Historical Novels

The Adventures of Harry Rochester: A Tale of the Days of Marlborough and Eugene

Herbert Strang

Herbert Strang’s “The Adventures of Harry Rochester” is a juvenile historical adventure that sets its…

Rookwood

William Harrison Ainsworth

Rookwood is a historical romance that centers on the infamous highwayman Dick Turpin, weaving his legendary…

Hereward, the Last of the English

Charles Kingsley

Hereward, the Last of the English is a historical novel set in pre‑1066 Britain, written by Charles Kingsley.

The Fortunes of Nigel

Walter Scott

The work is a historical novel set in early‑17th‑century Britain, weaving fiction around the real figure of…

Ramona

Helen Hunt Jackson

The novel opens on a sprawling Southern‑California ranch during sheep‑shearing season, where the matriarch…

The Elusive Pimpernel

Emmuska Orczy

The Elusive Pimpernel is a historical adventure set against the blood‑soaked backdrop of the French…

The Crossing

Winston Churchill

The Crossing is a historical adventure that places a young frontiersman’s childhood in the rugged backcountry…

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Under Fire

Charles King

The novel is a turn‑of‑the‑century Western that opens on the last day of Captain Wilbur Cranston’s leave.

Si Klegg, Book 1 His Transformation from a Raw Recruit to a Veteran

John McElroy

John McElroy’s “Si Klegg, Book 1” is a Civil‑War adventure that follows a young Indiana recruit from his…

Roderick, the last of the Goths: A tragic poem

Robert Southey

Robert Southey’s Roderick, the Last of the Goths is a sprawling tragic poem that dramatizes the final days of…

The Virginians

William Makepeace Thackeray

The novel presents a sprawling family saga set against the backdrop of the French and Indian War and the…

Romola

George Eliot

George Eliot’s Romola opens with a sweeping meditation on continuity and change, anchoring the novel in 1492…

Quentin Durward

Walter Scott

The novel is a historical romance set in the turbulent fifteenth‑century world of Louis XI, the Duke of…

Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun: A Story of the Russo-Japanese War

Harry Collingwood

The work is a juvenile adventure set against the backdrop of the Russo‑Japanese War, written by Harry…

The story of Burnt Njal: From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga

Sir George Dasent’s translation of the Icelandic Njál’s Saga appears here under the evocative title The Story…

The Path of the King

John Buchan

The Path of the King is a historical‑fiction narrative that opens with a reflective conversation about the…

The Isle Of Pines (1668) and An Essay in Bibliography by Worthington Chauncey Ford

Henry Neville

The volume is a scholarly investigation by Henry Neville that combines a re‑edition of the…

In furthest Ind: The narrative of Mr Edward Carlyon of the honourable East India Company's service

Sydney C. Grier

The work is a sprawling historical romance narrated by Edward Carlyon, a young gentleman of the…

Viking Tales

Jennie Hall

The book is a collection of short stories that re‑imagine Viking sagas, beginning with a vivid portrait of…

Le comte de Monte-Cristo, Tome IV

Dumas, Alexandre; Maquet, Auguste

Le tome IV poursuit l’épopée du comte de Monte‑Christo dans le même registre d’aventures historiques que les…

The Manchester Man

Mrs. G. Linnaeus (George Linnaeus) Banks

The Manchester Man is a sprawling historical narrative that opens with a sweeping meditation on the city’s…

The Gladiators. A Tale of Rome and Judæa

G. J. Whyte-Melville

The novel is a sprawling historical adventure set against the siege of Jerusalem in 70 A.D.

History of the Plague in London

Daniel Defoe

This work is a historical fiction piece that treats the 1665 Great Plague of London through the lens of…