malley Charles Lever Peninsular War 19th Alice Lorraine (g) R. D. Blackmore Peninsular War 19th The Romance of War (b) James Grant Peninsular War 19th With Moore at Corunna (b) George Alfred Henty Peninsular War 19th Under Wellington's Command (b) George Alfred Henty Peninsular War 19th The Subaltern George R. Gleig Peninsular War 19th The Bivouac William H. Maxwell Peninsular War 19th Sons of the Sword Margaret L. Woods Peninsular War 19th With the Red Eagle William Westall Austria, early 19th Century 19th A Red Bridal William Westall Austria, early 19th Century (Hofer) 19th War and Peace Leo Tolstoy Napoleon's Russian Campaign 19th Kenneth Charlotte M. Yonge Napoleon's Russian Campaign 19th Through Russian Snows George Alfred Henty Napoleon's Russian Campaign 19th Shirley Charlotte Bronte The Luddite Riots 19th Forest Folk James Prior The Luddite Riots 19th An Ocean Free Lance W. Clark Russell Privateering in 1812 19th St. Ronan's Well Sir Walter Scott Near Firth of Forth, 1812 19th D'Ri and I Irving Bacheller America--War of 1812 19th The Big Brother George C. Eggleston US--War of 1812 / Indian War, 1813 19th In the Year '13 Fritz Reuter French occupation of Mecklenburg 19th Uncle Bernac Arthur Conan Doyle Napoleon and his time 19th Exploits of Brigadier Gerard Arthur Conan Doyle Napoleon and his time 19th The Shadow of the Sword Robert Buchanan Napoleon and his time (Elba) 19th Grantley Fenton (b) Matilda Maria Blake Napoleon and his time (Elba) 19th Vengeance is Mine Andrew Balfour Napoleon and his time (Elba) 19th Face to Face with Napoleon (b) (g) O. V. Caine Napoleon and his time 19th In the Year of Waterloo (b) (g) O. V. Caine Napoleon and his time 19th One of the 28th (b) George Alfred Henty Napoleon and his time (Waterloo) 19th The Blockade (of Phalsburg) Erckmann-Chatrian Napoleon and his time 19th The Conscript Erckmann-Chatrian Napoleon and his time 19th Waterloo (Sequel to "The Conscript") Erckmann-Chatrian Napoleon and his time 19th Stories of Waterloo William H. Maxwell Napoleon and his time 19th The Great Shadow Arthur Conan Doyle Napoleon and his time (Waterloo) 19th St. Ives Robert Louis Stevenson French prisoner in England, 1813-14 19th Cheap Jack Zita Sabine Baring-Gould The Fen Riots 19th Les Miserables Victor Hugo France, 1815 19th Lazarre Mary H. Catherwood Son of Louis XVI / France & US 1795-1815 19th The Nameless Castle Mor (Maurus) Jokai Daughter of Louis XVI (Hungary in Napoleonic pd) 19th Lords of the North Agnes C. Laut Canada--Hudson Bay & NW Companies 19th The Revolution in Tanner's Lane Mark Rutherford Nonconformity, early 19th Century 19th The Manchester Man Mrs. G. L. Banks (or Isabella Varley Banks) Manchester early 19th Century (Peterloo) 19th Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray "High Life," George III-IV 19th Mis'ess Joy John Le Breton Last Years of the Regency 19th Yeoman Fleetwood Mary E. Francis (or Mrs. Blundell) Last Years of the Regency 19th A Lady of the Regency Maud Stepney Rawson Time of George IV 19th Taken From the Enemy Henry Newbolt Pd of George IV-Napoleon plot 1821 19th Royal Georgie Sabine Baring-Gould Time of George IV 19th The Vintage E. F. Benson Greek War of Independence, 1821 19th The Capsina E. F. Benson Greek War of Independence, 1821 19th Black Prophet William Carleton Ireland, in 1822 19th The Whiteboy Mrs. S. C. Hall (or Anna Maria Hall) Ireland, in 1822 19th Hungarian Nabob Mor (Maurus) Jokai Hungary, 1822 19th The Green Book Mor (Maurus) Jokai Russia, 1825 19th Thaddeus of Warsaw Jane Porter Poland, about 1830 19th The Fiery Dawn Mary E. Coleridge Duchesse de Berri (1831-2) 19th The Last Vendee (or The She-Wolves of Machecoul) Alexandre Dumas Duchesse de Berri (1795-1843) 19th The Firebrand Samuel R. Crockett Spain--Queen Cristina and Carlists 19th In Kedar's Tents Henry S. Merriman The Carlists 19th For the Right Karl Emil Franzos Carpathian district, 1835 19th Middlemarch George Eliot Time of William IV 19th Felix Holt George Eliot Time of William IV 19th Under the Mendips (g) Emma Marshall Time of William IV (Bristol Riots) 19th Trewern R. M. Thomas Time of William IV (Wales) 19th Swallow H. Rider Haggard South Africa--the Great Trek, 1836 19th John Charity H. A. Vachell Early Victoria (Hants and California) 19th Alton Locke Charles Kingsley Early Victorian period (Chartists) 19th Sybil Benjamin Disraeli Early Victorian period (Chartists) 19th To Herat and Cabul George Alfred Henty First Afghan War 19th Castle Richmond Anthony Trollope Irish Famine 19th Castle Daly (g) Annie Keary Irish Famine 19th Mononia Justin McCarthy Ireland, 1848 19th Ishmael Mary Elizabeth Braddon France; Louis Philippe; Napoleon III 19th Journeyman Love Maud Stepney Rawson France (Period of the '48 Revolution) 19th Mademoiselle Mori Margaret Roberts Italian Revolution, 1848 19th Doctor Antonio Giovanni Ruffini Italian Revolution, 1848 19th Vittoria George Meredith Italian Revolution, 1848 19th For Freedom Tighe Hopkins War of Italian Liberation, 1859 19th Out With Garibaldi George Alfred Henty War of Italian Liberation, 1859 19th Debit and Credit Gustav Freytag Silesia, 1848 19th The Baron's Sons Mor (Maurus) Jokai Hungarian Revolution, 1848 19th Manasseh Mor (Maurus) Jokai Italy and Transylvania, 1848-59 19th Ravenshoe Henry Kingsley Period of Crimean War 19th Sevastopol Leo Tolstoy Period of Crimean War 19th The Interpreter George J. Whyte-Melville Period of Crimean War 19th By Celia's Arbour Walter Besant and J. Rice Period of Crimean War 19th A Gallant Grenadier (b) Captain Frederick S. Brereton Period of Crimean War 19th Seeta (Philip) Meadows Taylor Indian Mutiny 19th The Dilemma Sir George Chesney Indian Mutiny 19th On the Face of the Waters Flora Annie Steel Indian Mutiny (Siege of Delhi) 19th Flotsam Henry S. Merriman Indian Mutiny 19th For the Old Flag (b) Clive Robert Fenn Indian Mutiny 19th Jenetha's Venture Col. Alfred F. P. Harcourt Indian Mutiny 19th Eben Holden Irving Bacheller NY Journalism (Horace Greeley) 19th The Crisis Winston Churchill American Civil War period 19th The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane American Civil War period 19th With Lee in Virginia George Alfred Henty American Civil War period 19th The Deserter Harold Frederic American Civil War period 19th A Day in the Wilderness Harold Frederic American Civil War Period 19th The Copperhead and Other Tales Harold Frederic American Civil War Period 19th Who Goes There? B. K. Benson American Civil War period 19th Friend With the Countersign B. K. Benson American Civil War Period 19th The Cavalier George W. Cable American Civil War Period 19th Henry Bourland Albert Elmer Hancock American Civil War Period 19th Red Rock Thomas Nelson Page American Civil War Period (Reconstruction) 19th An Emperor's Doom Herbert Hayens Mexican War of Independence 19th Lay Down Your Arms Baroness Bertha von Suttner Foreign Wars, 1864-70 19th For Sceptre and Crown Gregor Samarow (or Johann F. M. O. Meding) Prussia v. Austria, 1866 19th The Member for Paris Eustace C. Grenville Murray France--Napoleon III 19th The Plebiscite Erckmann-Chatrian Franco-German War Period 19th Lorraine Robert W. Chambers Franco-German War Period 19th Valentin Henry Kingsley Franco-German War Period 19th The Isle of Unrest Henry S. Merriman Franco-German War Pd (Corsica) 19th The Garden of Swords Max Pemberton Franco-German War Pd (Strasburg) 19th Ashes of Empire Robert W. Chambers Franco-German War Period 19th The Downfall Emile Zola Franco-German War Period (Sedan) 19th Une Epoque (contains four novels)   Le Desastre [Metz 1870]   Les Troncons du Glaive [La Defense Nationale]   Les Brave Gens [Episodes]   La Commune [Paris, 1875] Paul and Victor Margueritte Franco-German War Period 19th The Parisians Edward Bulwer Lytton Paris Commune 19th The Red Republic Robert W. Chambers Paris Commune 19th The Velvet Glove Henry S. Merriman Spain, 1870--The Carlists 19th SEMI-HISTORICAL  (depict a bygone era) Title Author Subject Century The Forest Lovers Maurice Hewlett Medieval Life Middle Ages The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne Massachusetts, end of 1600s 17th Castle Rackrent Maria Edgeworth Irish character, early 1700s 18th Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson Adventure, middle 1700s 18th The Vicar of Wakefield Oliver Goldsmith English Rural Life, 1700s 18th Annals of the Parish John Galt Scotch Village Life, 1760-1810 18th- 19th Evelina Frances (Fanny) Burney Fashionable manners late 1700s 18th Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen Everyday Society, early 1800s 19th Adam Bede George Eliot English Rural Life, early 1800s 19th Destiny Susan E. Ferrier Scotch character, early 1800s 19th Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry William Carleton Irish Peasant-life, early 1800s 19th O'Donnel Lady Morgan (or Sydney Owenson) Irish character, early 1800s 19th The Grandissimes George W. Cable USA early 1800s (Creole life) 19th (The History of) Pendennis William Makepeace Thackeray Late Georgian-Early Victorian manners 19th The Newcomes William Makepeace Thackeray Late Georgian-Early Victorian manners 19th Cranford Elizabeth Gaskell English Provincial Life 1800s 19th Perlycross R. D. Blackmore English Provincial Life 1800s 19th The Blithedale Romance Nathaniel Hawthorne Margaret Fuller and the "Brook Farm" group, under fictitious names 19th The Tragic Comedians George Meredith Ferdinand Lassalle, under fictitious name 19th Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe Slavery in America 19th A Kentucky Cardinal James Lane Allen American Manners, 1850 19th Aftermath James Lane Allen American Manners, 1850 19th Barchester Towers Anthony Trollope English Cathedral City, mid 1800s 19th Sunningwell Francis Warre Cornish High Church and Broad Church, mid 1800s 19th Beauchamp's Career George Meredith English Politics, mid 1800s 19th Mary Barton Elizabeth Gaskell Manufacturing District, mid 1800s 19th Back  /  Home - Rosegate Harbour