Britain and Ireland

12 books

A Journal of the Plague Year Being Observations or Memorials of the Most Remarkable Occurrences, as Well Public as Private, Which Happened in London During the Last Great Visitation in 1665. Written by a Citizen Who Continued All the While in LondonDaniel Defoe · 1722A fictional journal, published in 1722, recounting the 1665 plague in London as told by a citizen who stayed in the city, describing rising death bills, rumors, and the spread of the disease through its parishes.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

A Legend of MontroseWalter Scott · 1819A historical novel by Walter Scott, published in 1819, set during Montrose's Scottish campaigns of 1644. It draws on the true story of James Stewart of Ardvoirlich's fatal betrayal of Lord Kilpont and includes the mercenary soldier Captain Dalgetty.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

John Splendid: The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of LornNeil Munro · 1898An 1898 historical novel by Neil Munro, narrated by a young Scottish gentleman soldier who returns home from foreign wars to the town of Inneraora, where he becomes drawn into the local conflicts known as the Little Wars of Lorn.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

London Pride, Or, When the World Was YoungerM. E. Braddon · 1896A historical novel by M. E. Braddon, published in 1896, following a royalist family through the English Civil War and Cromwell's rule. Sir John Kirkland, ruined for his loyalty to the executed King Charles, journeys into exile with his young daughter Angela.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Lorna Doone: A Romance of ExmoorR. D. Blackmore · 1869An 1869 romance by R. D. Blackmore set on Exmoor, telling of the outlaw Doone family of Bagworthy Forest, the fair Lorna raised among them, and John Ridd, the plain farmer whose life becomes bound up with theirs.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734Arthur Conan Doyle · 1889A historical adventure novel by Arthur Conan Doyle, told as the memoir of Micah Clarke, an old man recounting his youth and experiences as a soldier during religious strife and rebellion in seventeenth-century England to his three grandchildren in 1734.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Old Mortality, CompleteWalter Scott · 1816A historical novel by Walter Scott, published in 1816, set amid the Covenanting struggles of seventeenth-century Scotland. Framed as tales told by the wandering "Old Mortality," it draws on traditions supplied to Scott and concerns figures such as Claverhouse and the Covenanters.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Peveril of the PeakWalter Scott · 1823A historical novel by Walter Scott, first published in 1823, following the Royalist Sir Geoffrey Peveril of Derbyshire and the Puritan Major Bridgenorth, whose families are entangled across the Civil War era and the Restoration reign of Charles II.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Buccaneer: A TaleS. C. Hall · 1832A revised edition of an 1832 novel by Mrs. S. C. Hall, The Buccaneer: A Tale is a work of historical fiction and adventure. It opens in 1656 with a ship's captain and a young sailor secretly landing at night on the Isle of Sheppey, where the captain climbs the cliffs on a mysterious errand.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Children of the New ForestFrederick Marryat · 1847A children's historical novel set in 1647 during the English Civil War, following the orphaned children of a Cavalier colonel who find refuge in the New Forest under the care of an old forester after the defeat of King Charles I.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Fortunes of NigelWalter Scott · 1822A historical novel by Walter Scott, first published in 1822, set in the reign of James I. It follows a young Scottish nobleman in London whose extravagance and entanglement with rogues place him under the guidance of the goldsmith George Heriot.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Woodstock; or, the CavalierWalter Scott · 1826A historical novel by Walter Scott, first published in 1826, set in England in 1651 during the aftermath of the Civil War. It draws on accounts of mysterious disturbances said to haunt Woodstock manor house, where Parliamentary commissioners occupied the former royal palace.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية