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Hough, Emerson.
54-40 or Fight
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62011-859-7
For much of the nineteenth century, the boundaries of the United States were in flux. Frontier lawyer turned Western writer Emerson Hough takes on the topic of one such border controversy in the no...
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Hardy, Thomas.
A Group of Noble Dames
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62011-787-3
Whether you're a long-time fan of Thomas Hardy's works or a first-time reader who is curious about the author of such masterpieces as Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Far From the Madding Crowd , this...
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collingwood, Harry.
A Pirate of the Caribbees
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62013-037-7
Though it's known today as a paradise for sun-worshipping tourists, the Caribbean's past is much darker. Centuries ago, the region was overrun with rapacious and bloodthirsty seadogs. In Harry Coll...
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Marshall, Archibald.
Abington Abbey
A Novel.
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-841-1
British author Archibald Marshall became a writer later in life and rapidly gained acclaim in his own country and abroad. Regarded as a literary realist who worked in a vein similar to that mined b...
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Collins, Wilkie.
Antonina
Or, the Fall of Rome.
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-981-4
Master storyteller Wilkie Collins is known for his tightly plotted novels, which often have plots drawn from historical events. This engrossing romance, set against the backdrop of ancient Rome as ...
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brown, Charles Brockden.
Arthur Mervyn
Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793.
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-521-2
Settle in for a cozy night of reading with this gothic classic from Charles Brockden Brown. The tale follows protagonist Arthur Mervyn through a hellishly difficult period in his life, marred by il...
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Chopin, Kate.
At Fault
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-602-8
Groundbreaking author Kate Chopin was known for her innovative portraits of nineteenth-century heroines facing the challenges of life under strictly constrained gender roles. At Fault is a richly d...
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Dickens, Charles.
Barnaby Rudge
A Tale of the Riots of Eighty.
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-427-7
Renowned storyteller Charles Dickens takes on the historical novel in Barnaby Rudge , a gripping fictionalized account of the anti-Catholicism turmoil that rocked England in the late eighteenth cen...
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Alcott, Louisa May.
Behind a Mask
Or, A Woman's Power.
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-053-8
Though best known for the lighthearted look at family life and sisterly relationships in Little Women , some of Louisa May Alcott's work touched on more socially significant themes. Behind a Mask, ...
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Henty, G. A.
Beric the Briton
A Story of the Roman Invasion.
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-527-4
Take a trip back in time to witness the turmoil that gripped ancient Rome when the great civilization was rent asunder by slave rebellions and regional conflicts between warring villages. This thri...
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Grey, Zane.
Betty Zane
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62011-881-8
The historical novel Betty Zane was famed Western writer Zane Grey's first published book. The plucky protagonist was an ancestor of Zane Grey who fought ferociously during the Revolutionary War, s...
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Barker, B.
Blackbeard
The Pirate of Roanoke.
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62013-040-7
The notorious pirate Blackbeard terrorized a vast swath of the Atlantic Ocean in the early modern period, trolling for victims in an area that stretched from the West Indies to what is now the nort...
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London, Jack.
Burning Daylight
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-024-8
No other writer before or since has been able to capture the awe-inspiring ferocity of the Western American landscape like Jack London. This fictionalized account of the Yukon gold rush offers pain...
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Trollope, Anthony.
Can You Forgive Her?
Palliser Series, Book 1.
(
Palliser. )
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-048-4
A woman forced to choose between two suitors is one of the world's oldest dilemmas. In the skilled hands of Anthony Trollope, this conundrum becomes an engrossing examination of the subtle family t...
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Gautier, Theophile.
Captain Fracasse
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-866-4
Get set for action and adventure in this thrill-a-minute swashbuckler from French writer Theophile Gautier. The tale follows the ups and downs of a well-born but penniless aristocrat who casts asid...
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Edgeworth, Maria.
Castle Rackrent
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-322-5
The Castle Rackrent estate is owned by four generations of Englishmen, each dissipated, cruel or improvident in some way. Their lives are chronicled by the estate's Irish steward, Thady Quirk. He i...
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Trollope, Anthony.
Castle Richmond
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-321-8
Castle Richmond is about the fortunes and relationships of two families of the Irish aristocracy, set against the harrowing background of the Great Famine. Sir Thomas Fitzgerald is being blackmaile...
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Thackeray, William Makepeace.
Catherine
A Story.
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-170-2
Though he originally set out to depict criminals in as harshly accurate a light as possible, without the sentimentalization that he saw and disdained in Dickens' work, Thackeray's fictionalized acc...
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Stevenson, Robert Louis.
Catriona
Adventures of David Balfour Series, Book 2.
(
Adventures of David Balfour. )
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-482-6
Catriona is the sequel to Stevensen's classic, Kidnapped , beginning precisely where the last work left off. David Balfour is back in polite society where he attempts to fight injustices and is cau...
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Burney, Fanny.
Cecilia
Or, Memoirs of an Heiress.
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-899-2
Fans of Jane Austen's work will enjoy the novels of her predecessor Fanny Burney, who many critics and historians agree exerted a profound influence over Austen's evolution as a writer. The sweepin...
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Dumas, Alexandre.
Chicot the Jester
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-047-7
Dip into this titillating tale of court intrigue from Alexandre Dumas, the master of historical fiction . Chicot the Jester delves into the ill-fated romance of the Dame de Monsoreau and Count de Bu...
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Hearn, Lafcadio.
Chita
A Memory of Last Island.
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62013-019-3
A traveler with insatiable wanderlust, journalist and ethnographer Lafcadio Hearn spent much of his life journeying to new and unfamiliar cultures. After spending some time in New Orleans, Hearn be...
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Haggard, H. Rider.
Cleopatra
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-620-2
Escape into the ancient past with this spellbinding action-adventure tale from one of the masters of the genre, Henry Rider Haggard. This novel follows the exploits of Hamarchis, a brave fighter wh...
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Benson, Robert Hugh.
Come Rack! Come Rope!
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-597-7
This fictionalized account of life during the persecution of Catholics in the Elizabethan era will enthrall any reader who supports religious freedom. Written by a priest who was himself an adult c...
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Gaskell, Elizabeth.
Cousin Phillis
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-154-2
Lauded by critics as one of the most nuanced accounts of adolescence and young adulthood to have been penned in the nineteenth century, Cousin Phillis also offers a glimpse into the lives of workin...
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Lee, Eliza Buckminster.
Delusion
Or, The Witch of New England.
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-715-5
Known as a keen observer of New England's habits, inhabitants, and haints, Eliza Buckminster Lee creates a spine-tingling classic in Delusion, Or, The Witch of New England . Pairing extensive histo...
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Blackmore, R. D.
Erema
Or, My Father's Sin.
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-585-4
Although R.D. Blackmore is most strongly associated with romantic fiction set in the bucolic English countryside, this novel deviates significantly from his typical formula. Set in the harsh desert...
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Haggard, H. Rider.
Eric Brighteyes
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-995-1
An important innovator in the action-adventure genre, H. Rider Haggard didn't rest on his laurels after creating an immensely popular series based around gentleman explorer Allan Quatermain. Instea...
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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth.
Fenton's Quest
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-582-3
Step into another era with this fascinating glimpse at life in Victorian England. From the author of a number of abidingly popular works, including Lady Audley's Secret , the sweeping novel Fenton'...
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Conrad, Joseph.
Gaspar Ruiz
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-107-8
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 psycho...
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Ainsworth, William Harrison.
Guy Fawkes
The Gunpowder Treason.
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-501-4
In the sweeping historical epic Guy Fawkes , renowned author William Harrison Ainsworth takes on one of the boldest rebels of all time. Pro-Catholic agitator Guy Fawkes was at the center of a faile...
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peacock, Thomas Love.
Headlong Hall
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-574-8
Think humor writing is solely the province of modern writers? Think again. The early nineteenth-century novel Headlong Hall is a hilarious foray into the world of the British upper class, where wel...
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Manning, Frederic.
Her Privates We
The Middle Parts of Fortune: Somme and Ancre.
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-315-7
Born in Australia, novelist and poet Frederic Manning moved to England in his youth and was an off-and-on presence there for much of his life. Spurred to defend his adopted homeland, Manning enlist...
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Weyman, Stanley J.
Historical Romances
Under the Red Robe; Count Hannibal; A Gentleman of France.
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-705-6
British writer Stanley J. Weyman is considered to be one of the foremost practitioners of the historical romance genre. He spent years perfecting his craft with short-form tales that were published...
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Henty, G. A.
In Freedom's Cause
A Story of Wallace and Bruce.
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-725-4
Readers young and old alike will get swept away with G. A. Henty's In Freedom's Cause: A Story of Wallace and Bruce . Set in the Wars of Scottish Independence, the novel follows a young man named A...
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Alcott, Louisa May.
Jack and Jill
A Village Story.
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62011-994-5
A delightful read for Alcott fans young and old, Jack and Jill: A Village Story was one of the many books that the famed author of Little Women wrote for juvenile readers. The story follows the tra...
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Ainsworth, William Harrison.
Jack Sheppard
A Romance.
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-726-1
This gripping historical romance focuses on the dashing criminal Jack Sheppard, a real-life burglar whose bold, brazen crimes and remarkable escape attempts captivated England in the eighteenth cen...
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Dreiser, Theodore.
Jennie Gerhardt
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-791-9
Dive into a gripping historical romance from master of naturalism Theodore Dreiser. Things appear to be looking up for downtrodden maid Jennie Gerhardt when she meets and falls in love with a dashi...
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Dumas, Alexandre.
Joan of Naples
Celebrated Crimes.
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-104-7
Celebrated as one of the masters of historical fiction , Alexandre Dumas, pere wrote such masterworks as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers . His series Celebrated Crimes delved into...
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Stevenson, Robert Louis.
Kidnapped
Adventures of David Balfour Series, Book 1.
(
Adventures of David Balfour. )
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62011-374-5
Originally written as a boys' adventure novel, Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped has received praise from a range of writers, including Henry James and Jorge Luis Borges. Set around events in eigh...
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Gautier, Theophile.
King Candaules
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-865-7
Take a trip into the distant past in this classic work of historical fiction from French writer and thinker Theophile Gautier. This novelized account of the life of the ancient ruler plays up the a...
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Press, Muriel A. C.
Laxdaela Saga
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-593-9
One of a series of thirteenth-century texts that tell of the fortunes, quests and struggles of early Icelandic families, the Laxdæla Saga is a gripping historical account of emigration from Norway,...
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Blackmore, R. D.
Lorna Doone
A Romance of Exmoor.
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-586-1
This romantic classic from British author R. D. Blackmore has something for everyone?a detailed historical account of the turbulent lives of English farmers in the seventeenth century, a gripping t...
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Haggard, H. Rider.
Lysbeth
A Tale of the Dutch.
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62013-044-5
Though H. Rider Haggard is today best remembered as one of the foremost figures in the action-adventure genre, he also produced several top-notch works of historical fiction in his time. Lysbeth un...
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peacock, Thomas Love.
Maid Marian
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-575-5
Looking for an alternate take on the classic tale of Robin Hood? Dive into this satirical version told from the perspective of Maid Marian. In it, author Thomas Love Peacock deftly uses the medieva...
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Pyle, Howard.
Men of Iron
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62011-940-2
Damsels in distress? Gallant knights riding into battle? Medieval pageantry and pomp? Men of Iron , an extensively researched and meticulously detailed historical novel by Howard Pyle, has all of t...
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Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan.
Micah Clarke
His Statement as Made to His Three Grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-969-2
The stark ideological division between Catholics and Protestants has long been an issue in British society, spurring numerous bloody conflicts along the way. In the engrossing historical novel Mica...
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Haggard, H. Rider.
Moon of Israel
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-070-5
Though he was best known as a writer of fantastic action-adventure tales, including the Allan Quatermain series from which the modern-day Indiana Jones films drew inspiration, H. Rider Haggard also...
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Haggard, H. Rider.
Morning Star
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62012-993-7
Storytelling genius H. Rider Haggard leads readers into the ancient past in the gripping historical novel Morning Star . Set in Egypt thousands of years ago, the tale follows the plight of a prince...
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Gaskell, Elizabeth.
My Lady Ludlow
Cleveland : : Duke Classics, , 2012. - 1 online resource ISBN 978-1-62011-795-8
This beloved novella from author Elizabeth Gaskell offers a fascinating glimpse into the lives of women in the nineteenth century, particularly those who were widowed or unmarried. The lack of lega...