A Gentle Feast
Viking Tales
Jennie HallThe Vikings The story of Harald Fairhair, starting in childhood, and his many adventures as he unites Norway as their king. As the Viking populatio...
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Frederick MarryatNew Forest Set during the English Civil War, the story follows the Beverley children who are orphaned when their father, Colonel Beverly, is killed...
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Andrew LangHomeric Legends Andrew Lang’s recounting of the wars between the Greeks and the people of Troy. Featuring such renowned characters as Paris, Helen ...
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Charlotte YongeRichard The Fearless Historical fiction based on the life of Richard I, Duke of Normandy also known as Richard the Fearless. Richard assumes the ...
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George M. TowleHis Travels And Adventures The fascinating account of the life of Marco Polo who journey’s east to the court of Kublai Khan with his father and unc...
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Howard PyleHonor and Chivalry Set in the 15th century, a young squire, Myles Falworth, seeks to become a knight and to redeem his father’s honor. Myles trains...
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Arthur Conan DoyleHundred Years’ War A historical adventure novel set in England, France, and Spain during the Hundred Years’ War against the backdrop of the campaig...
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G. A. HentyA Tale of Ancient Egypt A young prince named Amuba is taken as a slave by the Egyptians after his father, and king of the Rebu people, is killed in...
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Charlotte YongeThe Captivity of Mary of Scotland Historical fiction based on the life of Mary of Scotland during the reign of her cousin Queen Elizabeth and the s...
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Robert Louis StevensonOr The Mutiny of The Hispaniola A coming-of-age adventure novel narrating a tale of buccaneers and buried gold. The book had an enormous influence ...
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Charles DickensIt was the best of times... Dicken’s best-known work of historical fiction and regularly cited as the best-selling novel of all time. The novel tel...
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James OtisA Story of the Massachusetts Bay Colony Narrated by Ruth who is twelve years old in the year 1630 and is headed to the Massachusetts Bay Colony wit...
View full detailsThe Children's Homer
Padraic ColumThe Adventures of Odysseus and The Tale of Troy Padraic Colum’s classic retelling of the Odyssey and the Iliad for children. Included are such famo...
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G. A. HentyA Story of the Roman Invasion The story of Beric, a young British chieftain, who with his fellow tribesmen bristle under Roman Rule during the reig...
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G. A. HentyWith Cortez in Mexico Set during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in the early 16th century. The story follows a young Englishman, Roger, w...
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Nathaniel HawthorneA Romance A classic work of historical fiction set in the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1642 to 1649. The novel tells the story of Hester P...
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