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The Leopard's Spots - Thomas Dixon, Jr.
The Leopard's Spots - Thomas Dixon, Jr.
- Author: Thomas Dixon Jr.
- Genre: Historical Fiction
The first in a trilogy of the Reconstruction era - The Leopard's Spots (1902), The Clansman (1905), and The Traitor (1907), parts of this novel were incorporated in the 1915 silent movie classic, "The Birth Of A Nation". Set in North Carolina, the...
On the Eve - Ivan Turgenev
On the Eve - Ivan Turgenev
- Author: Ivan Turgenev
- Genre: Historical Fiction
On the Eve appeared in 1860, two years before Fathers and Sons, Turgenev's most famous novel. It is set in the prior decade (by the end of the novel, the Crimean War (1853-56) has already broken out. It centers on the young Elena Nikolaevna Stakhov,...
Oldtown Folks - Harriet Beecher Stowe
Oldtown Folks - Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Historical Fiction
1870's rural Massachusetts communities became famous as “Oldtown” in Harriet Beecher Stowe's 7th novel and national bestseller. Based partially on her husband Rev. Calvin Stowe's childhood memories and other old timers' recollections, this story of...
Selected Uncle Abner Mysteries - Melville Davisson POST
Selected Uncle Abner Mysteries - Melville Davisson POST
- Author: Melville Davisson POST
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Historical Fiction
Fourteen mysteries from the pages of the Saturday Evening Post, the Metropolitan, Red Book, and Pictorial Review magazines featuring Uncle Abner, who solves crimes in the pre-Civil War West Virginia hill country. His weapons are keen observation,...
The Fair Maid of Perth, Or, St. Valentine's Day - Sir Walter Scott
The Fair Maid of Perth, Or, St. Valentine's Day - Sir Walter Scott
- Author: Sir Walter Scott
- Genre: Historical Fiction
Henry Gow has fallen in love with the Fair Maid of Perth, Catherine, the glovemaker's daughter. To make sure that he would be the first person she sees on Valentine's day, he walks to her house at the break of dawn, and arrives - just in time to...
A Lady of Quality - Frances Hodgson Burnett
A Lady of Quality - Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Romance
Set in late 1600's England, the story follows the life of a woman living an unconventional life. The loves of her life and all of its ups and downs are included. (Summary by Linda Andrus)...
War and Peace, Book 16: First Epilogue 1813-1820 - Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace, Book 16: First Epilogue 1813-1820 - Leo Tolstoy
- Author: Leo Tolstoy
- Genre: Historical Fiction
War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir") is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russki Vestnik, which tells the story of Russian society during the...
The Last Rebel - Joseph A. Altsheler
The Last Rebel - Joseph A. Altsheler
- Author: Joseph A. Altsheler
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction
Arthur West has been taken as a prisoner of war by Colonel Hetherhill of the Confederate States of America, and imprisoned at Fort Defiance, where an oddly small number of soldiers are stationed. More odd than the size of the fort's company,...
The Deerslayer - The First Warpath - James Fenimore Cooper
The Deerslayer - The First Warpath - James Fenimore Cooper
- Author: James Fenimore Cooper
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction
The Deerslayer, or The First Warpath (1841) was the last of James Fenimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking tales to be written. Its 1740-1745 time period makes it the first installment chronologically and in the lifetime of the hero of the Leatherstocking...
The Brushwood Boy - Rudyard Kipling
The Brushwood Boy - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction / Historical Fiction
The experiences in public school, Sandhurst and military life in India of Major George Cotter together with his adventures in the dream world he discovers and frequents. (Summary by Liam Neely)...
The Forty-Five Guardsmen - Alexandre Dumas
The Forty-Five Guardsmen - Alexandre Dumas
- Author: Alexandre Dumas
- Genre: Fictional Biographies & Memoirs / Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction
The sequel to "Chicot the Jester" and final book of the "Valois Romances." This story begins six years after the famed "Duel of the Mignons" between the favorites of the courts of King Henry III and Henry the Duke of Guise (somewhat allied with the...
The Conjure Woman - Charles Waddell Chesnutt
The Conjure Woman - Charles Waddell Chesnutt
- Author: Charles Waddell Chesnutt
- Genre: General Fiction / Historical Fiction / Short Stories
Published in 1899 by Houghton Mifflin, Chesnutt's first book, The Conjure Woman, was a collection of seven short stories, all set in "Patesville" (Fayetteville), North Carolina. While drawing from local color traditions and relying on dialect,...
The American Claimant - Mark Twain
The American Claimant - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: General Fiction / Historical Fiction / Humorous Fiction
The American Claimant is an 1892 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The story focuses on the class differences and expectations of monarchic, hierarchical Britain and the upstart, "all men are created equal" America. Twain wrote the...
The Shades of the Wilderness - Joseph A. Altsheler
The Shades of the Wilderness - Joseph A. Altsheler
- Author: Joseph A. Altsheler
- Genre: Historical Fiction / War & Military Fiction / Action & Adventure
"The Shades of the Wilderness" is the seventh book of the Civil War Series by Joseph A. Altsheler. Picking up where "The Star of Gettysburg" left off, this story continues the Civil War experiences of Harry Kenton and his friends in the Southern...
Historical Tales, Vol VI: French - Charles McLean Andrews
Historical Tales, Vol VI: French - Charles McLean Andrews
- Author: Charles McLean Andrews
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction / Historical Fiction
Volume VI of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This fifth volume covers the history of France from the Hun invasion of Europe in the 5th century up to the Prussian War, describing...
The Old English Baron - Clara REEVE
The Old English Baron - Clara REEVE
- Author: Clara REEVE
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Historical Fiction
The story follows the adventures of Sir Philip Harclay, who returns to medieval England to find that the castle seat and estate of his friend Lord Lovel have been usurped. A series of revelations, horrors and betrayals climax in a scene of single...
Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California - G. A. Henty
Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California - G. A. Henty
- Author: G. A. Henty
- Genre: Historical Fiction
When young Frank is falsely accused of a crime, he leaves England to seek adventure in America. He joins a wagon train heading west to the California gold fields, but as he is soon to find out, the West is more than just adventure! Braving Indians,...
The Lusiads - Luís Vaz de CAMÕES
The Lusiads - Luís Vaz de CAMÕES
- Author: Luís Vaz de CAMÕES
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Epics
The Lusiads (Os Lusíadas) is a Portuguese epic poem, written in the 16th century by Luis Vaz de Camões. The poem tells the tale of the Portuguese discoveries in the 15th and 16th centuries, specially the voyage to India by Vasco da Gama. Modelled...
The Black Prophet: A Tale of Irish Famine - William CARLETON
The Black Prophet: A Tale of Irish Famine - William CARLETON
- Author: William CARLETON
- Genre: Historical Fiction
A story about the Irish, just before the onset of the famine of 1847, with all the color and dialogue of a man who lived it. (Summary by JCarson)...
A Great Man: a Frolic - Arnold Bennett
A Great Man: a Frolic - Arnold Bennett
- Author: Arnold Bennett
- Genre: Historical Fiction
Subtitled 'A Frolic', this light-hearted book follows the fortunes of Henry Shakespeare Knight who, rather to his own surprise, writes a best-selling novel. (Summary by Simon Evers)...
Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf - George W. M. REYNOLDS
Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf - George W. M. REYNOLDS
- Author: George W. M. REYNOLDS
- Genre: Gothic Fiction / Historical Fiction
Wagner is a poor, lonely old shepherd living on the edge of the Black Forest. In a devil's pact he gains youth and wealth for the price of transforming into a ravenous wolf once a month. This book contains everything from murder, kidnap, robbery,...
Catherine Howard (Dramatic Reading) - Alexandre Dumas
Catherine Howard (Dramatic Reading) - Alexandre Dumas
- Author: Alexandre Dumas
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Historical Fiction
Subtitled "The Throne, The Tomb, and The Scaffold - An Historical Play in 3 Acts From the Celebrated Play of that Name by Alexandre Dumas" - How can you resist a play about English history - the doomed fifth wife of Henry the 8th - by the celebrated...
A Cathedral Singer - James Lane ALLEN
A Cathedral Singer - James Lane ALLEN
- Author: James Lane ALLEN
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Religious Fiction / Published 1900 onward
New York City in the early 20th century, a boy with an angelic voice, his devoted mother, the great Episcopal Cathedral of Saint John The Divine. - Summary by david wales...
The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Historical Fiction
The hero, Etienne Gerard, is a Hussar in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Gerard's most notable attribute is his vanity - he is utterly convinced that he is the bravest soldier, greatest swordsman, accomplished horseman and gallant lover...
Windsor Castle, Book 2 - William Harrison Ainsworth
Windsor Castle, Book 2 - William Harrison Ainsworth
- Author: William Harrison Ainsworth
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Historical Fiction
Book 2 - Herne the Hunter. The focus of the novels is on the events surrounding Henry VIII's replacing Catherine of Aragon with Anne Boleyn as his wife. During Henry's pursuit of Boleyn, the novel describes other couples, including the Earl of...
The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 2: Twenty Years After (version 2) - Alexandre Dumas
The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 2: Twenty Years After (version 2) - Alexandre Dumas
- Author: Alexandre Dumas
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers / War & Military Fiction
Volume 2 of The d'Artagnan Romances begins twenty years after "The Three Musketeers." Since then, d'Artagnan's career has stagnated, he’s lost touch with his friends, and the high favor earned with Queen Anne has been forgotten. His misfortune...
The Virginians - William Makepeace Thackeray
The Virginians - William Makepeace Thackeray
- Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction / War & Military Fiction
It tells the story of Henry Esmond's twin grandsons, George and Henry Warrington. Henry's romantic entanglements with an older woman lead up to his taking a commission in the British army and fighting under the command of General Wolfe at the...
The Talisman - Sir Walter Scott
The Talisman - Sir Walter Scott
- Author: Sir Walter Scott
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction / Romance
The Talisman is a gripping tale set near the end of the Third Crusade. King Richard the Lionheart is grievously ill, and all around him the leaders from allied countries plot and scheme to gain personal power, putting the future of the crusade in...
Paul: A Herald of the Cross - Florence Morse Kingsley
Paul: A Herald of the Cross - Florence Morse Kingsley
- Author: Florence Morse Kingsley
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Christian Fiction
This is an exciting sequel to the earlier books Titus: A Comrade of the Cross and Stephen: A Soldier of the Cross . It tells the story of the apostle Paul, from his conversion through his imprisonment. ( Rachel)...
The Watchers - A. E. W. Mason
The Watchers - A. E. W. Mason
- Author: A. E. W. Mason
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Crime & Mystery Fiction / Historical Fiction
A dark tale of adventure, piracy, murder, and revenge set on a rugged Cornish island in the mid-1700s. Told with the literary excellence to be expected from the author of The Four Feathers, the tale begins with a dangerous youth who sat in the...
Marguerite de Valois - Alexandre Dumas
Marguerite de Valois - Alexandre Dumas
- Author: Alexandre Dumas
- Genre: Fictional Biographies & Memoirs / Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction
A historical fiction novel set in Paris (1572) during Charles IX's reign and the French Wars of Religion. Marguerite de Valois, daughter of deceased Henry II, is the novel's protagonist set against the infamous schemes of the Catholic power player,...
The Cathedral - Hugh Walpole
The Cathedral - Hugh Walpole
- Author: Hugh Walpole
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Religious Fiction
Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (1884 – 1941) was an English novelist. He was the son of an Anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing. Among those who encouraged him were the authors Henry James and Arnold...
Plain Tales from the Hills - Rudyard Kipling
Plain Tales from the Hills - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: Historical Fiction
Named a "prophet of British imperialism" by the young George Orwell, and born in Bombay, India, Rudyard Kipling had perhaps the clearest contemporary eye of any who described the British Raj. According to critic Douglas Kerr: "He is still an author...
A Bachelor's Dream - Mrs. HUNGERFORD
A Bachelor's Dream - Mrs. HUNGERFORD
- Author: Mrs. HUNGERFORD
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Romance
This is a wonderfully written novel by Mrs. Hungerford about the perennial bachelor and the various interests in his life, where he is a doctor by trade. From taking care of his sister's children to a possible love on the horizon, the author keeps...
The Bishop's Secret - Fergus Hume
The Bishop's Secret - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Historical Fiction / Published 1800 -1900
Bishop Pendle is the Church of England bishop in a small fictitious English cathedral town. Several years into his work, he receives a visit from a disreputable-looking visitor. The bishop is much upset. What transpired between them that has so...
The Doom of London - Fred M. WHITE
The Doom of London - Fred M. WHITE
- Author: Fred M. WHITE
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction
Here are six stories, each one describing a disaster afflicting London, that were popularly serialized during 1903-1904 in Pearson’s Magazine. The tales depict (1) a deep freeze and unprecedented snowfall; (2) a heavy, blinding, paralyzing blanket...
For the Term of His Natural Life - Marcus CLARKE
For the Term of His Natural Life - Marcus CLARKE
- Author: Marcus CLARKE
- Genre: Historical Fiction
For the Term of his Natural Life, written by Marcus Clarke, was published in the Australian Journal between 1870 and 1872 (as His Natural Life), appearing as a novel in 1874. It is the best known novelisation of life as a convict in early Australian...
The Death of Society: A Novel of Tomorrow - Florence Roma Muir WILSON
The Death of Society: A Novel of Tomorrow - Florence Roma Muir WILSON
- Author: Florence Roma Muir WILSON
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction / Romance
A weary survivor of the Great War, Major Rane Smith wanders in a great ennui amidst the mystical beauties of the fjords of Norway after the War, seeking a spiritual renewal. Deep in the forest he stumbles fatefully upon the strange, almost elvish...
Rough and Ready OR Life Among the New York Newsboys - Horatio Alger, Jr.
Rough and Ready OR Life Among the New York Newsboys - Horatio Alger, Jr.
- Author: Horatio Alger Jr.
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Historical Fiction
Join Rough and Ready for his adventure on the streets of New York City. Working as a newsboy, Rough and Ready tries to support himself and his sister on his meager earnings. Unfortunately, their stepfather is seeking to kidnap little Rose, getting...
The World’s Story Volume II: India, Persia, Mesopotamia and Palestine - Eva March Tappan
The World’s Story Volume II: India, Persia, Mesopotamia and Palestine - Eva March Tappan
- Author: Eva March Tappan
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Poetry / Essays & Short Works
This is the second volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a...