Welcome to the Historical Novels site, dedicated to well-researched novels that vividly bring the past to life.
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Download: $7.74 North America 1889AD:
In 1889, a small, inscribed rock was excavated from a mound by John W. Emmert, a Smithsonian Institution field assistant and Confederate Civil War Veteran, during the course of the Bureau of American Ethnology Mound Survey. This rock appeared to have an inscription on it, and was found with a copper bracelet, a skull, and under that skull one blue bead. Modern analysis was also applied to the bracelets, and this lead to the discovery that they had the same proportions of lead and zinc as the brass made by the Romans between 45 BC and 200 AD. A search for the skull that had been found in the mound proved to be futile, it had disappeared from the warehouse, but there still remained an amazing clear blue bead which, upon close examination, was pronounced to be similar in composition to the rare beads found in the burial chambers of the ancient pharaohs.
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Print: $25.15 Download: $6.25 THE WRECK OF THE 'BATAVIA' IN 1629. THE COMPLETE STORY OF THIS MOMENTOUS EVENT IN DUTCH/AUSTRALIAN HISTORY.
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Download: FREE Spanning 5 years and 1000s of miles Beyond covers, not only the unacknowledged passion of two disparate people against opposing backdrops of huge wealth and terrible poverty, but also an exploration of the harsh realities of Justice in 1850s Britain.
Elizabeth Hart is blithely unaware of the poverty in which the servant classes live. It is only after her mother dies that the unfairness of life, personified by her greedy, unkind father, begins to intrude upon her consciousness.
Matthew Miller, educated and hard working, finds the death of his brother thrusts him back to a life of menial labour. A promise to this brother to care for his family throws him, not only from his home but from the land which he loves.
The parallel lives of the protagonists move to Australia where they find that circumstances continue to throw them together as Matthew searches for his transported sister-in-law and Elizabeth strives to attain her own freedom from the impositions of the class to which she was born.  Download for Free |
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Print: $18.50 Download: $4.00 Marianna is detremined to save Prince Mordred's immortal soul and prove that he can be an honorable man. But first she has to keep him from dying, get back his soul from the spirit world and protect his weakened body from his mother, Morgan le Faye, until he is healed. All without revealing how deeply she has fallen in love with him. Mordred, however, sees right through her heart felt secret and accepts the challange to change his life.
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Print: $15.99 Download: $2.50 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (is a novel written by Mark Twain and published in 1884 (in England) and 1885 (in the United States). It is commonly regarded as one of the Great American Novels, and is one of the first major American novels written in the vernacular, characterized by local color regionalism. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, best friend of Tom Sawyer and narrator of two other Twain novels.
The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River. By satirizing a Southern antebellum society that was already anachronistic at the time of its publication, the book is an often scathing look at entrenched attitudes, particularly racism. The drifting journey of Huck and his friend Jim, a runaway slave, down the Mississippi River on their raft may be one of the most enduring images of escape and freedom in all of American literature.
With Over 150 Original illustrations the book has been popular with young readers since its publication.
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Print: $19.52 Download: $5.00 In The Outline of Science, Thomson gives us a window into scientific thinking as it stood in 1922 on the big, the little, and the biological. With straightforward language intended for a general reader, this book covers astronomy from the Solar System to the Milky Way, the submicroscopic makeup of matter, and the evolution of simple living beings into the varied fauna of the world today. Thomson cites many examples that would have been familiar to his readers of the day and notes where scientific understanding leaves off and conjecture begins. He clearly shows how the accumulation of observation and experiment stacked up to form the body of knowledge reported in the book. For even the scientifically well-versed, there will be interesting nuggets, for investigation into how the world came to be as it was, was both wide and deep. The Outline of Science, A Plain Story Simply Told, edited by J. Arthur Thomson professor of natural history in the University of Aberdeen. With over 800 illustrations in four volumes.
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Print: $9.99 Download: $2.99 The Turn of the Screw is a short novel or a novella written by American writer Henry James. Originally published in 1898, it is ostensibly a ghost story that has lent itself well to operatic and film adaptation. Due to its ambiguous content and narrative skill, The Turn of the Screw became a favorite text of New Criticism. The account has lent itself to dozens of different interpretations, often mutually exclusive, including those of a Freudian nature. Many critics have tried to determine what exactly is the nature of evil within the story.
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Print: $8.99 Download: $2.99 The Importance of Being Earnest. Set in England during the late Victorian era, the play's humour derives in part from characters maintaining fictitious identities to escape unwelcome social obligations. It is replete with witty dialogue and satirizes some of the foibles and hypocrisy of late Victorian society. It has proved Wilde's most enduringly popular play. The successful opening night marked the climax of Wilde's career. The play, despite its success, was closed after only 83 performances. Wilde never wrote another play.
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Print: $14.99 This is the amazing, fictional story of the life of the woman who touched Jesus' cloak and was healed. Where the Biblical Gospels of Luke, Mark and Matthew mention her miracle in passing, we follow the character, Elishva from her childhood in a loving family to a young marriage and long travel, settling in Capernaum. After nursing her own husband from wounds incited by a Jewish riot, she herself becomes a victim of marital abuse. Despite her many prayers, her heart’s desire of having a child is unanswered. Isolated and far from all who love her, Elishva falls severely ill and begins a dark, hopeless existence as one of the “unclean”. Finally, with a nudging from an Essene priest, Elishva, now desperate for her life and marriage, ventures out of her home prison to reclaim her life through the miracle of touching Jesus. Deeply engaging, The Woman Who Dared Touch Jesus combines artful storytelling and a startling close look at Jewish life in the time of Jesus.
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Download: $5.00 This wonderful Collection of the best Romantic moments of music composed by the everlasting Beethoven is guaranteed to give you a whole one hour of pure enjoyment. Enjoy the most exotic and delightful pieces by Beethoven. You will keep coming back to this CD whenever you want to refresh your mood and enjoy a chilling romantic atmosphere.
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