Historical Fiction
The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi)
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Alessandro Manzoni
The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi) presents a kaleidoscope of individual stories, which are all tied together by the story of Lucia and Renzo,…
By Right of Conquest; Or, With Cortez in Mexico
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G. A. Henty
In perhaps the most audacious military enterprise in the history of human conquest, Cortez, with only a few hundred men, conquered a civili…
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
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Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, by Vicente Blasco Ibañez and translated into English by Charlotte Brewster Jordan, depicts two b…
Max Havelaar
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Multatuli
“Max Havelaar, of de koffij-veilingen der Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij” is in 1860 geschreven door Multatuli (pseudoniem van Eduard Dou…
Fabiola or The Church of the Catacombs
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Cardinal Nicholas Patrick Wiseman
This historical novel is set in Rome in the early 4th century AD, during the time of the cruel persecution of Christians under the Emperor D…
Through the Fray
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G. A. Henty
Ned Sankey is a quick-tempered, strong-willed boy during the Luddite riots in Yorkshire. The happy times at the beginning of the story are s…
Thorstein of the Mere: A Saga of the Northmen in Lakeland
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William Gershom Collingwood
A fine adventure set in 10th-century England at a time when everyday life in north was made hazardous by wars and shifting alliances among S…
Mendizábal
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Benito Pérez Galdós
Segunda Novela de la tercera serie de los Episodios Nacionales, describe la España desgarrada por la Primera Guerra Carlista y la Reg…
The Old English Baron
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Clara Reeve
The story follows the adventures of Sir Philip Harclay, who returns to medieval England to find that the castle seat and estate of his frien…
Bonnie Prince Charlie: a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden
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G. A. Henty
This is a tale of the son of a Scottish officer, who gets arrested for helping a Jacobite agent. Set during the Jacobite rebellion in Scotl…
The Master of Ballantrae
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Heir to a noble Scottish house in the mid 18th century, the Master is a charming, clever, and resourceful villain whose daring but ill-advis…
The House of the Wolfings
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William Morris
William Morris was a writer, illustrator and medievalist from the Romantic period and associated with other renowned authors of the time suc…
The Marrow of Tradition
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Charles Waddell Chesnutt
In The Marrow of Tradition, Charles W. Chesnutt--using the 1898 Wilmington, North Carolina massacre as a backdrop--probes and exposes the ra…
The Lion of Saint Mark: A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century
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G. A. Henty
"Of all the chapters of history, there are few more interesting or wonderful than that which tells the story of the rise and progress …
Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates
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Howard Pyle
Swashbuckling tales of legendary pirates, buccaneers, and marooners, terrors of the Spanish Main.(Summary by Epistomolus)
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 2
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Samuel Richardson
Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady is an epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson, published in 1748. It tells the tragic story of a her…
Clotel, or, The President's Daughter
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William Wells Brown
Clotel; or, The President's Daughter is a novel by William Wells Brown (1814-84), a fugitive from slavery and abolitionist and was published…
The Shades of the Wilderness
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Joseph A. Altsheler
"The Shades of the Wilderness" is the seventh book of the Civil War Series by Joseph A. Altsheler. Picking up where "The Star…
His Grace of Osmonde
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
His Grace of Osmonde, being the portions of that nobleman's life omitted in the relation of his Lady's story presented to the world of fashi…
A Prisoner of Morro
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Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair, born in 1878 was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author. He wrote over 90 books in many genres. Best known for his muckrak…