Historical / XIXth century

On Seminary Ridge

by David Bowman

Robert E Lee was offered command of Union forces before he rode south to join the Confederacy, choosing State over Federal rights.

If he had decided the other way, just maybe the fateful Third day at Gettysburg...

A Club In Monmartre

by Mike Resnick

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was a drunkard a carouser and a cripple. He was also one of the greatest artists of his or any time and he created the single most important poster in history a poster commissioned...

Luck's Wild

by G. Russell Peterman

The Collin Dymond story covers 1857 to 1865. Collin Dymond follows his father out to the gold fields and settles in Nevada. When the Civil War starts Collin returns to enlist in the Second Kansas which later...

Egg Gravy

Butter in the Well #3

by Linda K. Hubalek

Subtitle: Authentic Recipes from the Butter in the Well Series Butter in the Well Series, Book 3 Fades recipes- we've all come across them from time to time in our lives- either handwritten by ourselves or by...

Prarieblomman

Butter in the Well #2

by Linda K Hubalek

Subtitle: The Prairie Blossoms for an Immigrant's Daughter, 1889-1900 Butter in the Well Series, Book 2 Popular Kansas author Linda K. Hubalek continues the story of a Swedish immigrant family in Prärieblomman,...

Butter in the Well

Butter in the Well #1

by Linda K. Hubalek

Subtitle: A Scandinavian Woman's Tale of Life on the Prairie, 1868-1888 Butter in the Well Series, Book 1 Read the fictionalized account of Kajsa Svensson Runeberg, an emigrant wife who recounts, through her...

Gaspar Ruiz

by Joseph Conrad

Dive into a tale of political intrigue from Joseph Conrad, the Polish-born writer who came to be known as one of the masters of English-language fiction. In "Gaspar Ruiz," Conrad explores the psychological trauma...

The Battle Ground

by Ellen Glasgow

Dive into a richly detailed historical romance that provides a fascinating glimpse into nineteenth-century life in the American South, with a sweeping perspective that considers the challenges facing the working...

Silver and Gold

by David Sakmyster

The Yukon Territory, 1895. A reclusive prospector comes to the aid of a Smithsonian explorer after she dares the frozen wilderness to capture a legendary beast known as the Sesquat. In his cabin, waiting out...

The Manumission of Ezra McIntosh

by James Herd

The Manumission of Ezra McIntosh is a historical novel depicting the evolution of the relationship of a Missouri slave (who would have his freedom) and his indulgent master (who would hold him to his services)....

Strangely Wonderful

by Karen Mercury

Along with his pirate crew, captain Tomaj Balashazy rules the Madagascar coast from his tropical plantation—a fortress built to defend against the enemies he’s made cruising the Indian Ocean. But when the...

The Four Quarters of the World

by Karen Mercury

Abyssinia, 1866. The crazed (some say) but dynamic Christian King of Kings has taken power as Tewodros II. His vision: to reunite Ethiopia under one crown, one God. To that end he moves his massive, gorgeously...

The Jerilderie Letter: Text Classics

by Ned Kelly

Outlaw, murderer, self-proclaimed victim, Ned Kelly is an Australian icon. But who was he? Kelly's extraordinary achievement is to have provided his own answer to that question. The Jerilderie Letter is his...

The Mystery Of A Hansom Cab: Text Classics

by Fergus Hume & Simon Caterson

The Mystery of a Hansom Cab is the original blockbuster crime novel. Set in the marvellous Melbourne of the late nineteenth century it tells a devilishly tricky tale.

A Moment of Truth: The Life of Zola

by Hugh McLeave

A Moment of Truth is a biographical novel of the life and times of Zola. It is also a cultural fresco of late nineteenth-century France.

A Moment of Truth tells of Zola's early struggle against poverty and...

The Devil's Scribe

by Alma Katsu

Fans of the Taker trilogy will love this original eBook novella featuring the series’ immortal heroine, Lanny...and Edgar Allen Poe!

In this eShort story, Lanore McIlvrae returns to America for the first time...

Quanah Parker

by Bill Dugan

After winning the Mexican War, white Texans turned their attention to expanding control over the vast lands of west Texas. To dominate this huge and forbidding land, they had to subdue everything, man and beast,...

The Professor's Assassin (Short Story)

by Matthew Pearl

Matthew Pearl’s upcoming novel, The Technologists, is a stunning historical thriller based on the early days of America’s great institution of learning, MIT—and a depraved killer teaching Boston to fear...