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THE LORD OF DYNEOVER — E. Everett Green
Time of Edward I.
T. Nelson & Sons
THE SCOTTISH CHIEFS — Jane Porter
Scotch Wars—Wallace
J. M. Dent & Co.
IN FREEDOM'S CAUSE — G. A. Henty
Wallace and Bruce
Blackie & Son
CASTLE DANGEROUS — Scott
Scotch Wars
A. & C. Black
THE DAYS OF BRUCE — G. Aguilar
Edward II.—Bruce
Warne & Co. and others
THE CHEVALIER OF THE SPLENDID CREST — Sir Herbert Maxwell
Edward II.—Bruce
W. Blackwood & Sons
THE WHISTLING MAID — E. Rhys
Wales in time of Edward II.
Hutchinson & Co.
MARCO VISCONTI — T. Grossi (trans.)
Italy, early Fourteenth Century
Geo. Routledge & Sons, 1877
MARGHERITA PUSTERLA — Cesare Cantu
Italy, early Fourteenth Century
Felice Le Monnier, Florence, 1839
RIENZI — Lytton
Rome, middle of Fourteenth Century
Geo. Routledge & Sons
IN THE SHADOW OF THE CROWN — M. Bidder
Edward II.—Edward III.
Constable & Co.
*THE COUNTESS ALYS (in "New Canterbury Tales") — Maurice Hewlett
Period of Edward III.
Constable & Co.
* Mr. Hewlett's volume ought not to be described (I have seen it so in one quarter) as dealing with the time of Henry VI. The "tales" are supposed to be told in 1450 by Pilgrims on their way to Canterbury.
THE WHITE COMPANY — Conan Doyle
Period of Edward III.
Smith, Elder, & Co.
ST. GEORGE FOR ENGLAND — G. A. Henty
Period of Edward III.
Blackie & Son
CRECY AND POICTIERS — J. G. Edgar
Period of Edward III.
Ward, Lock, & Co.
THE LANCES OF LYNWOOD — Charlotte M. Yonge
Period of Edward III.
Macmillan & Co.
GOD, THE KING, MY BROTHER — Mary F. Nixon Roulet
Period of Edward III. (Spain)
Ward, Lock, & Co.
GOD SAVE ENGLAND — F. Breton
Period of Edward III. (Winchelsea and Rye)
Grant Richards
IN THE DAYS OF CHIVALRY — E. Everett Green
Crecy, taking of Calais, &c.
T. Nelson & Sons
JOHN STANDISH — E. Gilliat
Richard II.—Wat Tyler
Seeley & Co.
ROBERT ANNYS, POOR PRIEST — Annie N. Meyer
Richard II.—Wat Tyler
Macmillan & Co.
THE BANNER OF ST. GEORGE — M. Bramston
Richard II.—Wat Tyler
Duckworth & Co.
A MARCH ON LONDON — G. A. Henty
Richard II.—Wat Tyler
Blackie & Son
OTTERBOURNE — Anonymous
Battle of Otterbourne, 1388
R. Bentley, 1832
KATE CAMERON OF BRUX — J. E. Muddock
Scotland, late Fourteenth Century
Digby, Long, & Co.
THE LION OF FLANDERS — Hendrik Conscience (trans.)
France, late Fourteenth Century
Burns & Oates, 1881
THE LION OF ST. MARK — G. A. Henty
Venice, late Fourteenth Century
Blackie & Son
KNIGHTS OF THE CROSS — H. Sienkiewicz (trans.)
Poland—The Teutonic Knights
J. M. Dent & Co.
PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARC, BY THE SIEUR LOUIS DE CONTE
— Mark Twain
Joan of Arc
Chatto & Windus
A NOBLE PURPOSE NOBLY WON — Miss Manning
Joan of Arc
Arthur Hall, Virtue, & Co., 1862
A MONK OF FIFE — A. Lang
Joan of Arc
Longmans, Green, & Co.
THE CAGED LION — Charlotte M. Yonge
Scotland, early Fifteenth Century
Macmillan & Co.
THE FAIR MAID OF PERTH — Scott
Scotland, early Fifteenth Century
A. & C. Black
OLD MARGARET — Henry Kingsley
Ghent, in early Fifteenth Century
Ward, Lock, & Co.
THE GLEAMING DAWN — C. Baker
The Hussites
Chapman & Hall
ISABELLA ORSINI — F. D. Guerrazzi
Italy—The Medici
Felice le Monnier, Florence, 1844
BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER — G. A. Henty
Period of Henry IV.
Blackie & Son
IN THE DAYS OF PRINCE HAL — H. Elrington
Henry IV.—Henry V.
Blackie & Son
A CHAMPION OF THE FAITH — J. M. Callwell
Henry IV.—Henry V.
Blackie & Son
AGINCOURT — G. P. R. James
Henry V.
Warne & Co.
AT AGINCOURT — G. A. Henty
Henry V.
Blackie & Son
BY WEEPING CROSS — Lady Laura Ridding
Southern France, 1424
Hodder & Stoughton
NOEMI — S. Baring Gould
Guienne—Time of Charles VII.
Methuen & Co.
THE CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD — James Grant
James II. of Scotland
Geo. Routledge & Sons
BLACK DOUGLAS — S. R. Crockett
James II. of Scotland
Smith, Elder, & Co.
THE CARDINAL'S PAGE — C. Baker
Bohemia, middle of Fifteenth Century
Chapman & Hall
THE PRINCE OF INDIA — Lew Wallace
Fall of Constantinople, 1453
Harper & Brothers
THEODORA PHRANZA — J. M. Neale
Fall of Constantinople, 1453
J. Masters, 1857
TWO PENNILESS PRINCESSES — Charlotte M. Yonge
Period of Henry VI.
Macmillan & Co.
THE LAST OF THE BARONS — Lytton
Wars of the Roses
Geo. Routledge & Sons
THE BLACK ARROW — R. L. Stevenson
Wars of the Roses
Cassell & Co.
GRISLY GRISSELL — Charlotte M. Yonge
Wars of the Roses
Macmillan & Co.
IN THE WARS OF THE ROSES — E. Everett Green
Wars of the Roses
T. Nelson & Sons
HOW DICKON CAME BY HIS NAME (in "The Deserter and other Stories") —
Harold Frederic
Wars of the Roses
Lothrop Publishing Co.
WHERE AVON INTO SEVERN FLOWS (in "The Deserter and other Stories") —
Harold Frederic
Wars of the Roses
Lothrop Publishing Co.
THE CHANTREY PRIEST OF BARNET — A. J. Church
Wars of the Roses
Seeley & Co.
THE WOODMAN — G. P. R. James
Time of Richard III.
Warne & Co.
RED ROSE AND WHITE — Alfred Armitage
Time of Richard III.
J. Macqueen
PERKIN WARBECK — Mary Shelley
Richard III.—Henry VII.
Colburn & Bentley, 1830
THE HEIR OF HASCOMBE HALL — E. Everett Green
Time of Henry VII.
T. Nelson & Sons
THE CAPTAIN OF THE WIGHT — F. Cowper
Time of Henry VII.
Seeley & Co.
WILD HUMPHRY KYNASTON — H. Hudson
Shrewsbury (1490-1493)
Kegan, Paul, & Co.
THE YELLOW FRIGATE — James Grant
Scotland, late Fifteenth Century
Geo. Routledge & Sons
MARY OF BURGUNDY — G. P. R. James
Ghent (1456-1477)
Warne & Co.
THE DOVE IN THE EAGLES NEST — Charlotte M. Yonge
Time of Maximilian (1472-1531)
Macmillan & Co.
THE BURGOMASTER OF BERLIN — Wilibald Alexis (trans.)
Germany, late 15th Century
Saunders & Otley, London, 1843
QUENTIN DURWARD — Scott
A. & C. Black
France—Louis XI.
ANNE OF GRIERSTEIN — Scott
Charles the Bold, Margaret of Anjou, &c.
A. & C. Black
MARIETTA — F. Marion Crawford
Venice, 1470
Macmillan & Co.
DESIDERIO — Edmund G. Gardner
Florence—Savonarola.
J. M. Dent & Co.
ROMOLA — George Eliot
Florence—Savonarola.
W. Blackwood & Sons
NOTRE DAME — Victor Hugo (trans.)
Paris, late Fifteenth Century
J. M. Dent & Co.
THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH — Charles Reade
Eve of the Reformation (Parents of Erasmus)
Chatto & Windus
THE RESURRECTION OF THE GODS — D. Merejkowski (trans)
Leonardo da Vinci
Constable & Co.
THE VALE OF CEDARS — Grace Aguilar
Jewish Persecution in Spain
Walter Scott and others
THE BLACK DISC — Albert Lee
Conquest of Granada
Digby, Long, & Co.
LEILA — Lytton
Conquest of Granada
Geo. Routledge & Sons
WESTWARD WITH COLUMBUS — Gordon Stables
Christopher Columbus, 1492
Blackie & Son
THE GOD SEEKER — P. Rosegger (trans.)
The Styrian Alps, 1493
G. P. Putnam's Sons
LITTLE NOVELS OF ITALY — Maurice Hewlett
Italian manners from early Fourteenth to late Fifteenth Century
Macmillan & Co.
THE HONOUR OF SAVELLI — Levett Yeats
Italy—the Borgias
Sampson Low & Co.
THE CHALLENGE OF BARLETTA — M. D'Azeglio (trans.)
Gonsalvo di Cordova, &c.
W. H. Allen & Co., 1880
THE MAID OF FLORENCE; OR, NICCOLO DE' LAPI — M. D'Azeglio (trans.)
Florence, 1529-1530
R. Bentley, 1853
TRUE HEART — F. Breton
Switzerland, 1514-25 (Erasmus, &c.)
Grant Richards
IN THE BLUE PIKE — Georg Ebers (trans.)
Germany—time of Maximilian
Sampson Low & Co.
CHRONICLES OF THE SCHONBERG COTTA FAMILY — Mrs. Charles
The Reformation
T. Nelson & Sons
BARBARA BLOMBERG — Georg Ebers. (trans.)
Charles V. and Luther
Sampson Low & Co.
LICHTENSTEIN — Hauff (trans.)
Germany, early Sixteenth Century
E. Nister
IN THE OLDEN TIME — Miss Roberts
Germany, early Sixteenth Century
Longmans, Green, & Co.
THE BRAES Of YARROW — C. Gibbon
James V. of Scotland (Flodden)
Chatto & Windus
IN THE KING'S FAVOR — J. E. Muddock
James V. of Scotland (Flodden)
J. Digby
MARY OF LORRAINE — James Grant
Battle of Pinkie, 1547
Geo. Routledge & Sons
THE SHROUDED FACE — Owen Rhoscomyl
Wales in Tudor times
C. A. Pearson
BY RIGHT OF CONQUEST — G. A. Henty
Conquest of Mexico
Blackie & Son
THE FAIR GOD — Lew Wallace
Conquest of Mexico
Warne & Co.
MONTEZUMA'S DAUGHTER — H. Rider Haggard
Conquest of Mexico
Longmans, Green, & Co.
THE INCA'S RANSOM — Albert Lee
Conquest of Peru
Partridge & Co.
THE HOUSEHOLD OF SIR THOMAS MORE — Miss Manning
Period of Henry VIII.
J. C. Nimmo
HENRY VIII. AND HIS COURT; OR, CATHERINE PARR — Louise Muhlbach (trans.)
Period of Henry VIII.
D. Appleton & Co.
WINDSOR CASTLE — Harrison Ainsworth
Period of Henry VIII.
Geo. Routledge & Sons
DEFENDER OF THE FAITH — Frank Mathew
Period of Henry VIII.
John Lane
MY FRIEND ANNE — Jessie Armstrong
Period of Henry VIII.
Warne & Co.
THE ARMOURER'S 'PRENTICES — Charlotte M. Yonge
Period of Henry VIII.
Macmillan & Co.
THE HOUSE OF THE WIZARD — M. Imlay Taylor
Period of Henry VIII.
Gay & Bird
WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER — E. Caskoden
Period of Henry VIII.
Sands & Co.
THE WHITE QUEEN — Russell Garnier
Mary Tudor, 1514
Harper & Brothers
FRESTON TOWER — R. Cobbold
Time of Wolsey
Simpkin, 1850
WESTMINSTER ABBEY — Author of "Whitefriars"
Wolsey, Cranmer, &c., 1527
Routledge & Sons
LIKE A RASEN FIDDLER — Mary E. Shipley
Destruction of the Monasteries, 1536
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
UNDER BAYARD'S BANNER — Henry Frith
Chevalier de Bayard
Cassell & Co.
THE TWO DIANAS — Dumas (translation)
Period of Francis I.
J. M. Dent & Co.
JOHN OF STRATHBOURNE — R. D. Chetwode
Period of Francis I.
C. A. Pearson
MARGUERITE DE ROBERVAL — T. G. Marquis
Period of Francis I.
Fisher Unwin
A WARD OF THE KING — Katherine S. Macquoid
Period of Francis I.
John Long
ST. LEON — William Godwin
Battle of Pavia, 1525
G. G. & J. Robinson, London, 1799
THE BRIGAND — G. P. R. James
France, middle of Sixteenth Century
Warne & Co.
ASCANIO — Dumas (translation)
France, middle of Sixteenth Century (1540)
J. M. Dent & Co.
THE PAGE OF THE DUKE OF SAVOY — Dumas (translation)
Period of Emperor Charles V. (1528-80)
J. M. Dent & Co.
ROYAL FAVOUR — A. S. C. Wallis (translation)
Time of Melanchthon and Eric XIV. of Sweden
Sonnenschein & Co.
THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER — Mark Twain
Edward VI.
Chatto & Windus
THE MAID OF LONDON BRIDGE — S. Gibney
Edward VI.
Jarrold & Sons
THE COLLOQUIES OF EDWARD OSBORNE — Miss Manning
Edward VI.—Mary.
J. C. Nimmo
SEETHING DAYS — Caroline C. Holroyd
Edward VI.—Mary.
A. D. Innes & Co.
THE TOWER OF LONDON — Harrison Ainsworth
Period of Mary
Geo. Routledge & Sons
THE ROYAL SISTERS — Frank Mathew
Period of Mary
J. Long
LEST WE FORGET — Joseph Hocking
Period of Mary
Ward, Lock, & Co.
THE STORY OF FRANCIS CLUDDE — Stanley Weyman
England and the Netherlands
Cassell & Co.
THE SCARLET JUDGES — E. F. Pollard
The Netherlands—Period of Inquisition and Revolt against Spain
Partridge & Co.
MY LADY OF ORANGE — H. C. Bailey
The Netherlands—Period of Inquisition and Revolt against Spain
Longmans, Green, & Co.
BY PIKE AND DYKE — G. A. Henty
The Netherlands—Period of Inquisition and Revolt against Spain
Blackie & Son
BY ENGLAND'S AID — G. A. Henty
The Netherlands—Period of Inquisition and Revolt against Spain
Blackie & Son
LYSBETH — H. Rider Haggard
The Netherlands—Period of Inquisition and Revolt against Spain
Longmans, Green, & Co.
TRUE TO THE PRINCE — Gertrude Bell
The Netherlands—Period of Inquisition and Revolt against Spain
Digby & Long
IN TROUBLED TIMES — A. S. C. Wallis (translation)
The Netherlands—Period of Inquisition and Revolt against Spain
Sonnenschein & Co.
THE MASTER BEGGARS — L. Cope Cornford
The Netherlands—Period of Inquisition and Revolt against Spain
J. M. Dent & Co.
*LUDOVIC AND GERTRUDE — Hendrik Conscience (translation)
The Netherlands—Period of Inquisition and Revolt against Spain
J. Hodges
* Told from the Roman Catholic standpoint.
THE BEGGARS — J. B. de Liefde
The Netherlands—Period of Inquisition and Revolt against Spain
Hodder & Stoughton
FOR FAITH AND FATHERLAND — M. Bramston
The Netherlands—Period of Inquisition and Revolt against Spain
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
SHUT IN — E. Everett Green
Siege of Antwerp
T. Nelson & Sons
THE SPANISH BROTHERS — Anonymous
Spain—The Inquisition
T. Nelson & Sons
IN FAIR GRANADA — E. Everett Green
Spain—Time of Philip II.
T. Nelson & Sons
IN THE PALACE OF THE KING — F. Marion Crawford
Spain—Time of Philip II.
Macmillan & Co.
THE TRAITOR'S WAY — S. Levett Yeats
France—Conspiracy of Amboise
Longmans, Green, & Co.
ABOUT CATHERINE DE MEDICI — Balzac (translation)
Catherine de' Medici and her Policy
J. M. Dent & Co.
KLYTIA — George Taylor (trans.)
Germany—Erastus
Sampson Low & Co.
FOR THE RELIGION and A MAN OF HIS AGE — Hamilton Drummond
France—Coligny, &c.
Smith, Elder, & Co. and Ward, Lock, & Co.
MARGUERITE DE VALOIS — Dumas (translation)
France—Coligny, &c. St. Bartholomew
J. M. Dent & Co.
A CHRONICLE OF THE REIGN OF CHARLES IX. — Prosper Merimee (trans.)
France—Coligny, &c. St. Bartholomew
J. C. Nimmo, 1890
THE HOUSE OF THE WOLF — Stanley Weyman
France—Coligny, &c. St. Bartholomew
Longmans, Green, & Co.
COUNT HANNIBAL — Stanley Weyman
France—Coligny, &c. St. Bartholomew
Smith, Elder, & Co.
THE CHAPLET OF PEARLS — Charlotte M. Yonge
France—Coligny, &c. St. Bartholomew
Macmillan & Co.
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