Historical Novels

A Man of Two Countries

Alice Harriman

A Man of Two Countries is a political‑fiction set against the rugged backdrop of Montana and the Canadian…

Footprints in the Forest

Edward Sylvester Ellis

The work is a juvenile adventure set in the American frontier, continuing the tale begun in “Campfire and…

Aurelian; or, Rome in the Third Century

William Ware

The work is a historical‑fiction epistolary set in the third‑century Roman world, presented as a series of…

Castel Gavone: Storia del secolo XV

Anton Giulio Barrili

Il romanzo di Anton Giulio Barrili è una narrazione storica ambientata nella Liguria del XV secolo, che si…

With Spurs of Gold: Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds

Greene, Frances Nimmo; Kirk, Dolly Williams

With Spurs of Gold is a juvenile historical adventure that strings together a series of short narratives…

The Viper of Milan: A Romance of Lombardy

Marjorie Bowen

The Viper of Milan is a historical adventure set in Lombardy during the early Renaissance, when the Visconti…

Manasseh: A Romance of Transylvania

Mór Jókai

Manasseh is a sweeping historical romance set against the turbulent backdrop of 1848‑49 Europe, when…

With Cochrane the Dauntless

G. A. Henty

The work is a biographical adventure novel that dramatizes the life of Thomas Cochrane, the celebrated…

Under the Witches' Moon: A Romantic Tale of Mediaeval Rome

Nathan Gallizier

A Little Girl in Old Quebec

Amanda M. Douglas

The work is a juvenile historical adventure set in early New France, blending the romance of exploration with…

The Honour of Savelli: A Romance

S. Levett Yeats

The Honour of Savelli is a historical romance set amid the turbulent Italian wars of the early sixteenth…

Standish of Standish: A Story of the Pilgrims

Jane G. Austin

Jane G. Austin’s Standish of Standish is a historical novel that dramatizes the early years of the Plymouth…

Klondike Nuggets, and How Two Boys Secured Them

Edward Sylvester Ellis

The novel is a youthful adventure set against the feverish backdrop of the Klondike gold rush.

The Proud Prince

Justin H. McCarthy

The Proud Prince unfolds as a lush, romantic tale set against the sun‑baked hills of Sicily, where the…

The Hill of Venus

Nathan Gallizier

The Hill of Venus is a historical romance set in 13th‑century Italy, and its opening plunges the reader into…

With Haig on the Somme

D. H. Parry

The work is a wartime novel set amid the grinding combat of the Western Front, its opening plunges the reader…

Frosten: Skildring från 1860-talets Västerbotten

Astrid Väring

Boken är en historisk skildring av 1800‑talets Västerbotten, där författaren Astrid Väring låter läsaren…

True to His Home: A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin

Hezekiah Butterworth

The work is a historical‑fiction volume that imagines the early life of Benjamin Franklin, presented as the…

At Plattsburg

Allen French

At its core, At Plattsburg is a first‑person account of a civilian’s reluctant enlistment in the New York…

The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus

Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull

The work is a historical romance that dramatizes the early reign of Janus II, king of Cyprus, and his…

The Great Sioux Trail: A Story of Mountain and Plain

Joseph A. Altsheler

The novel opens on a twilight‑lit frontier where the endless plains meet the shadowed foothills, and a young…

Athelstane Ford

Allen Upward

The novel opens with a reflective, first‑person narrator who recounts his childhood admiration for his older…

In Doublet and Hose: A Story for Girls

Lucy Foster Madison

In Lucy Foster Madison’s In Doublet and Hose the reader is thrust into an Elizabethan woodland where a…

Under the Rebel's Reign

Charles Neufeld