Historical Novels: Tudor to Napoleon

From Bosworth to Waterloo — the Armada, the Civil War, the Jacobites and the Revolution in fiction.

• Barnaby Rudge Charles Dickens
• Shirley Charlotte Brontë
• The Deerslayer James Fenimore Cooper
• The Bride of Lammermoor Walter Scott
• The Princess of Cleves Madame de La Fayette
• Westward Ho! Charles Kingsley
• The Pioneers James Fenimore Cooper
• The Monastery Walter Scott
• Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges William Makepeace Thackeray
• The Spy James Fenimore Cooper
• The Witch of Salem John R. Musick
• The Lancashire Witches William Harrison Ainsworth
• Montezuma’s Daughter H. Rider Haggard
• The Heart of Mid-Lothian Walter Scott
• Old Mortality Walter Scott
• The Betrothed Alessandro Manzoni
• A Sicilian Romance Ann Radcliffe
• Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress Daniel Defoe
• Kenilworth Walter Scott
• Moonfleet John Meade Falkner
• St. Ives Robert Louis Stevenson
• The Loyalist James Francis Barrett
• The Antiquary Walter Scott
• Guy Mannering Walter Scott
• The Bridge of San Luis Rey Thornton Wilder
• Romola George Eliot
• The Crossing Winston Churchill
• In Kings’ Byways Stanley J. Weyman
• The Elusive Pimpernel Baroness Orczy
• The Master of Ballantrae Robert Louis Stevenson
• The Adventures of Gerard Arthur Conan Doyle
• The History of Henry Esmond William Makepeace Thackeray
• David Balfour Robert Louis Stevenson
• El Dorado Baroness Orczy
• Doom Castle Neil Munro
• With Fire and Sword Henryk Sienkiewicz
• The Abbot Walter Scott
• Micah Clarke Arthur Conan Doyle
• Old Saint Paul’s William Harrison Ainsworth
• The Fortunes of Nigel Walter Scott
• Redgauntlet Walter Scott
• Chicot the Jester Alexandre Dumas
• The Legend of Tyl Ulenspiegel Charles de Coster
• The Chainbearer James Fenimore Cooper
• Windsor Castle William Harrison Ainsworth
• Under the Storm Charlotte M. Yonge
• The Cenci Alexandre Dumas
• The Tower of London William Harrison Ainsworth
• The Virginians William Makepeace Thackeray
• Rookwood William Harrison Ainsworth
• The Death of Wallenstein Friedrich Schiller
• A Gentleman of France Stanley J. Weyman
• The Countess of Saint-Géran Alexandre Dumas
• The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard Arthur Conan Doyle
• Peveril of the Peak Walter Scott
• The Nameless Castle Mór Jókai
• The Grandissimes George Washington Cable
• Audrey Mary Johnston
• Adieu Honoré de Balzac
• Cardinal Pole William Harrison Ainsworth
• I Will Repay Baroness Orczy
• Captain Fracasse Théophile Gautier
• The Lion of the North G. A. Henty
• Bardelys the Magnificent Rafael Sabatini
• Lewis Rand Mary Johnston
• The Black Dwarf Walter Scott
• The Chouans Honoré de Balzac
• Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall Charles Major
• Sir Mortimer Mary Johnston
• Love and Liberty Alexandre Dumas
• Unknown to History Charlotte M. Yonge
• Sylvia’s Lovers Elizabeth Gaskell
• To Have and to Hold Mary Johnston
• The Shadow of a Crime Hall Caine
• Balsamo, the Magician Alexandre Dumas
• The Conquest Eva Emery Dye
• Richard Carvel Winston Churchill
• A Legend of Montrose Walter Scott
• The Burgomaster’s Wife Georg Ebers
• The Marquise de Ganges Alexandre Dumas
• The Story of Don John of Austria Luis Coloma
• His Grace of Osmonde Frances Hodgson Burnett
• Martin Guerre Alexandre Dumas
• The Great Shadow Arthur Conan Doyle
• Frederick the Great and His Family Luise Mühlbach
• The Historical Nights’ Entertainment Rafael Sabatini
• The Forty-Five Guardsmen Alexandre Dumas
• A Mirror for Witches Esther Forbes
• Tara Meadows Taylor
• Lysbeth H. Rider Haggard
• The Refugees Arthur Conan Doyle
• The Amber Witch Wilhelm Meinhold
• Catherine William Makepeace Thackeray
• The O’Donoghue Charles Lever
• Akbar P. A. S. van Limburg Brouwer
• Wyandotté James Fenimore Cooper
• Israel Potter Herman Melville
• An Historical Mystery Honoré de Balzac
• The Suitors of Yvonne Rafael Sabatini
• A Century Too Soon John R. Musick
• Devereux Edward Bulwer-Lytton
• Bristol Bells Emma Marshall
• Boscobel William Harrison Ainsworth
• The Helmet of Navarre Bertha Runkle
• Lord Tony’s Wife Baroness Orczy
• Foes Mary Johnston
• The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck Mary Shelley
• The Old Dominion Mary Johnston
• Louisa of Prussia and Her Times Luise Mühlbach
• The Princess Pocahontas Virginia Watson
• The Adventures of François S. Weir Mitchell
• John Burnet of Barns John Buchan
• Springhaven R. D. Blackmore
• The Sword of Honor Eugène Sue
• Henry VIII and His Court Luise Mühlbach
• The Manchester Rebels of the Fatal ’45 William Harrison Ainsworth
• The Valley of Decision Edith Wharton
• The Nest of the Sparrowhawk Baroness Orczy
• The Tavern Knight Rafael Sabatini
• Fair Margaret H. Rider Haggard
• Martin Hyde, the Duke’s Messenger John Masefield
• Barbara Blomberg Georg Ebers
• Clementina A. E. W. Mason
• Stolen Treasure Howard Pyle
• Satanstoe James Fenimore Cooper
• The Hidden Children Robert W. Chambers
• The Golden Dog William Kirby
• The Princess de Montpensier Madame de La Fayette
• The Divine Lady E. Barrington
• The King’s Achievement Robert Hugh Benson
• St. Martin’s Summer Rafael Sabatini
• Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer Cyrus Townsend Brady
• Alice of Old Vincennes Maurice Thompson
• The Bravo James Fenimore Cooper
• The Lion’s Whelp Amelia E. Barr
• Privy Seal Ford Madox Ford
• The Fair God Lew Wallace
• In the Palace of the King F. Marion Crawford
• Rodney Stone Arthur Conan Doyle
• The Castle Inn Stanley J. Weyman
• The Magnificent Adventure Emerson Hough
• Guy Fawkes William Harrison Ainsworth
• The Lion’s Skin Rafael Sabatini
• Monsieur Beaucaire Booth Tarkington
• Uncle Bernac Arthur Conan Doyle
• Isabella Orsini Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi
• Mary Anerley R. D. Blackmore
• Calavar Robert Montgomery Bird
• The Constable de Bourbon William Harrison Ainsworth
• The Vale of Cedars Grace Aguilar
• By Neva’s Waters John R. Carling
• The Whites and the Blues Alexandre Dumas
• Marie Antoinette and Her Son Luise Mühlbach
• Under the Red Robe Stanley J. Weyman
• ‘Midst the Wild Carpathians Mór Jókai
• For Faith and Freedom Walter Besant
• The Seats of the Mighty Gilbert Parker
• The Trampling of the Lilies Rafael Sabatini
• The Fortunes of Hector O’Halloran W. H. Maxwell
• The Armourer’s Prentices Charlotte M. Yonge
• The Strolling Saint Rafael Sabatini
• A Reputed Changeling Charlotte M. Yonge
• The Mississippi Bubble Emerson Hough
• Mistress Wilding Rafael Sabatini
• The Tory Lover Sarah Orne Jewett
• If Youth But Knew Agnes and Egerton Castle
• Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare Walter Savage Landor
• The Imprudence of Prue Sophie Fisher
• In the Days of Poor Richard Irving Bacheller
• Joseph II and His Court Luise Mühlbach
• Sir John Constantine Arthur Quiller-Couch
• The Bravo of Venice Heinrich Zschokke
• Old Fritz and the New Era Luise Mühlbach
• London Pride M. E. Braddon
• The Perils of Certain English Prisoners Charles Dickens
• The Crimson Conquest Charles Bradford Hudson
• The Laird’s Luck and Other Fireside Tales Arthur Quiller-Couch
• Jacques Bonneval Anne Manning
• Told by the Death’s Head Mór Jókai
• The Chevalier de Maison-Rouge Alexandre Dumas
• Cardigan Robert W. Chambers
• The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel Baroness Orczy
• The Dove in the Eagle’s Nest Charlotte M. Yonge
• The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel Baroness Orczy
• Cinq-Mars Alfred de Vigny
• Pan Michael Henryk Sienkiewicz
• The Pocket Bible Eugène Sue
• Leatherface Baroness Orczy
• The Conqueror Gertrude Atherton
• Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker S. Weir Mitchell
• Ashcliffe Hall Emily Sarah Holt
• The Solitary of Juan Fernandez X. B. Saintine
• St. Leon William Godwin
• Come Rack! Come Rope! Robert Hugh Benson
• The Snare Rafael Sabatini
• The Virgin of the Sun George Griffith
• The Chaplet of Pearls Charlotte M. Yonge
• Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times Charles Carleton Coffin
• The Gods Are Athirst Anatole France
• The Grey Man S. R. Crockett
• The Maid-at-Arms Robert W. Chambers
• By What Authority? Robert Hugh Benson
• D’ri and I Irving Bacheller
• The White Chief Mayne Reid
• Barbara Winslow, Rebel Beth Ellis
• William Shakespeare as He Lived Henry Curling
• Marie Grubbe J. P. Jacobsen
• Rezanov Gertrude Atherton
• When Knighthood Was in Flower Charles Major
• The Yellow Frigate James Grant
• 1812: A Tale of Cape Cod Michael Fitzgerald
• Ringan Gilhaize John Galt
• The Shame of Motley Rafael Sabatini
• A Soldier of Virginia Burton Egbert Stevenson
• The Ladies L. Adams Beck
• White Lies Charles Reade
• Michel and Angele Gilbert Parker
• A Muramasa Blade Louis Wertheimber
• Beau Brocade Baroness Orczy
• The Queen’s Necklace Alexandre Dumas
• Barlasch of the Guard Henry Seton Merriman
• Gerald Fitzgerald, the Chevalier Charles Lever
• Salute to Adventurers John Buchan
• Taking the Bastile Alexandre Dumas
• Horse-Shoe Robinson John Pendleton Kennedy
• The Young Lovell Ford Madox Ford
• La Vendée Anthony Trollope
• The Little Red Foot Robert W. Chambers
• Shrewsbury Stanley J. Weyman
• Beauvallet Georgette Heyer
• The Queen’s Favourite Eliza F. Pollard
• The Battle of the Strong Gilbert Parker
• Maurice Tiernay Charles Lever
• The Grey Cloak Harold MacGrath
• Betty Alden Jane G. Austin
• The Duke of Stockbridge Edward Bellamy
• The Great Roxhythe Georgette Heyer
• The History of Margaret Catchpole Richard Cobbold
• The Honor of the Name Émile Gaboriau
• Under the Rose Frederic S. Isham
• Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia Luise Mühlbach
• The Two Captains Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué
• The Lady of Blossholme H. Rider Haggard
• Ellen Walton Alvin Addison
• The Mercenary W. J. Eccott
• The Flute of the Gods Marah Ellis Ryan
• The Hated Son Honoré de Balzac
• The Point of Honor Joseph Conrad
• A Romance of the West Indies Eugène Sue
• Napoleon and Blücher Luise Mühlbach
• A Word, Only a Word Georg Ebers
• The Choir Invisible James Lane Allen
• The Phantom Regiment James Grant
• Thaddeus of Warsaw Jane Porter
• The Maroon Mayne Reid
• The Minister’s Wooing Harriet Beecher Stowe
• An Unwilling Maid Jeanie Gould Lincoln
• The Laughing Cavalier Baroness Orczy
• Chronicles of the Schönberg-Cotta Family Elizabeth Rundle Charles
• The House of the Wolf Stanley J. Weyman
• The Queen’s Quair Maurice Hewlett
• The Tangled Skein Baroness Orczy
• Tippoo Sultaun Meadows Taylor
• Alida Amelia Stratton Comfield
• Agnes of Sorrento Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Preston Fight William Harrison Ainsworth
• A Conspiracy of the Carbonari Luise Mühlbach
• Stray Pearls Charlotte M. Yonge
• An Enemy to the King Robert Neilson Stephens
• The Usurper Judith Gautier
• The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish James Fenimore Cooper
• The Knight of Malta Eugène Sue
• The Adventures of Rob Roy James Grant
• The Splendid Spur Arthur Quiller-Couch
• The Witch Mary Johnston
• From the Memoirs of a Minister of France Stanley J. Weyman
• The Abbess of Vlaye Stanley J. Weyman
• The Manchester Man Mrs. G. Linnaeus Banks
• A Gentleman Player Robert Neilson Stephens
• The Gipsy G. P. R. James
• The Lady of Lynn Walter Besant
• Secret History; or, the Horrors of St. Domingo Leonora Sansay
• The Slaves of the Padishah Mór Jókai
• Halil the Pedlar Mór Jókai
• The Prairie-Bird Charles Augustus Murray
• The Romance of War: The Highlanders in France and Belgium James Grant
• Old News Nathaniel Hawthorne
• My Lady Rotha Stanley J. Weyman
• Philip Winwood Robert Neilson Stephens
• The Noble Rogue Baroness Orczy
• Arabella Stuart G. P. R. James
• The Lost Hunter John Turvill Adams
• Sustained Honor John R. Musick
• Shakspere, Personal Recollections John A. Joyce
• The American Prisoner Eden Phillpotts
• The Master of Appleby Francis Lynde
• Count Hannibal Stanley J. Weyman
• An Episode under the Terror Honoré de Balzac
• A German Pompadour Marie Hay
• The Golden Age in Transylvania Mór Jókai
• The Knight of the Golden Melice John Turvill Adams
• Rachel Dyer John Neal
• Hansford St. George Tucker
• It Might Have Been Emily Sarah Holt
• The Red Inn Honoré de Balzac
• With Sword and Crucifix Edward S. Van Zile
• The Orange Girl Walter Besant
• The Youth of Washington S. Weir Mitchell
• The Unspeakable Gentleman John P. Marquand
• Hardscrabble John Richardson
• The Foster-Sisters Lucy Ellen Guernsey
• Leila Edward Bulwer-Lytton
• The Touchstone of Fortune Charles Major
• The Red City S. Weir Mitchell
• The Marchioness of Brinvilliers Albert Smith
• The Cock and Anchor Sheridan Le Fanu
• A Golden Book of Venice Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull
• Petticoat Rule Baroness Orczy
• Adventures in Southern Seas George Forbes
• When a Witch Is Young Philip Verrill Mighels
• The Gold Brick Ann S. Stephens
• Cerise G. J. Whyte-Melville
• The Men of the Moss-Hags S. R. Crockett
• My Lady of Doubt Randall Parrish
• Ben Comee M. J. Canavan
• Legends of the Black Watch James Grant
• Penshurst Castle Emma Marshall
• His Majesty’s Well-Beloved Baroness Orczy
• Lord Montagu’s Page G. P. R. James
• Montlivet Alice Prescott Smith
• The Bow of Orange Ribbon Amelia E. Barr
• El Verdugo Honoré de Balzac
• The Infidel M. E. Braddon
• Wilderness of Spring Edgar Pangborn
• In the Valley Harold Frederic
• The House of de Mailly Margaret Horton Potter
• The Westcotes Arthur Quiller-Couch
• Alvira A. J. O’Reilly
• Fortune’s Fool Rafael Sabatini
• St. George and St. Michael George MacDonald
• Oliver Ellis James Grant
• Calvert of Strathore Abbe Carter Goodloe
• The Flight of the Heron D. K. Broster
• The Road to Paris Robert Neilson Stephens
• The Royal Life Guard Alexandre Dumas
• Thankful Blossom Bret Harte
• History of the Plague in London Daniel Defoe
• The Oak Openings James Fenimore Cooper
• Adam Hepburn’s Vow Annie S. Swan
• Ponce de Leon: The Rise of the Argentine Republic William Pilling
• A Spectre of Power Charles Egbert Craddock
• The Queen’s Maries G. J. Whyte-Melville
• Black’erchief Dick Margery Allingham
• In the Name of Liberty Owen Johnson
• Lochinvar S. R. Crockett
• Madam Constantia Jefferson Carter
• Constance Sherwood Lady Georgiana Fullerton
• Our Admirable Betty Jeffery Farnol
• The Path of Honor Burton E. Stevenson
• Tales of the Covenanters Ellen Jane Guthrie
• The Banished Wilhelm Hauff
• The Recruit Honoré de Balzac
• The Revolution in Tanner’s Lane Mark Rutherford
• The White Horses Halliwell Sutcliffe
• Muckle John Frederick Watson
• My Merry Rockhurst Agnes and Egerton Castle
• The Story of Old Fort Loudon Charles Egbert Craddock
• Wacousta John Richardson
• Berlin and Sans-Souci Luise Mühlbach
• The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A. E. W. Mason
• The Bronze Eagle Baroness Orczy
• Caleb Field Margaret Oliphant
• Sir Christopher Maud Wilder Goodwin
• The Sword of Gideon John Bloundelle-Burton
• The Bridge of the Gods Frederic Homer Balch
• A Volunteer with Pike Robert Ames Bennet
• Barbara Ladd Charles G. D. Roberts
• The Chaplain of the Fleet Walter Besant and James Rice
• Mistress Penwick Dutton Payne
• The Sailor Hero F. C. Armstrong
• The White Gauntlet Mayne Reid
• The Trail of the Sword Gilbert Parker
• Peg Woffington Charles Reade
• Simon Dale Anthony Hope