Historical Novels: The Nineteenth Century & After

The Civil War, the frontier and the trenches — the recent past as the Victorians and their heirs told it.

• The Reign of Greed José Rizal
• The Social Cancer José Rizal
• The Story of an African Farm Olive Schreiner
• For the Term of His Natural Life Marcus Clarke
• Friars and Filipinos José Rizal
• The Underdogs Mariano Azuela
• Death Comes for the Archbishop Willa Cather
• The Gadfly E. L. Voynich
• Colonel Chabert Honoré de Balzac
• Michael Strogoff Jules Verne
• Child of Storm H. Rider Haggard
• Finished H. Rider Haggard
• Manasseh Mór Jókai
• Ramona Helen Hunt Jackson
• The Marrow of Tradition Charles W. Chesnutt
• Eben Holden Irving Bacheller
• The Fortune of the Rougons Émile Zola
• Weir of Hermiston Robert Louis Stevenson
• Strange True Stories of Louisiana George Washington Cable
• The Crisis Winston Churchill
• Nada the Lily H. Rider Haggard
• Marie H. Rider Haggard
• A Man of Two Countries Alice Harriman
• The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come John Fox Jr.
• Before the Dawn Joseph A. Altsheler
• V.C.: A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea David Christie Murray
• Chita Lafcadio Hearn
• Keziah Coffin Joseph C. Lincoln
• The Purchase Price Emerson Hough
• The Downfall Émile Zola
• Port O’ Gold Louis J. Stellman
• The Texan Scouts Joseph A. Altsheler
• Confessions of a Thug Meadows Taylor
• The Battle Ground Ellen Glasgow
• 54-40 or Fight Emerson Hough
• Black Heart and White Heart H. Rider Haggard
• Nisida Alexandre Dumas
• The Path of the King John Buchan
• For Fortune and Glory Lewis Hough
• The Missourian Eugene P. Lyle
• The Light in the Clearing Irving Bacheller
• On the Face of the Waters Flora Annie Steel
• Giants in the Earth O. E. Rølvaag
• Who Goes There? B. K. Benson
• The Man of Iron Richard Dehan
• Historical Romance of the American Negro Charles H. Fowler
• Guy Rivers William Gilmore Simms
• The Four Feathers A. E. W. Mason
• Gordon Keith Thomas Nelson Page
• The Green Book Mór Jókai
• Lazarre Mary Hartwell Catherwood
• The Velvet Glove Henry Seton Merriman
• Rung Ho! Talbot Mundy
• Swallow H. Rider Haggard
• Cease Firing Mary Johnston
• The Desert of Wheat Zane Grey
• Vittoria George Meredith
• The Heart of Princess Osra Anthony Hope
• Westways S. Weir Mitchell
• The Little Lady of Lagunitas Richard Henry Savage
• The Girl at the Halfway House Emerson Hough
• The Rule of the Monk Giuseppe Garibaldi
• Rujub, the Juggler G. A. Henty
• Between Two Thieves Richard Dehan
• The White Morning Gertrude Atherton
• The Last Vendée Alexandre Dumas
• Australia Felix Henry Handel Richardson
• The Weavers Gilbert Parker
• The Admiral’s Daughter Margaret Stuart Lane
• Love under Fire Randall Parrish
• A Romance of the Republic Lydia Maria Child
• The Cavalier George Washington Cable
• Children of the Market Place Edgar Lee Masters
• Osceola the Seminole Mayne Reid
• The Secret Memoirs of Bertha Krupp Henry W. Fischer
• The Splendid Idle Forties Gertrude Atherton
• Clarence Bret Harte
• The Happy Tree Rosalind Murray
• The Just Steward Richard Dehan
• The Interpreter G. J. Whyte-Melville
• Antonio Ernest Oldmeadow
• Lay Down Your Arms Bertha von Suttner
• Rainbow’s End Rex Beach
• The Pobratim P. Jones
• The Prussian Terror Alexandre Dumas
• The Strollers Frederic S. Isham
• The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail Ralph Connor
• The Tale of Timber Town Alfred A. Grace
• Sarita, the Carlist Arthur W. Marchmont
• The Texan Star Joseph A. Altsheler
• When Buffalo Ran George Bird Grinnell
• Blair of Balaclava Escott Lynn
• The Deliverance Ellen Glasgow
• The Fire Trumpet Bertram Mitford
• Mohammed Ali and His House Luise Mühlbach
• The Shadow of the Czar John R. Carling
• The Winds of Chance Rex Beach
• Within These Walls Rupert Hughes
• The King’s Assegai Bertram Mitford
• The Romance of Gilbert Holmes Marshall M. Kirkman
• The Way of an Indian Frederic Remington
• Deadham Hard Lucas Malet
• The Lane That Had No Turning Gilbert Parker
• Old Mission Stories of California Charles Franklin Carter
• The Leatherwood God William Dean Howells
• The Circuit Rider Edward Eggleston
• Shameless Wayne Halliwell Sutcliffe
• From the West to the West Abigail Scott Duniway
• The Vintage E. F. Benson
• An Algonquin Maiden G. Mercer Adam
• Gabriel Tolliver Joel Chandler Harris
• The Kopje Farm William Johnston
• Saracinesca F. Marion Crawford
• The Garden of Swords Max Pemberton
• Bricks Without Straw Albion W. Tourgée
• Charlemont William Gilmore Simms
• The Maids of Paradise Robert W. Chambers
• Rogues and Vagabonds Compton Mackenzie
• War to the Knife Rolf Boldrewood
• Woven with the Ship Cyrus Townsend Brady
• The Spanish Farm R. H. Mottram
• The Coward Henry Morford
• Lady Rosamond’s Secret Rebecca Agatha Armour
• Eyes Like the Sea Mór Jókai
• The Drums of War H. De Vere Stacpoole
• The Inn at the Red Oak Latta Griswold
• The Shogun’s Daughter Robert Ames Bennet
• Barriers Burned Away E. P. Roe
• In Kedar’s Tents Henry Seton Merriman
• A Forest Hearth Charles Major
• Hanover Jack Thorne
• The Red Year Louis Tracy
• The Circassian Chief W. H. G. Kingston
• Lachmi Bai, Rani of Jhansi Michael White
• Madame Margot John Bennett
• Rose Mather Mary Jane Holmes
• When Valmond Came to Pontiac Gilbert Parker
• Sussex Gorse Sheila Kaye-Smith
• Shibusawa I. William Adams
• Denis Dent E. W. Hornung
• The Able McLaughlins Margaret Wilson
• Condemned as a Nihilist G. A. Henty
• A Man for the Ages Irving Bacheller
• Benton of the Royal Mounted Ralph S. Kendall
• Told in the East Talbot Mundy
• The Eye of Dread Payne Erskine
• The Baron’s Sons Mór Jókai
• The Galley Slave’s Ring Eugène Sue
• Through Stained Glass George Agnew Chamberlain
• Ovington’s Bank Stanley J. Weyman
• Inez: A Tale of the Alamo Augusta J. Evans
• Latitude 19° Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield
• The Woman with a Stone Heart O. W. Coursey
• A Prince of Lovers William Magnay
• The Earth Trembled E. P. Roe
• The Genius Margaret Potter
• With Buller in Natal G. A. Henty
• The Red Debt Everett MacDonald