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The first of Dickens's historical novels, Barnaby Rudge, written in 1841, is set at the time of the anti-Catholic riots of 1780, with the real Lord ... More

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(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) Charles Dickens's first historical novel-set during the anti-Catholic riots of 1780-is an unparalleled portrayal of ... More

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides ... More

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from ... More

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Set in 18th-century ballrooms and salons, this book tells the story of a heroine, Kathryn Penman. Losing her lover the very day they got engaged, ... More

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In 1780, 17-year-old Alan Lewrie is a rebellious young libertine. So much so that his callous father believes a bit of navy discipline will turn the ... More

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Two years after the South Sea Bubble of 1719, the English aristocracy still reels from financial loss and there are Jacobite threats against the ... More

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'Far and wide was [Redgauntlet] hated and feared. Men thought he had a direct compact with Satan - that he was proof against steel -.' Set in the ... More

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Written at a time of social unrest in Victorian Britain and set in London at the time of the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots, Dickens's brooding novel of ... More

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A novel about the mother of Mary Shelley,Mary Wollstonecraft.She had an abused childhood and this probably contributed to her free thinking which was ... More

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The sixth in the 'Alan Lewrie Naval Adventure' series is set in 1793. Alan Lewrie is a half-pay lieutenant, married for seven years with three ... More

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1796..A diminutive, Corsican-born French general has inherited a ragtag army and turned it into an unstoppable fighting force. Within months Napoleon ... More

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Gregory's stunning sequel to "Wideacre." In "The Favored Child, " she is at the height of her storytelling abilities, weaving a spellbinding tale of ... More

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Two novels in one: young Bolitho joins the Gorgon and battles pirates off the coast of Africa; at home, he helps clear the Cornwall coast of ... More

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The Hyperion sets sail with an untrained crew for blockade duty off France. Bolitho's superior is an incompetant egotist whose petty hostilities ... More

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It's 1761 and the East India Company's Bombay Marines are the toughest and roughest bunch of soldier-sailors on the Indian Ocean, doing all the ... More

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