Historical Fiction

Geschichte des Agathon, Teil 1

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Christoph Martin Wieland


Verbesserte und erweiterte Ausgabe von 1794.Wieland war – neben Lessing, Lichtenberg und Kant – der bedeutendste und reflexionsmächtigs…

Sons of Fire

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon


"He was a stranger in Matcham, a 'foreigner' as the villagers called such alien visitors. He had never been in the village before, knew…

The World’s Story Volume VII: Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland

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Eva March Tappan


This is the seventh volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March …

The Armourer's Prentices

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Charlotte Mary Yonge


Set in the sixteenth century, two young boys are left orphans and are turned out of their home by their older brother, or, more particularly…

Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police - A Tale of the Macleod Trail

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Ralph Connor


Cameron, a young man from Edinburgh, is a university student who is a rising star on the football team. When the big day comes and he nearly…

Darnley

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George Payne Rainsford James


A stranger rides across the Kentish countryside when his attention is called to a cottage where violence is being done to an elderly couple.…

Round About a Great Estate

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Richard Jefferies


John Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) wrote of country life, natural history, and agricultural practice at a time when the industrial revolutio…

Son Excellence Eugène Rougon

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Émile Zola


Dans la saga des Rougon-Macquart, « Son Excellence Eugène Rougon » est le roman des intrigues de pouvoir et des solidarit…

Anne of Geierstein, Volume 2

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Sir Walter Scott


Anne of Geierstein, or The Maiden of the Mist (1829) is an adventure and romance novel by Sir Walter Scott. It is set in Central Europe, mai…

Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri

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William James Mcglothlin


Apollonius of Tyre is the subject of an ancient short novella, popular during medieval times. Existing in numerous forms in many languages, …

Mrs. Warren's Daughter

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Sir Harry Johnston


Mrs. Warren's Daughter is a continuation, in novel form, of George Bernard Shaw's controversial play, Mrs. Warren's Profession. In the play,…

Magna Carta

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Amice Macdonell


A one-act play which describes the setting and writing of the Magna Carta, including the famous line "now is justice bought and sold&qu…

In the Year of Jubilee

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George Gissing


The Jubilee marks the fiftieth year of the reign of Queen Victoria. Dickensian in its sweeping scope of London life, Jubilee depicts the har…

Rose Mather: A Tale

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Mary Jane Holmes


Fiction merges with history in this novel taking place during the turbulent times of the civil war and the horrors it entailed. Holme's sill…

Les anciens canadiens

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Philippe Aubert De Gaspé


Considéré comme l'un des premiers romans du bas-Canada, cette mémoire inclut des légendes québecoises en …

The Nest of the Sparrowhawk: A Romance of the XVIIth Century

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Baroness Emma Orczy


This historical novel takes place in Kent in 1657, and focuses on a local nobleman who stops at nothing to gain wealth, and his ward who is …

Self-Control: A Novel (version 2)

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Mary Brunton


Laura Montreville is a well-born and religious girl, brought up in Scotland by her widowed father. She is pursued by Colonel Hargrave, a lib…

The Magnificent Adventure (Version 2)

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Emerson Hough


In The Magnificent Adventure-Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman, by Emerson Hou…

The Gambler (version 2)

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Katherine Cecil Thurston


The book follows the life of Clodagh Asshlin, an Irish girl brought up with her younger sister by her spendthrift father in the wilds of the…

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