Deon Gines
Leatherface: A Tale of Old Flanders
Leído por Deon Gines
Baroness Emma Orczy
A romantic, political adventure story set in the late 1500's, during the Spanish rule over the Netherlands, in the city of Ghent. Leatherfac…
Anne of Geierstein, Volume 1
Leído por Deon Gines
Sir Walter Scott
Anne of Geierstein, or The Maiden of the Mist (1829) is a novel by Sir Walter Scott. It is set in Central Europe, mainly in Switzerland, sho…
Anne of Geierstein, Volume 2
Leído por Deon Gines
Sir Walter Scott
Anne of Geierstein, or The Maiden of the Mist (1829) is an adventure and romance novel by Sir Walter Scott. It is set in Central Europe, mai…
The Bronze Eagle: A Story of the Hundred Days
Leído por Deon Gines
Baroness Emma Orczy
The Bronze Eagle is a romantic historical novel which takes place during the return of Napoleon and his attempt to reestablish his Empire. T…
The Nest of the Sparrowhawk: A Romance of the XVIIth Century
Leído por Deon Gines
Baroness Emma Orczy
This historical novel takes place in Kent in 1657, and focuses on a local nobleman who stops at nothing to gain wealth, and his ward who is …
Cyrus the Great
Leído por Deon Gines
Jacob Abbott
This history is the story of Cyrus, the founder of the Persian Empire, sixth century BC. - Summary by Deon Gines
Xerxes, Makers of History
Leído por Deon Gines
Jacob Abbott
This history covers the years of Xerxes' years as ruler of the Persian empire and invasion of Greece. - Summary by Deon Gines
Nero
Leído por Deon Gines
Jacob Abbott
Nero tells the life story of one of the most infamous of Roman Emperors. - Summary by Deon Gines
Pyrrhus
Leído por Deon Gines
Jacob Abbott
This history concerns Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, BC 336-321. Pyrrhus was a world renowned soldier, leader, and conqueror of Macedon and Italy,…
Beau Brocade
Leído por Deon Gines
Baroness Emma Orczy
Beau Brocade is a historical fiction set in England in the early 1700's. The hero Beau is a wanted highwayman, who takes from the rich to h…
The Heart of Mid-Lothian
Leído por Deon Gines
Sir Walter Scott
An historical novel set in Scotland in 1736, involving a riot and surrounding drama. - Summary by Deon Gines
Redgauntlet
Leído por Deon Gines
Sir Walter Scott
Redgauntlet is an historical novel about a fictitious third Jacobite rebellion. It takes place mostly in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, in 1765. I…
The Surgeon's Daughter
Leído por Deon Gines
Sir Walter Scott
The Surgeon's Daughter is an historical novel, originally part of the Chronicles of the Canongate stories, later published on its own, in 18…
Quentin Durward
Leído por Deon Gines
Sir Walter Scott
Quentin Durward is a historical novel set in the mid-1400's. The main character is a Scottish archer serving French King Louis XI, another m…
Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft
Leído por Deon Gines
Sir Walter Scott
A series of letters written by Scott on the history of witchcraft and other supernatural events in England and other locations. He documents…
Peveril of the Peak
Leído por Deon Gines
Sir Walter Scott
Peveril is one of Scott's Waverley novels series. It is a historical novel set in 1678 in England, and tells a story of the Popish Plot. P…
Old Mortality
Leído por Deon Gines
Sir Walter Scott
Old Mortality is part of the Waverley series by Walter Scott. Set in southwest Scotland in the late 1600s, during the period of the Covenant…
The Pirate
Leído por Deon Gines
Sir Walter Scott
The Pirate is set in the island of Shetland in the late 1600s, and is a historical novel based on the life of John Gow, Captain Cleveland in…
Can You Forgive Her? (Version 2)
Leído por Deon Gines
Anthony Trollope
Can You Forgive Her was published over 2 years in serial form. It follows the life story of three women involved with courtship and marriag…
Phineas Finn (Version 2)
Leído por Deon Gines
Anthony Trollope
This novel tells the story of the lead character, Phineas Finn, including romances (with an eye to getting money) and British parliamentary …
The Eustace Diamonds (Version 2)
Leído por Deon Gines
Anthony Trollope
The Eustace Diamonds is the third in the Palliser Series first published in serial form and then as a novel in 1872. The story is set in Ir…
Phineas Redux (Version 2)
Leído por Deon Gines
Anthony Trollope
Phineas Finn (hero from an earlier novel in this series) returns to London from Scotland and reenters the political scene. After some hurdl…
The Prime Minister (Version 2)
Leído por Deon Gines
Anthony Trollope
The Prime Minister is the fifth novel in Trollope's Palliser Series, and is about the period of Plantagenet Palliser's term as Prime Ministe…