Fifty Representative Historical Novels (Jonathan Nield, 1925)

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A Guide to the Best Historical Novels and Tales by Jonathan Nield, 50 Books

This list was compiled by Jonathan Nield who published several editions of "A Guide to the Best Historical Novels and Tales" between 1902 and 1929. This list is from the 1925 edition.

This list was originally published in 1925 and was added to this site over 1 year ago.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
15916 An Egyptian Princess Georg Ebers 1864 German German
4410 Salammbô Gustave Flaubert 1862 French French
16807 Philochristus Edwin A. Abbott 1878 British English
2138 The Last Days Of Pompeii Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1834 British English
1558 Marius the Epicurean Walter Pater 1885 British English
15916 Callista John Henry Newman 1855 British English
14899 Hypatia Charles Kingsley 1853 British English
11897 Ekkehard Joseph Victor von Scheffel 1855 German German
15916 Harold, The Last Of The Saxon Kings Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1848 British English
6939 The Talisman Sir Walter Scott 1825 Scottish English
297 Ivanhoe Sir Walter Scott 1819 British English
15916 Maid Marian Thomas Love Peacock 1821 British English
10633 Last Of The Barons Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1843 British English
7031 Quentin Durward Sir Walter Scott 1823 Scottish English
2330 Romola George Eliot 1863 British English
366 The Hunchback of Notre-Dame Victor Hugo 1831 French French
2287 The Cloister and the Hearth Charles Reade 1861 British English
15916 Niccolò Dei Lapi Massimo D'Azeglio 1841 Italian Italian
15916 A Chronicle Of The Reign Of Charles Ix Prosper Mérimée 1829 French French
8655 The Abbot Sir Walter Scott 1820 Scottish English
6183 Kenilworth Sir Walter Scott 1821 British English
9130 Westward Ho! Charles Kingsley 1855 British English
7117 The Fortunes Of Nigel Sir Walter Scott 1822 Scottish English
17162 John Inglesant Joseph Henry Shorthouse 1881 British English
9506 The Maiden And Married Life Of Mary Powell Anne Manning 1850 British English
119 The Three Musketeers Alexandre Dumas 1844 French French
15916 Cinq Mars Alfred de Vigny 1826 French French
273 The Betrothed Alessandro Manzoni 1827 Italian Italian
8666 Twenty Years After Alexandre Dumas 1845 French French
14979 Ogniem I Mieczem Henryk Sienkiewicz 1884 Polish
7117 A Legend Of Montrose Sir Walter Scott 1819 Scottish English
7031 Woodstock Sir Walter Scott 1826 British English
3266 Old Mortality Sir Walter Scott 1816 Scottish English
15916 The Vicomte Of Bragelonne Alexandre Dumas 1847 French French
1198 Lorna Doone R. D. Blackmore 1869 British English
978 The History Of Henry Esmond William Makepeace Thackeray 1852 British English
1779 Rob Roy Sir Walter Scott 1817 British English
17162 Dorothy Forster Walter Besant 1884 British English
1362 The Heart Of Midlothian Sir Walter Scott 1818 Scottish English
2903 Waverley Sir Walter Scott 1814 British English
1243 Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 British English
3612 Redgauntlet Sir Walter Scott 1824 Scottish English
14195 Barnaby Rudge Charles Dickens 1841 British English
188 A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens 1859 British English
12 War and Peace Leo Tolstoy 1869 Russian Russian
15916 The Conscript Erckmann-Chatrian 1864 French French
15916 Waterloo Erckmann-Chatrian 1865 French French
17162 The Green Book Mór Jókai 2003 Hungarian Hungarian
17162 The Forest Lovers Maurice Hewlett 1898 British English
74 The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne 1850 American English