author
James Grant
1822–1887
A hugely prolific Scottish storyteller, he turned military experience and a love of history into fast-moving novels that were widely read in the Victorian era. His books often mix adventure, romance, and Scottish historical color.
67 Audiobooks
Legends of the Black Watch; or, Forty-second Highlanders
by James Grant
The Phantom Regiment; or, Stories of "Ours"
by James Grant
The Romance of War; or, The Highlanders in France and Belgium, A Sequel to the Highlanders in Spain
by James Grant
Second to None: A Military Romance, Volume 3 (of 3)
by James Grant
Second to None: A Military Romance, Volume 1 (of 3)
by James Grant
The 'Scots Brigade,' and other tales
by James Grant
Morley Ashton: A Story of the Sea. Volume 3 (of 3)
by James Grant
Jack Manly; His Adventures by Sea and Land
by James Grant
The Master of Aberfeldie, Volume 2 (of 3)
by James Grant
The adventures of Rob Roy
by James Grant
The Royal Regiment, and Other Novelettes
by James Grant
The Master of Aberfeldie, Volume 1 (of 3)
by James Grant
Colville of the Guards, Volume 1 (of 3)
by James Grant
The Captain of the Guard
by James Grant
Colville of the Guards, Volume 3 (of 3)
by James Grant
Morley Ashton: A Story of the Sea. Volume 2 (of 3)
by James Grant
Mary of Lorraine : An historical romance
by James Grant
Second to None: A Military Romance, Volume 2 (of 3)
by James Grant
Colville of the Guards, Volume 2 (of 3)
by James Grant
The Cavaliers of Fortune; Or, British Heroes in Foreign Wars
by James Grant
Arthur Blane; or, The Hundred Cuirassiers
by James Grant
A haunted life
by James Grant
The dead tryst
by James Grant
Dulcie Carlyon: A novel. Volume 1 (of 3)
by James Grant
Derval Hampton: A Story of the Sea, Volume 1 (of 2)
by James Grant
Dulcie Carlyon: A novel. Volume 2 (of 3)
by James Grant
Dick Rodney; or, The Adventures of an Eton Boy
by James Grant
Derval Hampton: A Story of the Sea, Volume 2 (of 2)
by James Grant
Philip Rollo; or, the Scottish Musketeers, Vol. 1 (of 2)
by James Grant
Miss Cheyne of Essilmont, Volume 1 (of 3)
by James Grant
One of the Six Hundred: A Novel
by James Grant
The Secret Dispatch; or, The Adventures of Captain Balgonie
by James Grant
The Cameronians: A Novel, Volume 2 (of 3)
by James Grant
Under the Red Dragon: A Novel
by James Grant
Philip Rollo; or, the Scottish Musketeers, Vol. 2 (of 2)
by James Grant
Oliver Ellis : or, The fusiliers
by James Grant
The Queen's cadet, and other tales
by James Grant
Miss Cheyne of Essilmont, Volume 3 (of 3)
by James Grant
Morley Ashton: A Story of the Sea. Volume 1 (of 3)
by James Grant
The Cameronians: A Novel, Volume 1 (of 3)
by James Grant
Miss Cheyne of Essilmont, Volume 2 (of 3)
by James Grant
Dulcie Carlyon: A novel. Volume 3 (of 3)
by James Grant
Playing with Fire: A Story of the Soudan War
by James Grant
The Yellow Frigate; or, The Three Sisters
by James Grant
Laura Everingham; or, The Highlanders of Glen Ora
by James Grant
The Master of Aberfeldie, Volume 3 (of 3)
by James Grant
The Cameronians: A Novel, Volume 3 (of 3)
by James Grant
The Ross-shire Buffs
by James Grant
About the author
Born in Edinburgh on August 1, 1822, James Grant was a Scottish novelist and miscellaneous writer who went on to publish around ninety books. He was related to Sir Walter Scott's family circle, and many of his best-known works draw on Scottish history, military life, and dramatic historical events.
Before becoming a full-time writer, Grant served as an officer in the British Army. That background gave his fiction an easy familiarity with soldiers, campaigns, and battlefield adventure, which helped make novels such as The Romance of War, The Scottish Cavalier, and One of "The Six Hundred" popular with Victorian readers.
Grant also wrote historical and journalistic works, showing the same talent for vivid narrative outside fiction. He died on May 5, 1887, but his work still offers an energetic window into nineteenth-century tastes for action, history, and Highland romance.