Historical Fiction Books
The Wandering Jew
Eugène SueTime and again physicians and seamen have made noteworthy reputations as novelists. But it is rare in the annals of literature that a man trained in both professions should have gained his greatest fa..
The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
Arthur Conan DoyleThe hero, Etienne Gerard, is a Hussar in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Gerard's most notable attribute is his vanity - he is utterly convinced that he is the bravest soldier, greatest sw..
The Return of the Soldier
Rebecca WestIn 1916 on an isolated country estate just outside London, Captain Chris Baldry, a shell-shocked captain suffering from amnesia, makes a bittersweet homecoming to the three women who have helped shape..
Phineas Redux
Anthony TrollopePhineas Finn is the fourth in Trollope's series of six Palliser novels. At the end of Phineas Finn, the second novel in the series, Phineas had returned to Ireland and married his childhood sweetheart..
Louise de la Valliere
Alexandre DumasAfter The Three Muskateers and Twenty Years After the adventurous story of Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan continues! The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (French: Le Vicomte de Brag..
The Last Galley; Impressions and Tales
Arthur Conan DoyleThe Last Galley; Impressions and Tales is a historical fiction stories collection written by Arthur Conan Doyle,an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. “The ..
The Companions of Jehu
Alexandre DumasThe Companions of Jehu is a historical fiction work written by Alexandre Dumas, a French writer. His works have been translated into many languages, and he is one of the most widely read Fre..
The Talisman
Walter ScottThe Talisman is a 1984 fantasy novel by American writers Stephen King and Peter Straub. The plot is not related to that of Walter Scott's 1825 novel of the same name, although there is one oblique ref..