SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
THE FORTUNES OF NIGEL — Scott
Time of James I.
A. & C. Black
*THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES — Harrison Ainsworth
Time of James I.
Geo. Routledge & Sons
* Ainsworth's two novels, "Guy Fawkes" and "The Star Chamber," also deal with James I., but they are distinctly inferior in literary workmanship.
THE BLACK TOR — G. Manville Fenn
Time of James I.
W. & R. Chambers
IN THE DAYS OF KING JAMES — S. H. Burchell
Time of James I.
Gay & Bird
ROMANCE OF THE LADY ARBELL — Alastor Graeme
Time of James I.
F. V. White
JUDITH SHAKESPEARE — William Black
Time of James I.
Sampson Low & Co.
THE LOST TREASURE OF TREVLYN — E. Everett Green
Time of the Gunpowder Plot
T. Nelson & Sons
*STANDISH OF STANDISH — J. G. Austin
America—Period of the Pilgrim Fathers
Ward, Lock, & Co.
* This is the first of a series of tales dealing with Early American history by the same author, viz.:—"Betty Alden" (sequel to above); "A Nameless Nobleman" (half-century later than "Standish of Standish"), with its sequel, "Dr. Le Baron and his Daughters" (all published by Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.)
SOLDIER RIGDALE — B. M. Dix
America—Period of the Pilgrim Fathers
Macmillan & Co.
LONGFEATHER THE PEACEMAKER — Kirk Monroe
America—Period of the Pilgrim Fathers
George Newnes
BY ORDER OF THE COMPANY (TO HAVE AND TO HOLD) — Mary Johnston
Old Virginia, 1622
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MERRY-MOUNT — J. L. Motley
Plymouth Colony
James Monroe & Co. Boston 1849
MISTRESS BRENT — Lucy M. Thruston
Maryland, 1636
Little, Brown, & Co., U.S.A.
ANTONIA — Jessie Van Zile Belden
Dutch Colonists in Hudson River Districts, 1640-50
John Murray
THE DUKE'S SERVANTS — S. H. Burchell
The Duke of Buckingham (1624-8)
Gay & Bird
IN HIGH PLACES — Miss Braddon
Earlier years of Charles I.
Hutchinson & Co.
WHITEHALL — Anonymous
Earlier years of Charles I.
Geo. Routledge & Sons
MEMOIRS OF A CAVALIER — Defoe
Civil War Period
J. M. Dent & Co.
THE CAVALIERS — S. R. Keightley
Civil War Period
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WHEN CHARLES I. WAS KING — J. S. Fletcher
Civil War Period
Gay & Bird
HOLMEY HOUSE — G. J. Whyte Melville
Civil War Period
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THE SPLENDID SPUR — "Q"
Civil War Period
Cassell & Co.
WITH THE KING AT OXFORD — A. J. Church
Civil War Period
Seeley & Co.
MISTRESS SPITFIRE — J. S. Fletcher
Civil War Period
J. M. Dent & Co.
CROMWELL'S OWN — A. Paterson
Civil War Period
Harper & Brothers
ST. GEORGE AND ST. MICHAEL — George Macdonald
Civil War Period
H. S. King, 1876
HUGH GWYETH — B. M. Dix
Civil War Period
Macmillan & Co.
MIRIAM CROMWELL — Dora McChesney
Civil War Period
W. Blackwood & Sons
THE CHILDREN OF NEW FOREST — Marryatt
Civil War Period
J. M. Dent & Co.
*FOR KING AND KENT — Col. Colomb
Civil War Period
Remington
* This book well represents the extreme Royalist point of view.
TO RIGHT THE WRONG — Edna Lyall
Hampden
Hurst & Blackett
IN SPITE OF ALL — Edna Lyall
Falkland, Laud, &c.
Hurst & Blackett
JOHN INGLESANT — J. H. Shorthouse
England (Charles I.) and Italy (the Molinists).
Macmillan & Co.
UNDER SALISBURY SPIRE — Emma Marshall
George Herbert
Seeley & Co.
A HAUNT OF ANCIENT PEACE — Emma Marshall
Nicholas Ferrar
Seeley & Co.
THE MAIDEN AND MARRIED LIFE OF MARY POWELL — Miss Manning
John Milton (1643)
J C. Nimmo
OLD BLACKFRIARS — Beatrice Marshall
Van Dyck
Seeley & Co.
THE THREE MUSKETEERS — Dumas (translation)
France—Richelieu, &c.
J. M. Dent & Co.
UNDER THE RED ROBE — Stanley Weyman
France—Richelieu, &c.
Methuen & Co.
THE MAN IN BLACK — Stanley Weyman
France—Richelieu, &c.
Cassell & Co.
CINQ MARS — A. de Vigny (trans.)
France—Richelieu, &c.
Geo. Routledge & Sons, 1877
RICHELIEU — G. P. R. James
France—Richelieu, &c.
G. P. Putnam's Sons
CAPTAIN FRACASSE — Theophile Gautier (translation)
Strolling Players, in time of Louis XIII.
Duckworth & Co. and J. Macqueen
A DAUGHTER OF FRANCE — Eliza Pollard
France and Acadia
T. Nelson & Sons
*THE BETROTHED LOVERS — Manzoni (translation)
Italy—the Plague in Milan, 1630
Ward, Lock, & Co. ("Minerva Library," 1889)
* Also published by George Bell & Sons (Bohn's Series) under the title "The Betrothed." I adopt the fuller title to prevent confusion with Scott's romance.
RUPERT BY THE GRACE OF GOD — Dora McChesney
Prince Rupert's time
Macmillan & Co.
STRAY PEARLS — Charlotte M. Yonge
Prince Rupert's time
Macmillan & Co.
THE LION OF THE NORTH — G. A. Henty
Gustavus Adolphus
Blackie & Son
A BRAVE RESOLVE — J. B. de Liefde
Wallenstein
Hodder & Stoughton
BARON AND SQUIRE — Noeldechen (translated by Mrs. Pereira)
Thirty Years War
J. Nisbet & Co.
WON BY THE SWORD — G. A. Henty
Thirty Years War
Blackie & Son
MY LADY ROTHA — Stanley Weyman
Thirty Years War
A. D. Innes & Co.
RED AXE — S. R. Crockett
Thirty Years War
Smith, Elder, & Co.
*THE KING'S RING — Zacharias Topelius (translation)
Thirty Years War
Jarrold & Sons
* The first of a series covering the 17th and 18th Centuries. Under the general title of "The Surgeon's Stories," the remaining volumes were published by Messrs. Jansen & Co., of Chicago (1883- 4); one of these appears in my list later on.
DER DEUTSCHE KRIEG (Collective Title of Series) — Heinrich Laube
Thirty Years War
H. Haeffel, 1863
PHILLIP ROLLO — James Grant
Thirty Years War
Geo. Routledge & Sons
TWENTY YEARS AFTER — Dumas (translation)
France—Time of Mazarin, &c. (1648-9)
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THE WAR OF WOMEN — Dumas (translation)
France—Time of Mazarin, &c. (1650)
J. M. Dent & Co.
MARIE DE MANCINI — Madame Sophie Gay (translation)
France—Time of Mazarin, &c.
Lawrence & Bullen
THE SILVER CROSS — S. R. Keightley
France—Time of Mazarin
Hutchinson & Co.
HENRY MASTERTON — G. P. R. James
England (Civil War) and France (the Fronde).
Warne & Co.
PRETTY MICHAL — M. Jokai (translation)
Hungary, middle Seventeenth Century
Jarrold & Sons
WITH FIRE AND SWORD — H. Sienkiewicz (translation)
Poland and Russia, from middle of the Seventeenth Century
J. M. Dent & Co.
THE DELUGE — H. Sienkiewicz (translation)
Poland and Russia, from middle of the Seventeenth Century
J. M. Dent & Co.
PAN MICHAEL — H. Sienkiewicz (translation)
Poland and Russia, from middle of the Seventeenth Century
J. M. Dent & Co.
JOHN SPLENDID — Neil Munro
Period of Montrose and the Covenant
Wm. Blackwood & Sons
THE LEGEND OF MONTROSE — Scott
Period of Montrose and the Covenant
A. & C. Black
JOURNAL OF THE LADY BEATRIX GRAHAM — Mrs. Fowler Smith
Period of Montrose and the Covenant
Geo. Bell & Sons
THE ANGEL OF THE COVENANT — J. Maclaren Cobban
Period of Montrose and the Covenant
Methuen & Co.
KATHLEEN CLARE — Dora McChesney
Ireland, 1637-41
W. Blackwood & Sons
JOHN MARMADUKE — S. H. Church
Ireland—Cromwellian wars
G. P. Putnam's Sons
IN THE KING'S SERVICE — F. S. Brereton
Ireland—Cromwellian wars
Blackie & Son
ETHNE — Mrs. Field
Ireland—Cromwellian wars
Wells, Gardner, & Co.
HARRY OGILVIE — James Grant
Scotland. Cromwellian wars
Geo. Routledge & Sons
THE WHITE KING'S DAUGHTER — Emma Marshall
The Princess Elizabeth
Seeley & Co.
IN COLSTON'S DAYS — Emma Marshall
Bristol, 1636-1720
Seeley & Co.
WOODSTOCK — Scott
Commonwealth period
A. & C. Black
CAPTAIN JACOBUS — L. Cope Cornford
Commonwealth period
Methuen & Co.
AFTER WORCESTER — E. Everett Green
Commonwealth period
T. Nelson & Sons
ON BOTH SIDES OF THE SEA — Mrs. Charles
Commonwealth period
T. Nelson & Sons
THE MAKING OF CHRISTOPHER FERRINGHAM — B. M. Dix
Commonwealth period (New England)
Macmillan & Co.
*DEBORAH'S DIARY — Miss Manning
Milton's Daughter (1665)
J. C. Nimmo
* Sequel to "The Maiden and Married Life of Mary Powell."
ADAM HEPBURN'S VOW — Annie S. Swan
Scotland—Kirk and Covenant
Cassell & Co.
FRIEND OLIVIA — Amelia E. Barr
George Fox, the Quaker
James Clarke & Co.
THE SHADOW OF A CRIME — Hall Caine
Quakers at the Restoration
Chatto & Windus
A GALLANT QUAKER — Mrs. M. H. Roberton
George Fox and William Penn
Methuen & Co.
THE ROMANCE OF DOLLARD — Mrs. Catherwood
French in Canada
Fisher Unwin
TARA — Meadows Taylor
India, 1657
Kegan, Paul, & Co.
BRAMBLETYE HOUSE — Horace Smith
Commonwealth—Charles II.
Henry Colburn, 1826
GOD SAVE THE KING — Ronald Macdonald
Commonwealth—Charles II.
John Murray
PEVERIL OF THE PEAK — Scott
Time of Charles II.
A. & C. Black
LONDON PRIDE — Miss Braddon
Time of Charles II.
Simpkin & Co.
DANIEL HERRICK — S. H. Burchell
Time of Charles II.
Gay & Bird
I LIVED AS I LISTED — Arthur L. Maitland
Time of Charles II.
Wells, Gardner, & Co.
THE PURITAN'S WIFE — Max Pemberton
Time of Charles II.
Cassell & Co.
WHITEFRIARS — Anonymous
Time of Charles II.
Geo. Routledge & Sons
THE ROBBER — G. P. R. James
Time of Charles II.
Warne & Co.
SILAS VERNEY — E. Pickering
Time of Charles II.
Blackie & Son
CHERRY AND VIOLET — Miss Manning
Time of Charles II.
J. C. Nimmo
HISTORY OF THE PLAGUE — Defoe
Time of Charles II. (Plague)
J. M. Dent & Co.
OLD ST. PAULS — Harrison Ainsworth
Time of Charles II. (Plague)
Geo. Routledge & Sons
THE DAGGER AND THE CROSS — J. Hatton
Time of Charles II. (Eyam)
Hutchinson & Co.
TRAITOR OR PATRIOT? — Mary C. Rowsell
Time of Charles II. (Rye House Plot)
Blackie & Son
SIMON DALE — Anthony Hope
Time of Charles II.
Methuen & Co.
NELL GWYNN, COMEDIAN — Frankfort Moore
Time of Charles II.
C. A. Pearson
IN THE GOLDEN DAYS — Edna Lyall
Time of Charles II. (Algernon Sidney)
Hurst & Blackett
SIR RALPH ESHER — Leigh Hunt
Time of Charles II.
Henry Colburn, 1832
MARY HOLLIS — H. J. Schimmel (translation)
Time of Charles II.
John Camden Hotten
OLD MORTALITY — Scott
Bothwell Bridge, 1679
A. & C. Black
THE MEN OF THE MOSS HAGS — S. R. Crockett
Bothwell Bridge, 1679
Isbister & Co.
JOHN BURNET OF BARNS — J. Buchan
Scotland and the Low Countries (1678-88)
John Lane
WINCHESTER MEADS — Emma Marshall
Bishop Ken
Seeley & Co.
IN THE EAST COUNTRY WITH SIR THOMAS BROWNE — Emma Marshall
Author of "Religio Medici."
Seeley & Co.
IN WESTMINSTER CHOIR — Emma Marshall
Purcell the Composer
Seeley & Co.
THE CARVED CARTOON — Austin Clare
Grinling Gibbons
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
SPINOZA — Auerbach (trans.)
A romance of Spinoza the Philosopher.
Sampson Low & Co.
'MIDST THE WILD CARPATHIANS — M. Jokai (trans.)
Transylvania, 1666
Jarrold & Sons
THE BLACK TULIP — Dumas (trans.)
William of Orange, 1672
J. M. Dent & Co.
THE VICOMTE DE BRAGELONNE — Dumas (trans.)
France—Louis XIV.
J. M. Dent & Co.
BELLE ROSE — Amedee Achard
France—Louis XIV.
A. Bourdilliat et Cie., Paris, 1859
IN THE DAY OF ADVERSITY — J. Bloundelle Burton
France—Louis XIV.
Methuen & Co.
*THE SCOURGE OF GOD — J. Bloundelle Burton
France—Louis XIV. (Huguenots)
James Clarke & Co.
* Intentionally placed with the Louis XIV. romances. It should, however, be noted that the events of the story are supposed to happen in the first years of the Eighteenth Century (the Cevennes Revolt).
THE REFUGEES — Conan Doyle
Louis XIV.—Old and New World
Longmans, Green, & Co.
THE BLACK WOLF'S BREED — H. Dickson
Louis XIV.—Old and New World
Methuen & Co.
CAPTAIN SATAN — Louis Gallet (trans.)
Adventure in early Louis XIV. period
Jarrold & Sons
THE KING'S SIGNET — Eliza Pollard
Madame de Maintenon, &c.
Blackie & Son
THE MARCHIONESS OF BRINVILLIERS — Albert Smith
Marquise de Brinvilliers, the poisoner
Bentley (new edition, 1886)
THE GOLDEN FLEECE — Amedee Achard(trans.)
Turkish Wars (Louis XIV.)
J. Macqueen
HIS COUNTERPART — Russell M. Garnier
Wars of Turenne (John Churchill)
Harper & Brothers
THE CLASH OF ARMS — J. Bloundelle Burton
Wars of Turenne (John Churchill)
Methuen & Co.
UNCROWNING A KING — E. S. Ellis
America—King Philip's war
Cassell & Co.
THE OLD DOMINION (PRISONERS OF HOPE) — Mary Johnston
Virginia, late Seventeenth Century
Constable & Co.
VIVIAN OF VIRGINIA — Hulbert Fuller
Virginia, late Seventeenth Century
Jarrold & Sons
THE HEART'S HIGHWAY — Mary E. Wilkins
Virginia, late Seventeenth Century
John Murray
A REPUTED CHANGELING — Charlotte M. Yonge
Period of Charles II.—William III.
Macmillan & Co.
THE REBEL — H. B. Marriott Watson
Rising at Taunton, 1684.
W. Heinemann
LORNA DOONE — R. D. Blackmore
James II.—Monmouth Rebellion
Sampson Low & Co.
FOR FAITH AND FREEDOM — Walter Besant
James II.—Monmouth Rebellion
Chatto & Windus
MICAH CLARKE — Conan Doyle
James II.—Monmouth Rebellion
Longmans, Green, & Co.
IN TAUNTON TOWN — E. Everett Green
James II.—Monmouth Rebellion
T. Nelson & Sons
THE BLUE FLAG — Max Hillary
James II.—Monmouth Rebellion
Ward, Lock, & Co.
URITH — S. Baring-Gould
James II.—Monmouth Rebellion
Methuen & Co.
DEB CLAVEL — M. E. Palgrave
James II.—Monmouth Rebellion
Religious Tract Society
DUKE OF MONMOUTH — Gerald Griffin
James II.—Monmouth Rebellion
R. Bentley, 1836
IN THE SERVICE OF RACHEL LADY RUSSELL — Emma Marshall
Period of James II.
Seeley & Co.
THE STANDARD BEARER — S. R. Crockett
Period of James II. (Covenanters)
Methuen & Co.
THE COURTSHIP OF MORICE BUCKLER — A. E. W. Mason
Period of James II. (1685-7)
Macmillan & Co.
THE SWORD OF THE KING — Ronald Macdonald
William of Orange
John Murray
THE OUTLAW — Mrs. Hall
Revolution period (1688)
R. Bentley, 1847
THE LIFEGUARDSMAN — H. J. Schimmel (translation)
Revolution period (1688)
A. & C. Black
THE SCOTTISH CAVALIER — James Grant
Battle of Killiecrankie
Geo. Routledge & Sons
RINGAN GILHAIZE — J. Galt
Battle of Killiecrankie
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LOCHINVAR — S. R. Crockett
Battle of Killiecrankie
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MISTRESS DOROTHY MARVIN — J. C. Snaith
Period of Judge Jeffreys, &c.
Ward, Lock, & Co.
BLUE PAVILIONS — "Q"
William III.
Cassell & Co.
KENSINGTON PALACE — Emma Marshall
William III.
Seeley & Co.
MY MISTRESS THE QUEEN — M. A. Paull
Marriage of Mary to William (Charles II.—William III.)
Blackie & Son
BY THE NORTH SEA — Emma Marshall
Cromwell's Grand-daughter
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A MAN'S FOES — E. H. Strain
Siege of Derry (1689)
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THE CRIMSON SIGN — S. R. Keightley
Siege of Derry (1689)
Hutchinson & Co.
IN THE WAKE OF KING JAMES — Standish O'Grady
Siege of Derry (1689)
J. M. Dent & Co.
THE BOYNE WATER — J. Banim
Battle of the Boyne (1690)
James Duffy, Dublin
THE MAC MAHON — Owen Blayney
Battle of the Boyne (1690)
Constable & Co.
REDMOND COUNT O'HANLON — W. Carleton
Battle of Aughrim
James Duffy, Dublin
THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR — Scott
East Lothian, 1695
A. & C. Black
ON THE RED STAIRCASE — M. Imlay Taylor
Russia in the youthful days of Peter the Great
Gay and Bird
THE LION CUB — F. Whishaw
Russia in the youthful days of Peter the Great
Griffith, Farran, & Co.
THE ROAD TO FRONTENAC — S. Merwin
French occupation of Canada
John Murray
THE TRAIL OF THE SWORD — Gilbert Parker
French occupation of Canada
Methuen & Co.
THE YOUNG PIONEERS — E. Everett Green
La Salle, the French Explorer
T. Nelson & Sons
THE BEGUM'S DAUGHTER — E. L. Bynner
New York (Jacob Leisler)
Houghton, Muffin. & Co.
IN FURTHEST IND — Sydney C. Grier
East India Company, 1697
W. Blackwood & Sons
DARIEN — Eliot Warburton
William Paterson and the Darien Scheme (1698)
Colburn, 1852
MAZEPPA — F. Whishaw
Mazeppa and the Cossacks (17th-18th Century)
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MONSIEUR MARTIN — W. Carey
Sweden from 1699 (Charles XII.)
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A LADY OF QUALITY — F. Hodgson Burnett
Social Life, end of Seventeenth Century
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HIS GRACE OF OSMONDE — F. Hodgson Burnett
Social Life, end of Seventeenth Century
Warne & Co.
A SET OF ROGUES — Frank Barrett
Algerine Pirates, &c.
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