best historical novels and tales(乔纳森尼尔德历史小说故事精选).






Wilibald Alexis PrussiaInvasion of Napoleon; &c。 Barthol; Berlin (1852 

and 1854) 

    RAFAEL     Ernest   Daudet   (trans。)   SpainCharles   IV。   and   Napoleon 

Sampson Low & Co。 

    TOM BURKE Of 〃OURS〃  Charles Lever French Wars (Consulate 

Empire) Downey & Co。 and Geo。 Routledge & Sons 

    THE   AIDE…DE…CAMP      James   Grant   Battle   of   Maida;   1806   Geo。 

Routledge & Sons 

    CHARLES O’MALLEY  Charles Lever Peninsular War Downey & 

Co。 and Geo。 Routledge & Sons 

    ALICE   LORRAINE      R。   D。   Blackmore   Peninsular   War       Sampson 

Low & Co。 

    THE     ROMANCE        OF   WAR       James  Grant   Peninsular   War   Geo。 

Routledge & Sons 

    WITH      MOORE       AT   CORUNNA        and   UNDER      WELLINGTON’S 

MAND  G。 A。 Henty Peninsular War Blackie & Son 

    THE  SUBALTERN     G。   R。  Gleig   Peninsular War W。  Blackwood   & 

Sons 

    THE BIVOUAC  W。 H。 Maxwell Peninsular War Geo。 Routledge & 

Sons 

    SONS   OF   THE   SWORD      Margaret   L。   Woods   Peninsular   War   W。 

Heinemann 

    WITH   THE   RED   EAGLE      W。   Westall   Austria;   early   Nineteenth 

Century Chatto & Windus 

    A   RED    BRIDAL       W。  Westall   Austria;  early   Nineteenth  Century 

(Hofer。) Chatto & Windus 

    WAR      AND     PEACE       Tolstoy   (translation)  Napoleon’s    Russian 

Campaign Walter Scott 

    KENNETH           Charlotte  M。  Yonge    Napoleon’s   Russian    Campaign 



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Macmillan & Co。 

    THROUGH   RUSSIAN   SNOWS      G。 A。   Henty   Napoleon’s   Russian 

Campaign Blackie & Son 

    SHIRLEY      Charlotte   Bronte   The   〃Luddite〃   Riots   Smith;   Elder;   & 

Co。 

    FOREST FOLK  James Prior The 〃Luddite〃 Riots W。 Heinemann 

    AN   OCEAN   FREE   LANCE      Clark   Russell   Privateering   in   1812 

Sampson Low & Co。 

    ST。 RONAN’S WELL  Scott Near Firth of Forth; 1812 A。 & C。 Black 

    D’RI AND I。  Irving Bacheller AmericaWar of 1812 Grant Richards 

    THE     BIG    BROTHER         G。  C。  Eggleston   AmericaWar      of  1812。 

Indian War; 1813 G。 P。 Putnam’s Sons 

    IN    THE    YEAR     ’13    Fritz  Renter  (trans。)  French   occupation    of 

Mecklenburg Sampson Low & Co。 (Tauchnitz edition; 1867) 

    UNCLE   BERNAC      Conan   Doyle   Napoleon           and   his   time   Smith; 

Elder; & Co。 

    EXPLOITS   OF   BRIGADIER   GERARD      Conan   Doyle   Napoleon 

and his time George Newnes 

    THE SHADOW OF THE SWORD  R。 Buchanan Napoleon and his 

time (Elba。) Chatto & Windus 

    GRANTLEY FENTON  M。 M。 Blake Napoleon and his time (Elba。) 

Jarrold & Sons 

    VENGEANCE IS MINE  A。 Balfour Napoleon and his time (Elba。) 

Methuen & Co。 

    FACE      TO   FACE     WITH     NAPOLEON         and   IN   THE    YEAR     OF 

WATERLOO  O。 V。 Caine Napoleon and his time J。 Nisbet & Co。 

    ONE OF THE 28th。  G。 A。 Henty Napoleon and his time (Waterloo。) 

Blackie & Son 

    THE  BLOCKADE      Erckmann…Chatrian   (translation)   Napoleon   and 

his time Ward; Lock; & Co。 

    *THE       CONSCRIPT         and    WATERLOO             Erckmann…Chatrian 

(translation) Napoleon and his time Ward; Lock; & Co。 



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    * These two books depict the period September; 1812…July; 1815。 

       STORIES OF WATERLOO  W。 H。 Maxwell Napoleon and his time 

Geo。 Routledge & Sons 

    THE     GREAT     SHADOW          Conan   Doyle   Napoleon    and  his  time 

(Waterloo。) J。 W。 Arrowsmith 

    ST。 IVES  R。 L。 Stevenson French prisoner in England; 181314 W。 

Heinemann 

    CHEAP  JACK   ZITA     S。   Baring…Gould   The   Fen   Riots   Methuen   & 

Co。 

    LES MISERABLES  Victor Hugo (trans。) France; 1815 J。 M。 Dent & 

Co。 

    LAZARRE          Mrs。  Catherwood     Son   of  Louis   XVI。   (France   and 

America; 1795…1815) Grant Richards 

    THE   NAMELESS   CASTLE      M。   Jokai   (trans。)   Daughter   of   Louis 

XVI。 (Hungary in the Napoleonic period) Jarrold & Sons 

    LORDS   OF   THE   NORTH      Agnes   C。   Laut   CanadaHudson   Bay 

pany versus North…West pany W。 Heinemann 

    THE     REVOLUTION          IN  TANNER’S       LANE       Mark   Rutherford 

Nonconformity; early Nineteenth Century Fisher Unwin 

    THE   MANCHESTER   MAN      Mrs。   G。   L。   Banks   Manchester;   early 

Nineteenth Century (Peterloo) George Newnes 

    VANITY FAIR  Thackeray 〃High Life;〃 George III。…IV。 Smith; Elder; 

& Co。 

    MIS’ESS      JOY     John   Le  Breton   Last  Years   of  the  Regency    J。 

Macqueen 

    YEOMAN FLEETWOOD  M。 E。 Francis (Mrs。 Blundell) Last Years 

of the Regency Longmans; Green; & Co。 

    A   LADY   OF     THE    REGENCY        Mrs。   Stepney   Rawson    Time    of 

George IV。 Hutchinson & Co。 

    TAKEN FROM THE ENEMY  Henry Newbolt Time of George IV。 

(Plot to rescue Napoleon; 1821。) Chatto & Windus 

    ROYAL GEORGIE  S。 Baring…Gould Time of George IV。 Methuen 

& Co。 



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    THE     VINTAGE       and  CAPSINA         E。  F。  Benson   Greek   War   of 

Independence; 1821 Methuen & Co。 

    BLACK   PROPHET      W。   Carleton   Ireland;   in   1822   Simms   &   Co。; 

1847 

    THE WHITEBOY  Mrs。 S。 C。 Hall Ireland; in 1822 Geo。 Routledge 

& Sons 

    HUNGARIAN          NABOB        M。   Jokai  (translation)  Hungary;    1822 

Jarrold & Sons 

    THE GREEN BOOK  M。 Jokai (translation) Russia; 1825 Jarrold & 

Sons 

    THADDEUS  OF WARSAW    Jane   Porter  Poland;  about 1830   Geo。 

Routledge & Sons 

    THE FIERY DAWN  M。 E。 Coleridge Duchesse de Berri (1831…2) E。 

Arnold 

    THE     SHE    WOLVES       OF   MACHECOUL            Dumas    (translation) 

Duchesse de Berri (1795…1843) J。 M。 Dent & Co。 

    THE   FIREBRAND      S。   R。   Crockett   SpainQueen   Cristina   and   the 

Carlists Macmillan & Co。 

    IN KEDAR’S TENTS  H。 S。 Merriman The Carlists Smith; Elder; & 

Co。 

    FOR     THE    RIGHT       Karl  Emil  Franzos    (translation)  Carpathian 

district; 1835 James Clarke & Co。 

    MIDDLEMARCH  George Eliot Time of William IV。 W。 Blackwood 

& Sons 

    FELIX HOLT  George Eliot Time of William IV。 W。 Blackwood & 

Sons 

    UNDER       THE    MENDIPS        Emma   Marshall   Time   of  William   IV。 

(Bristol Riots。) Seeley & Co。 

    TREWERN      R。   M。   Thomas   Time   of   William   IV。   (Wales。)   Fisher 

Unwin 

    SWALLOW  H。 Rider Haggard South Africathe Great Trek; 1836 

Longmans; Green; & Co。 

    JOHN CHARITY  H。 A。 Vachell First years of Queen Victoria’s reign。 

(Hants and California)。 John Murray 



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    ALTON LOCKE  Charles Kingsley Early Victorian period (Chartists) 

Macmillan & Co。 

    SYBIL  Disraeli Early Victorian period (Chartists) Longmans; Green; 

& Co。 

    TO HERAT AND CABUL  G。 A。 Henty First Afghan War Blackie & 

Son 

    CASTLE RICHMOND  Anthony Trollope Irish Famine Chapman & 

Hall; 1860 

    CASTLE DALY  Miss Keary Irish Famine Macmillan & Co。 

    MONONIA  Justin McCarthy Ireland; 1848 Chatto & Windus 

    ISHMAEL  Miss Braddon France (Louis Philippe…Napoleon III。) J。 

& R。 Maxwell 

    JOURNEYMAN   LOVE      Mrs。   Stepney   Rawson   France。   (Period   of 

tile ’48 Revolution)。 Hutchinson & Co。 

    MADEMOISELLE   MORI      Miss   Roberts   Italian   Revolution;   1848 

Longmans; Green; & Co 

    *DR。     ANTONIO         G。  D。  Ruffini  Italian  Revolution;   1848    Thos。 

Constable & Co。; Edinburgh; 1855 

       * A  remarkable   example   of   a   foreigner’s   mastery   of   our   language。 

Ruffini;  the illustrious   Italian patriot;  wrote   this   novel   after  a sojourn   of 

some years in England。 

       VITTORIA  George Meredith Italian Revolution; 1848 Constable & 

Co。 

    FOR   FREEDOM      Tighe   Hopkins   War   of   Italian   Liberation;   1859 

Chatto & Windus 

    OUT  WITH   GARIBALDI      G。 A。   Henty  War   of   Italian   Liberation; 

1859 Blackie & Son 

    DEBIT AND  CREDIT    Freytag   (translation)  Silesia;  1848   Bentley; 

1857 

    THE BARON’S SONS  M。 Jokai (translation) Hungarian Revolution; 

1848。 J。 Macqueen 

    MANASSEH  M。 Jokai (translation) Italy and Transylvania; 1848…59 

J。 Macqueen 

    RAVENSHOE  Henry Kingsley Period of Crimean War Ward; Lock; 



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& Co。 

    *SEVASTOPOL  Tolstoy (translatton) Period of Crim