Historical Fiction
The Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance, Volume 1
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William Harrison Ainsworth
A romance with the backdrop of the notorious Star Chamber of the English legal system. The Chamber began as purely administrative, but gradu…
Consuelo
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George Sand
This roman à clef follows the musical adventures of Consuelo, a gifted singer under the tutelage of the composer Nicola Porpora. Afte…
Helen of the Old House
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Harold Bell Wright
Helen is not the main character; it is the mill, in this small town in the first half of the 20th century. This is a story of labor strife, …
When London Burned
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G. A. Henty
Follow the exciting beginnings of the career of Sir Cyril Shenstone. Orphaned at the death of his father, Sir Aubrey Shenstone, Cyril begins…
A Man from the North
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Arnold Bennett
Richard Larch, a young man from the north of England, arrives in London to seek his fortune. By day he works as a clerk in an office but has…
''Mr Rowl''
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D. K. Broster
Raoul des Sablières, a French parole prisoner in England during the Napoleonic Wars, becomes enmeshed in a complicated tangle where h…
Arabella Stuart
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George Payne Rainsford James
Lady Arabella Stuart was an English noblewoman at the beginning of the seventeenth century. At one time considered to be a possible successo…
Agincourt: A Romance
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George Payne Rainsford James
The Battle of Agincourt provided a surprise English victory in the Hundred Years' War. It took place in 1415 and brought a turning point in …
Idols
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William John Locke
The novel centres around four people: Gerard and Irene Merriam, their inseparable friend Hugh Colman who once saved Gerard’s life, and Minna…
The Prince and the Pauper (Version 4 - Dramatic Reading)
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Mark Twain
The Prince and the Pauper tells the story of two young boys who are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives with his abusive …
The Heidenmauer; or, The Benedictines. A Legend of the Rhine
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James Fenimore Cooper
This is a story that is set in 16th century Germany. Characters representing the various classes of the remnants of feudalism and the rising…
The Village in the Jungle
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Leonard Woolf
Woolf wrote this novel based on his experience as a government agent for British imperialist-controlled Ceylon in the early part of the twen…
Stories from Le Morte D'Arthur and the Mabinogion
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Beatrice E. Clay
"Among the stories of world-wide renown, not the least stirring are those that have gathered about the names of national heroes. The &A…
The Island Pharisees
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John Galsworthy
Richard Shelton is wrestling with his conscience. As a member of the upper class at a time when the British Empire is at its height, he sees…
Peveril of the Peak
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Sir Walter Scott
Peveril is one of Scott's Waverley novels series. It is a historical novel set in 1678 in England, and tells a story of the Popish Plot. P…
Oil!
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Upton Sinclair
The two main characters of “Oil” are James Arnold Ross, called “Dad”, and his son James Jr., called “Bunny”. The book is loosely based on a …
The Huguenot: A Tale of the French Protestants
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George Payne Rainsford James
The time of French king Louis XIV was a time of religious conflict. His father, Louis XIII had tried to suppress the teachings and followers…
Virgin Soil Volume 2
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Ivan Turgenev
The second volume of Turgenev's last novel sees social change bubbling up into conflict with the established order and interacting with the …
The Forest Lovers
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Maurice Henry Hewlett
My story will take you into times and spaces alike rude and uncivil. Blood will be spilt, virgins suffer distresses; the horn will sound thr…
The Freelands
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John Galsworthy
The Freelands family is a mixture: Tod Freeland is an uncommunicative gentle giant, his wife Kirsteen passionate and free-spoken, Felix is a…