Historical Novels

三國志演義

Guanzhong Luo

A brother to dragons, and other old-time tales

Amélie Rives

The work is a sprawling nineteenth‑century American tale that begins as a rambling confession from a narrator…

Ivanhoe: A Romance

Walter Scott

The work is a historical romance that moves from a self‑referential preface into a vivid recreation of…

The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors...

George Augustus Sala

The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 is a rollicking, first‑person chronicle of a self‑styled…

Au bord du lac L'Esclave, le Serf, le Chevrier de Lorraine, l'Apprenti

Émile Souvestre

Ce volume d’Émile Souvestre se présente comme un recueil de nouvelles courtes, chacune consacrée à une figure…

Ben Comee: A tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59

M. J. Canavan

Ben Comee: A Tale of Rogers’s Rangers, 1758‑59 is a historical novel that weaves personal family memory with…

The Blood of the Conquerors

Harvey Fergusson

The Blood of the Conquerors is a western tale that follows Ramon Delcasar, a proud yet conflicted Mexican of…

Sketches

Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

The work is a romantic narrative that unfolds as a series of episodic sketches, each chapter presenting a…

Le chevalier des dames du dolent fortuné

Dolent Fortuné

Ce texte s’inscrit dans la tradition de la poésie française du XVIIᵉ siècle, où l’auteur, Dolent Fortuné,…

An American Suffragette

Isaac Newton Stevens

The novel opens on a bustling New York pier where a crowd of newspaper men jostles for a glimpse of the…

彭公案

Tanmengdaoren

The Tales of the Heptameron, Vol. 1 (of 5)

Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre

The Tales of the Heptameron, Vol. 1 presents the first portion of Margaret of Navarre’s celebrated collection…

Os Bravos do Mindello Romance Historico

Faustino da Fonseca

Este romance histórico de Faustino da Fonseca situa‑se na turbulenta década de 1820, quando Portugal se vê…

歡喜冤家

Xihuyuyinzhuren

A Little Maid of Massachusetts Colony

Alice Turner Curtis

A Little Maid of Massachusetts Colony is a juvenile historical narrative set against the backdrop of the…

Ang "Filibusterismo" (Karugtóng ng Noli Me Tangere)

José Rizal

The work is José Rizal’s “Ang Filibusterismo,” the Tagalog translation of his second novel, a sequel that…

Far Past the Frontier

James A. Braden

Far Past the Frontier is a high‑octane Western adventure that thrusts the reader straight into a frantic…

The Moving Finger

Mary Gaunt

The Moving Finger is a collection of short stories set in the Australian bush, and the opening scene drops…

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Emmuska Orczy

The Scarlet Pimpernel opens amid the fevered chaos of Revolutionary Paris, where the guillotine’s blade has…

The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service

James R. Driscoll

The story opens in a high‑school setting where three bright, eager boys, Joe, Jerry and the self‑conscious…

VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea

David Christie Murray

David Christie Murray’s “VC, A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea” opens with a vivid portrait of…

Nach Amerika! Ein Volksbuch. Zweiter Band.

Friedrich Gerstäcker

Der Roman ist ein Volksbuch, das die Aufbruchstimmung deutscher Auswanderer nach Amerika schildert.

Gouden Daden

Cornelis Johannes Kieviet

Dit werk van Cornelis Johan Kieviet is een historisch jeugdverhaal dat zich afspeelt in de turbulente tijd…

Der Wehrwolf: Eine Bauernchronik

Hermann Löns

Der Roman „Der Wehrwolf: Eine Bauernchronik“ von Hermann Löns ist ein historischer Roman, der das ländliche…