Deon Gines
Xerxes, Makers of History
This history covers the years of Xerxes' years as ruler of the Persian empire and invasion of Greece. - Summary by Deon Gines
Quentin Durward
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…
Anne of Geierstein, Volume 1
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…
Old Mortality
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…
Pyrrhus
This history concerns Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, BC 336-321. Pyrrhus was a world renowned soldier, leader, and conqueror of Macedon and Italy,…
Leatherface: A Tale of Old Flanders
A romantic, political adventure story set in the late 1500's, during the Spanish rule over the Netherlands, in the city of Ghent. Leatherfac…
Beau Brocade
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 Surgeon's Daughter
The Surgeon's Daughter is an historical novel, originally part of the Chronicles of the Canongate stories, later published on its own, in 18…
Anne of Geierstein, Volume 2
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 Nest of the Sparrowhawk: A Romance of the XVIIth Century
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 …
The Duke's Children (Version 2)
The Duke's Children is the sixth and last novel of The Palliser Series in which the story of the Duke of Omnium's family changes and growing…
The Eustace Diamonds (Version 2)
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)
Phineas Finn (hero from an earlier novel in this series) returns to London from Scotland and reenters the political scene. After some hurdl…
Nero
Nero tells the life story of one of the most infamous of Roman Emperors. - Summary by Deon Gines
Phineas Finn (Version 2)
This novel tells the story of the lead character, Phineas Finn, including romances (with an eye to getting money) and British parliamentary …
Redgauntlet
Redgauntlet is an historical novel about a fictitious third Jacobite rebellion. It takes place mostly in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, in 1765. I…
Can You Forgive Her? (Version 2)
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…
The Heart of Mid-Lothian
An historical novel set in Scotland in 1736, involving a riot and surrounding drama. - Summary by Deon Gines
Cyrus the Great
This history is the story of Cyrus, the founder of the Persian Empire, sixth century BC. - Summary by Deon Gines
Peveril of the Peak
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…