A Guide to the Best Historical Novels and Tales (Classic Reprint)

INTRODUCTION. I T is not proposed, in these preliminary remarks, to sketch in detail the origin and growth of the Historical Novel; this has already been amply done by Professor Saintsbury and others. I shall be content to approach the subject on its general side, offering, at the same time, some critical suggestions which will, I hope, not be without value to readers of Romance. But, first of all, I must explain how the List which follows came to be compiled, and the object I have in offering it. For many years I have been an assiduous reader of novels and tales in which the historical element appeared, supplementing my own reading in this direction by a careful study of all that I could find in the way of Criticism on such works and their writers. Only in this way could I venture on a selection involving a survey of several thousand volumes! With the above understanding, I can say that no book has been inserted without some reason, while I have made all possible eff

Table of Contents

CONTENTS; rAGE; Introduction I; Pre-Christian Era 17; First Century 19; Second Century :20; Third Century 21; Fourth Century 2:!; Fifth Century 23; Sixth Century 24; Se"enth Century 25; Eighth Century 25; Ninth Century 26; Tenth Century 27; Eleventh Century ", -I; T,,"elfth Century 29; Thirteenth Century 30; Fourteenth Century " j-; Fifteenth Century 34 Sixteenth Century; Seventeenth Century; Eighteenth Century ; ?; Nineteenth Century ; Supplementary List (Semi-Historical); Suggested Courses of Reading (Juvenile) ; Bibliography; ? 93; 115

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