Historical Fiction
Fortune's Fool
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Rafael Sabatini
This novel follows the adventures of the handsome but impecunious Colonel Randal Holles, as he seeks to escape the misfortunes of his past. …
The Cloister and the Hearth (version 2)
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Charles Reade
Set in the 15th century, the Cloister and the Hearth is a story Gerald Eliassoen, a young scribe and illuminator, who travels through seven …
Tattlings of a Retired Politician
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Forrest Crissey
"The letters (non-partisan) of Hon. William Bradley, Ex-Governor and former veteran of practical politics, written to his friend and pr…
The Forged Note: A Romance of the Darker Races
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Oscar Micheaux
This novel investigates the black urban community of the early twentieth century, highlighting the base degradation and violence there. But …
Moonraker
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F. Tennyson Jesse
Young Jackie runs away to sea and before long his ship is captured by pirates. Now sailing with the Moonraker and its captain, Jacky reaches…
By Shore and Sedge
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Bret Harte
By Shore and Sedge is a small volume of three short stories that examine the lives of people living on the coast of California and in the de…
Longshanks
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Stephen W. Meader
In 1828, young Tad Hopkins takes an adventure-filled trip down the Mississippi River to meet his father in New Orleans. Along the way he bef…
Pan Michael: An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey
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Henryk Sienkiewicz
This is the third part of the Sienkiewicz trilogy. It is loosely based on the politics of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.It is better kn…
The Rush for the Spoil, Book Two of Rougon-Macquart Cycle
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Émile Zola
Book Two of Zola's 20-volume Rougon-Macquart Cycle. "The Rush for the Spoil" ("La Curee") concerns Aristide Siccard (on…
The Fifth Queen Crowned
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Ford Madox Ford
This is the final book of Ford's The Fifth Queen trilogy, a series of historical novels presenting a fictionalized version of the life of Ka…
Petticoat Government, Volume 3
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Frances Milton Trollope
The adventures--in society, in love--of Judith Maitland conclude.
History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution Vol. 3
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Mercy Otis Warren
A contemporary three-volume history of the American Revolution written with an Enlightenment tone that covers the background of the era span…
Recompence
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Robert Keable
The book is a sequel to ‘Simon called Peter’ by the same author. It picks up the separate stories of Peter and Julie, at first in South Afri…
The Sin of Monsieur Antoine, Volume 1
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George Sand
This two volume book is a novelized social commentary of this famous author. It sets in play characters and events that bring to life her vi…
Millbank
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Mary Jane Holmes
Here is Millbank! The only fiction book that the Ingalls of Little House fame owned. It follows the story of Roger Irving, and what he doe…
Sylvia's Lovers (Version 2)
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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Sylvia Robson is a beautiful young woman living on a farm in Yorkshire at the end of the 18th century. Many love and are loved by her, most …
You Wobbly Wink-Eyed Little Wop
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J. Clarence Edwards
To My BuddiesOf the U. S. Army—some three million in number; Of the 90th Division more specifically, and Particularly to the 315th Engineers…
Phineas Redux (Version 2)
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Anthony Trollope
Phineas Finn (hero from an earlier novel in this series) returns to London from Scotland and reenters the political scene. After some hurdl…
The Fat and the Thin, Book Three of Rougon-Macquart Cycle
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Émile Zola
Florent, an escaped political prisoner, finds shelter with his half-brother Quenu, and his wife Lisa Quenu (a Macquart). They get him a job…
The Conquest of Plassans, Book Four of Rougon-Maquart Cycle
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Émile Zola
The placid Provencal lives of Francois Mouret and his wife Marthe are irreparably impacted by the arrival of a suspicious cleric, Abbe Fauja…