Historical Fiction

Raiding with Morgan

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Byron A. Dunn


It is a fictional tale of cavalry actions during the U.S. Civil War, under General John Morgan. (Summary by M. Craun)

The Armourer's Prentices

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Charlotte Mary Yonge


Set in the sixteenth century, two young boys are left orphans and are turned out of their home by their older brother, or, more particularly…

Magna Carta

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Amice Macdonell


A one-act play which describes the setting and writing of the Magna Carta, including the famous line "now is justice bought and sold&qu…

Darnley

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George Payne Rainsford James


A stranger rides across the Kentish countryside when his attention is called to a cottage where violence is being done to an elderly couple.…

Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri

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Anonymous


Apollonius of Tyre is the subject of an ancient short novella, popular during medieval times. Existing in numerous forms in many languages, …

War and Peace, Volume 3 (Maude Translation)

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Leo Tolstoy


Leo Tolstoy’s epic historical novel chronicling the Napoleonic war in Russia. Considered one of the greatest works of literature of all time…

Sentimental Education

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Gustave Flaubert


Sentimental Education (French: L'Éducation sentimentale, 1869) is a novel by Gustave Flaubert, that is considered one of the most inf…

Taking the Bastile

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Alexandre Dumas


Pitou lost his mother when he was small. He was raised by a stern aunt who did not really love him. He starts knowing the world by going to …

In the Year of Jubilee

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George Gissing


The Jubilee marks the fiftieth year of the reign of Queen Victoria. Dickensian in its sweeping scope of London life, Jubilee depicts the har…

Mrs. Warren's Daughter

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Sir Harry Johnston


Mrs. Warren's Daughter is a continuation, in novel form, of George Bernard Shaw's controversial play, Mrs. Warren's Profession. In the play,…

The Duchess of Wrexe

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Hugh Walpole


Rachel, a spirited young girl, has to choose between Francis Breton, her difficult cousin who has been disowned by the family, and Roddy Sed…

The Red Badge of Courage (Version 3)

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Stephen Crane


A youth, caught up in patriotic fervor and dreams of glory, enlists in the Union Army. In his first battle, though, he runs away. Deeply ash…

The World’s Story Volume VII: Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland

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Eva March Tappan


This is the seventh 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 …

The Piazza Tales

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Herman Melville


A collection of six short stories by American writer Herman Melville, published in May 1856. Except for the newly written title story, "…

Los de Abajo

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Mariano Azuela


Novela histórica situada en la época de la Revolución Mexicana (1910s). La historia se basa en la vida de un campesino …

In the Hands of the Cave-Dwellers

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G. A. Henty


In the Hands of the Cave-Dwellers is a classic adventure where the hero is an American sailor who saves a young Mexican from thugs. The stor…

The Nest of the Sparrowhawk: A Romance of the XVIIth Century

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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 …

Les anciens canadiens

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Philippe Aubert De Gaspé


Considéré comme l'un des premiers romans du bas-Canada, cette mémoire inclut des légendes québecoises en …

The Chicago Connection

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John R. Swift


A teenager in Prohibition Chicago, haunted by disasters, breaks all his childhood vows of clean living and becomes a minor hoodlum. When he …

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