PDF Books in Historical Fiction
Twice Told Tales
by Nathaniel HawthorneTwice Told Tales is a collection of short stories written by the American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, best remembered for his works such as The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables, Mosses from an Old Manse, and A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys. More than 30 short stories which were published previously in various forms have been c..
The Black Arrow - A Tale of Two Roses
by Robert Louis StevensonRobert Louis Stevenson's another novel tells the adventures of Richard Shelton uniting with outlaws group The Black Arrow to settle with his guardian Sir Daniel Brackley, who was the culprit behind the death of his father. Set in the background of war of the roses, this novel based on the historical events blend with adventure. Overall an interesti..
The Master of Ballantrae - A Winter's Tale
by Robert Louis StevensonThe Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale is a historical fiction novel by Robert Louis Stevenson and differ vastly from his early themes. Set during Jacobite rising, a Scottish noble family trying to play tricky to save the estate by supporting both Jacob and King George II through their two sons. However the motive behind this trick ends up unsuc..
The Adventures of Gerard
by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Adventures of Gerard is a set of short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle starring his another fictional hero Etienne Gerard serving French Army in Napoleonic wars. While there is no doubt Gerard is a brave soldier and great swordsman, often his own pride let him down in-spite he could escape from many of the encounters. A c..
The Great Stone Face, and Other Tales of the White Mountains
by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Great Stone Face is a short story published by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1850. The story reappeared in a full-length book, The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales, published by Ticknor, Reed & Fields in 1852. It has since been republished and anthologized many times. Hawthorne sets the scene in a rural valley located in an unnamed U.S. stat..
The Haunted Mind
by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Haunted Mind is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It was first published in The Token and Atlantic Souvenir, 1835. It was later included in Volume Two of Twice-Told Tales, a collection of short stories by Hawthorne published in 1837. In "The Haunted Mind", Hawthorne described an intermediate space between sleeping and waking. The story begi..
Little Masterpieces
by Nathaniel HawthorneHawthorne made three collections of his short stories and sketches: Twice-Told Tales, Mosses from an Old Manse, and The Snow Image and Other Tales. The prefaces to these volumes express, with characteristic charm, the author's dissatisfaction with his handiwork. No critic has pointed out so clearly as Hawthorne himself the ineffectiveness of some o..
The Man of Adamant
by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Man of Adamant is a short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It was first published in the 1837 edition of The Token and Atlantic Souvenir, edited by Samuel Griswold Goodrich. It later appeared in Hawthorne's final collection of short stories The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-Told Tales, published in 1852 by Ticknor, Reed & Fields.Richard ..