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






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                PRE…CHRISTIAN ERA。 



      SARCHEDON      G。   J。   Whyte     Melville   Ancient   Babylon   and  the 

Assyrians W。 Thacker & Co。; and Ward; Lock; & Co。 

    UARDA     Georg   Ebers   (trans。)   EgyptRameses   Sesostris   Sampson 

Low & Co。 

    ZOROASTER  F。 Marion Crawford Zoroaster; the Persian Religious 

Reformer Macmillan & Co。 

    AN   EGYPTIAN   PRINCESS      Georg   Ebers   (trans。)   EgyptAmasis 

and Cambyses; 6th Century B。 C。 Sampson Low & Co。 

    THE FALL OF ATHENS  A。 J。 Church Peloponnesian War Seeley & 

Co。 

    A   YOUNG      MACEDONIAN             A。  J。  Church  Alexander  the  Great 

Seeley & Co。 

    SALAMMBO  Gustave Flaubert (trans。) Rome versus Carthage G。 P。 

Putnam’s Sons; and Grant Richards 

    THE LION’S BROOD  Duffield Osborne Rome versus Carthage W。 

Heinemann 

    LORDS   OF   THE   WORLD      A。   J。   Church   Rome   versus   Carthage。 

Blackie & Son 

    THE   SISTERS      Georg   Ehers   (trans。)   EgyptPtolemy   Philometer; 

and Euergetes Sampson Low & Co。 

    THE   HAMMER      A。   J。   Church   and   R。   Seeley   Maccabaean   Times 

Seeley & Co。 

    DEBORAH  J。 M。 Ludlow Maccabaean Times J。 Nisbet & Co。 

    HELON’S       PILGRIMAGE        TO   JERUSALEM          F。  Strauss  (trans。) 

Judaism in the Century preceding Christ J。 Mawman; London; 1824 

    PRUSIAS  Ernst Eckstein (trans。) The Slave Revolt under Spartacus。 

Trubner & Co。 

    TWO   THOUSAND YEARS AGO    A。   J。   Church   RomeSpartacus 

and Mithridates Blackie & Son 

    WOE TO THE CONQUERED  Alfred Clark Roman Life; B。 C。 73… 

71 Sampson Low & Co。 

    A    FRIEND     OF   CAESAR         W。  S。  Davis   Pompey     and  Caesar 



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Macmillan & Co。 

     CLEOPATRA            Georg     Ebers   (trans。)   Latter   Years   of   Cleopatra。 

Sampson Low & Co。 



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                 FIRST CENTURY A。D。 



      NEAERA        John   W。  Graham     Rome    under  Tiberius   (A。  D。  26) 

Macmillan & Co。 

    PHILOCHRISTUS      Anonymous   Memoirs   of   a   Disciple   of   Christ 

Macmillan & Co。 

    BEN   HUR      Lew   Wallace   Rome   in   the   time   of   Christ   Harper   & 

Brothers; and others 

    TARRY   THOU   TILL   I   E   (Salathiel)      G。   Croly   Judaism   and 

Christianity (the early struggle) Funk & Wagnalls Co。 

    AS OTHERS SAW HIM  Anonymous Early Christianity (A。 D。 54) 

W。 Heinemann 

    BERIC   THE   BRITON      G。      A。  Henty   Roman   Invasion   of  Britain 

Blackie & Son 

    ONESIMUS Anonymous Memoirs of a Disciple of Paul Macmillan 

& Co。 

    QUO VADIS?  H。 Sienkiewicz (trans。) Rome in the time of Nero J。 

M。 Dent & Co。 

    NERO  Ernst Eckstein (trans。) Rome in the time of Nero Trubner & 

Co。 

    THE BURNING OF ROME  A。 J。 Church Rome in the time of Nero 

Seeley & Co。 

    ACTE  Hugh Westbury Rome in the time of Nero Bentley 

    DARKNESS  AND   DAWN      Dean   Farrar   Persecutions   under   Nero 

Longmans; Green; & Co。 

    THE   LAST   DAYS   OF   POMPEII      Lytton   Time   of   Vespasian   Geo。 

Routledge & Sons 

    THE   GLADIATORS      G。   J。   Whyte   Melville   Fall   of   Jerusalem   W。 

Thacker & Co。 and Ward; Lock; & Co。 

    DOMITIA  S。 Baring…Gould Time of Domitian Methuen & Co。 

    MASTERS        OF   THE    WORLD         Mary   A。  M。   Hoppus    Time    of 

Domitian Bentley; 1888 

    QUINTUS CLAUDIUS  Ernst Eckstein (trans。) Time of Domitian W。 

S。 Gottsberger 



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                    SECOND CENTURY。 



       VALERIUS  J。 G。 Lockhart Time of Trajan (Rome) W。 Blackwood 

& Sons 

    TO   THE   LIONS      A。   J。   Church   Christians   and   the   Younger   Pliny 

Seeley & Co。 

    ANTINOUS      George   Taylor   (trans。)   Time   of   Hadrian   William   S。 

Gottsberger; New York; 1882 

    MARIUS   THE   EPICUREAN      W。   Pater   Time   of   Marcus   Aurelius 

Macmillan & Co。 



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                      THIRD CENTURY。 



       PER ASPERA  Georg Ebers (trans。) Alexandria in time of Emperor 

Caracalla Sampson Low & Co。 

    PERPETUA     S。   Baring…Gould   Nimesbeginning   of   Third   Century 

Isbister & Co。 

    THE CAMP ON THE SEVERN  A。 D。 Crake Persecution in Britain 

Mowbray & Co。 

    THE   VILLA   OF   CLAUDIUS      E。   L。   Cutts   Roman   occupation   of 

Britain Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 

    CALLISTA      J。   H。   Newman   North   Africa   persecutions   Longmans; 

Green; & Co。 

    *THE      EPICUREAN           Thomas     Moore    Worship    of   Isis  (Egypt) 

Downey & Co。 

       * This tale; it must be admitted; is given a place mainly on account of 

its  literary   interest;  as  a  historical  romance  it  has  been  very  severely 

criticised。 

       AURELIAN  W。 Ware Romelate Third Century Warne & Co。 

    THE   LAST   DAYS   AND   FALL   OF   PALMYRA   (ZENOBIA)      W。 

Ware Zenobia and Longinus Cassell & Co。 (〃Red Library;〃 1890) 



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                   FOURTH CENTURY。 



      HOMO SUM  Georg Ebers (trans。) Christians in Arabia Sampson 

Low & Co。 

    *OUR      FOREFATHERS          (Die   Ahnen)      Gustav   Freytag   (trans。) 

Germany A。 D。 357 Asher & Co。; 1873 

      * The collective title of a series in which the history of a family is 

made to illustrate successive stages of German Civilisation。 The English 

translation does not extend beyond the first two stories; dealing with the 

years 357 and 724 respectively; the remaining four stories (published by 

Hirzel of Leipsic; 1874…80) depict German life in 1226; 1519; 1647; and 

1805。 

      THE LAST ATHENIAN  V。 Rydberg (trans。) Athens A。 D。 361 T。 B。 

Peterson & Brothers; Philadelphia 

    *THE      DEATH     OF   THE    GODS       D。  Merejkowski     (trans。)  The 

Emperor Julian Constable & Co。 

      * No。 1 of the trilogy 〃Christ and Anti…Christ。〃 

      JETTA       George   Taylor   (trans。)  Heidelberg   under   the  Romans 

Trubner & Co。; 1886 

    SERAPIS  Georg Ebers (trans。) Alexandria A。 D。 391 Trubner & Co。; 

1885 

    A DUKE OF BRITAIN  Sir Herbert Maxwell Picts and Romans W。 

Blackwood & Sons 



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                      FIFTH CENTURY。 



      GATHERING   CLOUDS      Dean   Farrar   Chrysostom   'late   Fourth 

early Fifth Century' Longmans; Green; & Co。 

    CONQUERING AND   TO   CONQUER      Mrs。   Charles   Jerome   'late 

Fourthearly Fifth Century' Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 

    FABIOLA  Cardinal Wiseman Rome early Fifth Century Burns; 1855 

    HYPATIA  Charles Kingsley Alexandria Macmillan & Co。 

    THE COUNT OF THE SAXON SHORE  A。 J。 Church Departure of 

Romans from Britain Seeley & Co。 

    ATTILA  G。 P。 R。 James Decline of Roman Empire Warne & Co。 

    FELICITAS  Felix Dahn (trans。) The German Migrations; A。 D。 476 

Macmillan & Co。 



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                     SIXTH CENTURY。 



      BUILDERS Of THE WASTE  Thorpe Forrest Britains v。 Anglians 

in Yorkshire Duckworth & Co。 

    A STRUGGLE FOR ROME  Felix Dahn (trans。) The Ostrogoths and 

Belisarius R。 Bentley; 1878 

    ANTONINA  Wilkie Collins Rome in 546 Chatto & Windus 

    HAVELOK THE DANE  C。 W。 Whistler Denmark and England T。 

Nelson & Sons 

    SHAVEN CROWN  M。 Bramston Conversion of the Surrey Border 

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                 SEVENTH CENTURY。 



      THE SON OF AELLA  Gertrude Hollis Conversion of Northumbria 

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 

    CAEDWALLA  F。 Cowper Saxons in the Isle of Wight Seeley & Co。 

    THE BRIDE OF THE NILE  Ge