Historical Fiction
La Vendée
Trollope’s only historical novel is set during a rebellion against the Republic established by the French revolution. The rebellion occurred…
Max Havelaar
Called "the Book that Killed Colonialism", Max Havelaar is an indictment of the Dutch colonial policies of the 1850s that were des…
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
This, the fifth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart Cycle, serves effectively as a sequel to "The Conquest of Plassans". Serge Mouret…
Through Swamp and Glade
The principal incidents in the story of Coacoochee, as related in the following pages, are historically true. The Seminole War, the most pro…
The Story of a Patriot
"100%: The Story of a Patriot" dramatically recounts the adventures of a poor uneducated young man who lives by his wits and guile…
The Sense of the Past
Ralph Pendrel of New York City is bequested an 18th century house in London. He travels back in time and meets an ancestor of the same name…
You Wobbly Wink-Eyed Little Wop
To My BuddiesOf the U. S. Army—some three million in number; Of the 90th Division more specifically, and Particularly to the 315th Engineers…
Gay-Neck
First published in 1927, Mukerji's charming historical fiction novel was designated a Newbery Honor book in 1928. It follows the north-India…
The English Orphans
After Mary Howard and her sisters are left without parents in America, they are put up for adoption. Mary's pretty sister, Ella was adopted …
St Martin's Summer
This rollicking story set in 17th-Century France centres on the young heiress, Valerie de la Vauvraye, and the crisis surrounding her marria…
The Side of the Angels
The book is a sobering examination of how two families can be wrecked by a life of greed. It shows how giving can be done in the wrong way a…
Dr. Adriaan
The fourth and final book in Louis Couperus' Books of the Small Souls quartet. Ten years have passed since the conclusion of The Twilight of…
Ginx's Baby
In the second half of the 19th century, London was becoming a wealthy, industrialized city. It attracted many working class people from near…
Tom Clark and His Wife
One day, during the progress of a long and interesting conversation on the nature of that mysterious thing called the human soul, and in whi…
His Excellency Eugene Rougon
Here, in Zola's sixth novel in the Rougon-Macquart series, we get to know Pierre and Felicite's eldest son, Eugene. He's the son that made …
Red Horse Hill
Bud, an orphan stable boy in Boston, flees trouble to rural New Hampshire. There he finds a new family and enters the exciting world of harn…
The Perfect Tribute
Part 1 of this brief historical fiction is a recounting of the day before and the day of Lincoln's delivery of The Gettysburg Address. Part …
Historical Romance of the American Negro
It was not long before the fame of the colored soldiers of America was wafted over the whole world and everywhere received by all lovers of …
The Second Chance
Nellie L. McClung (1873-1951) is a Canadian icon - a feminist, social activist, author, and political leader. When she was a child, she move…
The Magpie
In the aftermath of World War I, even the victors are rocked by social upheaval, as returning soldiers expect a reward for their war-time sa…