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The Iliad For Boys and Girls
Alfred J. ChurchTold From Homer The retelling of the Iliad by Rev. Alfred J. Church. The book is intended as an introduction to Homer’s epic poem. The writing sty...
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G. A. HentyA Tale of the Times of Gustavus Adolphus and the Wars of Religion Set during the Thirty Years’ War, the story follows Malcolm Graheme, a young Scot...
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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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G. A. HentyA Mystery An Indian army officer dies in battle, leaving his sizable fortune to his child, his sole heir. Soon afterwards, the child vanishes witho...
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Alfred J. ChurchTold From Homer The retelling of the Odyssey by Rev. Alfred J. Church. The book is intended as an introduction to Homer’s epic poem. The writing s...
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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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Henry Wadsworth LongfellowAn Epic Poem An epic poem in trochaic tetrameter about the fictional adventures of an Ojibwe warrior named Hiawatha and the tragedy of his love for...
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Willa Cather“It was a wond’rous storm that drove me!” Set in fictional Moonstone, Colorado at the turn of the 20th century, the story follows Thea Kronborg. Th...
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James Fenimore CooperA Tale of the Neutral Ground Set during the American Revolution, the story revolves around Harvey Birch, a mysterious character who operates as a s...
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G. A. HentyA Tale of Adventure in Peru In an effort to win the the hand of the girl he loves, Harry Prendergast travels to the land of the Incas in search of ...
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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 the Peninsular War The story traces the fortunes of two brothers, Tom and Peter Scudamore, who join the British army in Portugal and serv...
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G. A. HentyThe Times of Hannibal The story follows Malchus, Hannibal’s cousin, as he joins Hannibal in his attempt to conquer Rome in the Second Punic War (21...
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Mary JohnstonA Story of Virginia in Colonial Days A historical romance set in early 17th-century Virginia. The story follows Captain Ralph Percy, a rugged and h...
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Walter Noble BurnsAn Iliad of the Southwest Blending historical facts with vivid storytelling, Burns captures the larger-than-life personalities, lawless chaos, and ...
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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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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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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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G. A. HentyRestoration Times and the Great Fire Set in 17th-century England during the tumultuous times of the Great Plague of 1665 and the Great Fire of Lond...
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G. A. HentyThe Peninsular War Terence O’Conner is a young Irish lad living with his father, Captain O’Conner. When war breaks out on the Spanish peninsula, Te...
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G. A. HentyThe Relief of the Legations The story follows Rex Bateman, the son of an English merchant, during the Siege of Pekin during the Boxer Rebellion. Re...
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G. A. HentyThe Story of the Carlist War Arthur Hallet, a young English boy, finds himself in trouble at home and enlists with the famous the “British Legion.”...
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G. A. HentyA Tale of the Thirty Years War The story follows Hector Campbell, the orphaned son of a Scottish officer in the French Army during the Thirty Years...
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G. A. HentyA Story of The Norman Conquest Wulf of Steyning is thane to King Harold Godwinson assisting him in the Welsh wars and taking part in the Battle of ...
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