18 books like Captain Rebel

What to read after Captain Rebel — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Floodtide Frank Yerby · 1950 · 344p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Born in a shack on Natchez-Under-the-Hill, the abode of cutthroats, thieves, brawling river men and ladies of easy virtue, Ross Pary has but one goal: to reach Natchez-on-the Hill,where gentlemen planters lived a life of graciousness and ease in their portico-ed mansions. Yet, he loves a woman from Cuba enough to invade her country to in a desperate search to find her. Floodtide dramatizes Ross… Shares: Frank Yerby, Classic, Historical, Romance

The Killer Angels Michael Shaara · 1974 · ★ 4.3 · 360p · ≈ 12h · Moderate The Killer Angels (1974) is a historical novel by Michael Shaara that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1975. The book tells the story of the four days of the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War: June 30, 1863, as the troops of both the Union and the Confederacy move into battle around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and July 1, July 2, and July 3, when the battle was… Shares: American Civil War, United States Civil War, Adventure, History

The Crisis Winston Churchill · 1901 · ★ 3.8 · 561p · ≈ 18h · Challenging "The novel is set in the years leading up to the first battles of the U.S. Civil War, mostly in the divided state of Missouri. It follows the fortunes of young Stephen Brice, a man with Union and abolitionist sympathies, and his involvement with a Southern family."--Wikipedia Shares: American Civil War, United States Civil War, History

March Geraldine Brooks · 2005 · ★ 4.4 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate An extraordinary novel woven out of the lore of American history—by the author of the international bestseller Year of WondersFrom Louisa May Alcott’s beloved classic Little Women, Geraldine Brooks has animated the character of the absent father, March, and crafted a story "filled with the ache of love and marriage and with the power of war upon the mind and heart of one unforgettable man" (Sue… Shares: American Civil War, United States Civil War, Romance, History

Andersonville; a story of rebel military prisons John McElroy · 1879 · 624p · ≈ 20h · Demanding "McElroy, with a detachment of his regiment, was guarding a supply route to Cumberland Gap when his entire company was captured in a surprise attack one morning during the winter of 1862-63. He and his comrades were taken to Lippy Prison, and from there they were sent to Andersonville. McElroy spent the rest of the war as a prisoner. His story of attempts at escape, of comrades tracked through… Shares: American Civil War, United States Civil War, History

Landfall, a channel story Nevil Shute · 1940 · ★ 4.0 · 274p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Against the grim background of England at war, the romance of Jery Chambers and Mona Stevens stands out like an unexpected spring day in the midst of a brutal winter. Jerry is a flying officer in the RAF. At the hotel which is the hangout for officers he sees Mona. She has taken the job of barmaid at the Royal Clarence because it is more exciting than anything else she can find to do. They are… Shares: Classic, Historical, Romance, Adventure

Fairoaks Frank Yerby · 1957 · 377p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Guy Falks, an imposter, makes a tainted fortune and becomes a great aristocrat in the pre-Civil War South. Christy Lashley (Sep 16, 2012 5 of 5 Stars) it was amazing: This is a sequel to The Dahomean and is just as amazing! Frank Yerby is one of the best story tellers I have ever had the pleasure of reading. I have never encountered a book of his that I didn't love. This book picks up where The… Shares: Frank Yerby, Historical, Romance, Adventure

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution Nicholas Meyer · 1974 · ★ 4.1 · 237p · ≈ 7h · Moderate First discovered and then painstakingly edited and annotated by Nicholas Meyer, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution related the astounding and previously unknown collaboration of Sigmund Freud with Sherlock Holmes, as recorded by Holmes's friend and chronicler, Dr. John H. Watson. In addition to its breathtaking account of their collaboration on a case of diabolic conspiracy in which the lives of… Shares: Classic, Historical, Adventure, Thriller

Blaze of Noon Ernest K. Gann · 1946 · 310p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Ernest K. Gann, author of ''Island in the Sky'' Goodreads Member Review: KOMET (Sep 21, 2015 5 of 5 Stars) it was amazing:aviation-general, ernest-k-gann, mass-market-paperbacks Ernest K. Gann, in his day, was one of those aviators with a gift for conveying to the general reader the thrills and perils of flying. And in "BLAZE OF NOON", he succeeds brilliantly. The story begins in September 1925… Shares: Classic, Historical, Adventure, History

How Green Was My Valley Richard Llewellyn · 1939 · 495p · ≈ 16h · Challenging This is a story set in a south Wales coal mining valley and tells of a family striving to improve their lives through hard work, education and their non-conformist faith. The main character is the youngest son, Huw Morgan and his life's journey through the difficulties associated with the mining industry and the awful risks involved in deep coal mining in the mid nineteenth century. The… Shares: Classic, Historical, History

The Talisman Sir Walter Scott · 1800 · ★ 3.8 · 358p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Through a series of adventures, a poor but doughty Scottish crusader known as Sir Kenneth proves his honor and discovers his destiny in Sir Walter Scott's tale of chivalry, violence, virtue, romance, and deceit. Sir Walter Scott writes wonderfully enjoyable historical fiction. He first ventured into this realm in 1814 with the novel, Waverley which was published anonymously as Scott's first… Shares: Classic, Historical, Romance, Adventure

The Bastard John Jakes · 1974 · ★ 4.4 · 462p · ≈ 15h · Moderate “Phillipe Charboneau—the bastard. Illegitimate son of an English nobleman, Phillipe flees Europe and, as Philip Kent, joins the turbulent adventure that was the beginning of the American Experience. Through his struggles, his passions, his loves, and his courage, we share the wondrous adventure which became our America!” Shares: Classic, Historical, Adventure, History

An odour of sanctity Frank Yerby · 1965 · ★ 3.0 · 471p · ≈ 15h · Moderate 9th century Spain--an age of brutal battles to the death and dungeons equipped with thumbscrews and spiked boots. An age of perfumed harems where acts of love were spiced with the erotic mysteries of the Orient. a time when merchants, princes, thieves and whores, Christians, Islamic Arabs, Berbers, Yemenites, Greeks and Jews were trapped in an inferno of embattled peoples and faiths. Only such… Shares: Frank Yerby, Romance, Adventure, History

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain · 1817 · ★ 3.9 · 214p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Mark Twain created the memorable characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn drawing from the experiences of boys he grew up with in Missouri. Set by the Mississippi River in the 1840's, it follows these boys as they get into predicament after predicament. Tom's classic whitewashing of the fence has become part of American legend, and the book paints a nostalgic picture of life in the middle of… Shares: Classic, Historical, Adventure, History

The Harvester Gene Stratton-Porter · 1911 · ★ 4.2 · 516p · ≈ 17h · Challenging Author of ''A Girl of the Limberlost,'' Freckles, etc. The Harvester (1911) by Gene Stratton Porter is the story of a Thoreau-esque idealist and naturalist and his search for the love of his dreams, the Dream Girl. David Langston, the Harvester, lives in the woods and harvests medicinal herbs which he sells for a living. Suddenly he encounters Ruth Jameson, the real flesh-and-blood girl that… Shares: Classic, Historical, Romance, History

Доктор Живаго Boris Leonidovich Pasternak · 1957 · ★ 3.5 · 558p · ≈ 18h · Moderate This epic tale about the effects of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath on a bourgeois family was not published in the Soviet Union until 1987. One of the results of its publication in the West was Pasternak's complete rejection by Soviet authorities; when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958 he was compelled to decline it. The book quickly became an international… Shares: Classic, Historical, Romance, History

Abraham Lincoln Carl Sandburg · 1926 · ★ 4.3 · 762p · ≈ 25h · Challenging This definitive, single-volume edition of the Pulitzer Prize–winning biography delivers “a Lincoln whom no other man . . . could have given us” (New York Herald Tribune Book Review). Celebrated for his vivid depictions of the nineteenth-century American Midwest, Carl Sandburg brings unique insight to the life of Abraham Lincoln in this distinguished biography. He captures both the man who grew… Shares: American Civil War, United States Civil War, History

Lost in the Barrens - Collector's Edition Farley Mowat · 1956 · ★ 3.7 · 244p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Awasin, a Cree Indian boy, and Jamie, a Canadian orphan living with his uncle, the trapper Angus Macnair, are enchanted by the magic of the great Arctic wastes. They set out on an adventure that proves longer and more dangerous than they could have imagined. Drawing on his knowledge of the ways of the wilderness and the implacable northern elements, Farley Mowat has created a memorable tale of… Shares: Classic, Historical, Adventure

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