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Historical Novels
Step into worlds where crowns tremble, revolutions ignite, and honor is tested on battlefields, in shadowed castles, and across restless nations. From medieval intrigue to the thunder of the French Revolution and the desperate courage of frontier wars, these historical novels sweep you into eras shaped by loyalty, betrayal, and impossible choices. Every story opens a door to the past—and once you enter, history feels thrillingly, dangerously alive.
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With the British Legion: A Story of the Carlist Wars
by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere
by Charles de Coster
Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty
by John William De Forest
The O'Donoghue: Tale of Ireland Fifty Years Ago
by Charles Lever
The Countess of Albany
by Vernon Lee
The Golden Hope: A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great
by Robert H. (Robert Higginson) Fuller
Long Live the King!
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
The White Prophet, Volume 1 (of 2)
by Sir Hall Caine
A Lad of Grit: A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times
by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
The Ocean Cat's Paw: The Story of a Strange Cruise
by George Manville Fenn
King Candaules
by Théophile Gautier
Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California
by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail Being the Adventures of Two New England Boys in Alaska and the Northwest Territory
by Arthur R. (Arthur Ripley) Thompson
Count Brühl
by Józef Ignacy Kraszewski
The Fire Trumpet: A Romance of the Cape Frontier
by Bertram Mitford
The Rangers; or, The Tory's Daughter A Tale Illustrative of the Revolutionary History of Vermont and the Northern Campaign of 1777
by Daniel P. (Daniel Pierce) Thompson
For the Faith: A Story of the Young Pioneers of Reformation in Oxford
by Evelyn Everett-Green
Runnymede and Lincoln Fair : A story of the Great Charter
by John G. (John George) Edgar
Barbara Winslow, Rebel
by Beth Ellis
Hassan; or, The Child of the Pyramid: An Egyptian Tale
by Sir Charles Augustus Murray
Sónnica
by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844
by Various Authors
The Black Police: A Story of Modern Australia
by A. J. (Arthur James) Vogan
Hear Me, Pilate!
by LeGette Blythe
Ailsa Paige: A Novel
by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
The Pioneer Boys of the Missouri; or, In the Country of the Sioux
by St. George Rathborne
La Force Le Temps et la Vie
by Paul Adam
The Hosts of the Lord
by Flora Annie Webster Steel
Leonard Lindsay ; or, the story of a buccaneer
by Angus B. (Angus Bethune) Reach
The Story of Frithiof the Bold 1875
by Anonymous
The Bride of Mission San José: A Tale of Early California
by John Augustine Cull
Ponce de Leon: The Rise of the Argentine Republic
by William Pilling
A Colonial Reformer, Vol. 3 (of 3)
by Rolf Boldrewood
The white doe : the fate of Virginia Dare, an Indian legend
by Sallie Southall Cotten
The Vale of Cedars; Or, The Martyr
by Grace Aguilar
Wilhelm Tell
by Friedrich Schiller
The lost hunter: A tale of early times
by John Turvill Adams
Across the Cameroons: A Story of War and Adventure
by Charles Gilson
The Masters of the Peaks: A Story of the Great North Woods
by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
Prisoners of Conscience
by Amelia E. Barr
John Inglesant: A Romance (Volume 1 of 2)
by J. H. (Joseph Henry) Shorthouse
All for a Scrap of Paper: A Romance of the Present War
by Joseph Hocking
Brother Against Brother; Or, The War on the Border
by Oliver Optic
The Village in the Mountains; Conversion of Peter Bayssière; and History of a Bible
by Sampson Vryling Stoddard Wilder
Wings over England
by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell
Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century
by Emily Sarah Holt
Hendricks the Hunter; Or, The Border Farm: A Tale of Zululand
by William Henry Giles Kingston
Monsieur Maurice
by Amelia B. Edwards
The Maid of Honour: A Tale of the Dark Days of France. Vol. 1 (of 3)
by Lewis Wingfield
She Blows! And Sparm at That!
by William John Hopkins
With Drake on the Spanish Main
by Herbert Strang
For Sceptre and Crown: A Romance of the Present Time. Vol. 1 (of 2)
by Gregor Samarow
In Love With the Czarina, and Other Stories
by Mór Jókai
The White Plumes of Navarre: A Romance of the Wars of Religion
by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
The White Scalper: A Story of the Texan War
by Gustave Aimard
Ekkehard: A Tale of the Tenth Century. Vol. 1 (of 2)
by Joseph Victor von Scheffel
The Zeppelin Destroyer: Being Some Chapters of Secret History
by William Le Queux
A jövő század regénye, 1. rész
by Mór Jókai
The White Shield
by Bertram Mitford
The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters
by Sue Petigru Bowen
You no longer count (Tu n'es plus rien!)
by René Boylesve
The wanderings and fortunes of some German emigrants
by Friedrich Gerstäcker
Youth, Vol. I, No. 7, September 1902: An Illustrated Monthly Journal for Boys & Girls
by Various Authors
With Ring of Shield
by Knox Magee
The Lay of Marie and Vignettes in Verse
by Matilda Betham
Mohawks: A Novel. Volume 2 of 3
by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
The Young Rajah
by William Henry Giles Kingston
Philip Rollo; or, the Scottish Musketeers, Vol. 2 (of 2)
by James Grant
Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary
by Anne Manning
The Red Vineyard
by B. J. (Benedict Joseph) Murdoch
King Henry VI, Part 1
by William Shakespeare
The Sweet and Touching Tale of Fleur & Blanchefleur A Mediæval Legend Translated from the French
by Mrs. Leighton
Gleaner Tales
by Robert Sellar
It Was Marlowe: A Story of the Secret of Three Centuries
by Wilbur Gleason Zeigler
Stories of the Railroad
by John A. (John Alexander) Hill
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 1 (of 4)
by Jane Porter
The Boy Allies under Two Flags
by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes
A Day with William Shakespeare
by May Byron
A Captured Santa Claus
by Thomas Nelson Page
Pictures of Hellas: Five Tales of Ancient Greece
by Peder Mariager
The Last Look: A Tale of the Spanish Inquisition
by William Henry Giles Kingston
The Wellfields: A novel. Vol. 1 of 3
by Jessie Fothergill
The Sworn Brothers: A Tale of the Early Days of Iceland
by Gunnar Gunnarsson
With Wolseley to Kumasi: A Tale of the First Ashanti War
by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton
Michael Penguyne; Or, Fisher Life on the Cornish Coast
by William Henry Giles Kingston
The Treasure of the "San Philipo"
by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
Sir Isumbras at the Ford
by D. K. (Dorothy Kathleen) Broster
Terry's Trials and Triumphs
by J. Macdonald (James Macdonald) Oxley
In Paths of Peril: A Boy's Adventures in Nova Scotia
by J. Macdonald (James Macdonald) Oxley
Edina: A Novel
by Mrs. Henry Wood
Blanche: The Maid of Lille
by Ossip Schubin
The Span o' Life: A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec
by William McLennan, Jean N. (Jean Newton) McIlwraith
The Black Bar
by George Manville Fenn
Randvar the songsmith : A romance of Norumbega
by Ottilie A. (Ottilia Adelina) Liljencrantz
Torquemada en el purgatorio
by Benito Pérez Galdós
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 08
by Georg Ebers
Big and Little Sisters: A Story of an Indian Mission School
by Theodora R. (Theodora Robinson) Jenness