Historical fiction books

The Cannibal Islands from R. M. Ballantyne. Scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote more than 100 books (1825-1894)....  Read More >>

Walter Cain, the young son of an alcoholic 19th century gold miner is forced to grow up quickly, learning about...  Read More >>

Here's a crackerjack mystery from mystery titan Edgar Wallace, filled with danger, romance, twists and turns!  Read More >>

There is an old myth of a hero who renewed his strength each time he touched the earth, and finally was overcome...  Read More >>

There is an old myth of a hero who renewed his strength each time he touched the earth, and finally was overcome...  Read More >>

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 - 10 February 1932) was an English writer.Born into poverty as an illegitimate...  Read More >>

The text of Wharton's richly allusive Pulitzer Prize-winning 1921 novel of desire and its implications in Old New...  Read More >>

I have not seen the letter addressed by President Wilson to the American people calling upon them to preserve toward...  Read More >>

What is the true root of royal blood? A band of gold belonging to a young Viking prince is passed from generation...  Read More >>

Lord Antony Dewhurst is 'a splendid fellow - a fine sportsman, a loyal gentleman'. The young gallant is also Percy's...  Read More >>

This text dramatises many key issues relating to class and gender in late Victorian culture. In Gissing's story,...  Read More >>

The tumultuous relationship between Katharine Howard and England's King Henry VIII was inextricably entwined with...  Read More >>

My Lord of Tressan, His Majesty's Seneschal of Dauphiny, sat at his ease, his purple doublet all undone, to yield...  Read More >>

Catriona (David Balfour) is the sequel to Kidnapped, and starts at the exact moment that Robert Louis Stevenson's...  Read More >>

Nada the Lily from Henry Rider Haggard. English writer of adventure novels (1856-1925).  Read More >>

In this 1876 Mission Impossible-like tale of intrigue set in Russia, Feofar-Khan is preparing to invade Siberia...  Read More >>

In this sequel to Marie, Allan Quatermain helps his Zulu friend Saduko in a crazy battle to win 100 cattle for the...  Read More >>

An action/adventure tale of the French Legionnaire soldier Battron, a man without a country , who is involved with...  Read More >>

Vigorous, self-reliant, amazingly resourceful, and moral, Natty Bumppo is the prototype of the Western hero. A faultless...  Read More >>

To Let is the conclusion of John Galsworthy's epic Forsyte Saga, the first trilogy in the nine-volume Forsyte Chronicles,...  Read More >>

To Let, the final volume of the Forsyte Trilogy, chronicles the continuing feuds of the two factions within the...  Read More >>

An intimate story of young man's life. Claude Wheeler's stormy youth, his enigmatic marriage, and the final adventure...  Read More >>

A story of the French aristocracy, the book concerns Madame de Pompadour's influence over the King and France.  Read More >>

Narrated by the central character Prue Sarn, whose life is blighted by having a harelip. Only the weaver, Kester...  Read More >>

He was born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad. begins Sabatini's Scaramouche , the...  Read More >>