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The Dragon and the Raven G. A. Henty · 1800 · ★ 3.9 · 216p · ≈ 7h · Challenging For many years England was assailed by Danish hordes whose barbarians reduced the Saxons to pitiable legions of disconnected and ravished communities. In the later 800's A.D. a man named Alfred emerged from the darkened European scene and by his wisdom and knowledge and bravery, he gathered together an army of valorous warriors who banished the Vikings back to the North. This true historic tale… Shares Great Britain, History
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The time of terror Seth Hunter · 2008 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate "Nathan Peake, an officer in the British Royal Navy, fights against the French during the French Revolution"--Provided by publisher. Shares Naval History, France, Great Britain, History
The Awful Secret
The Awful Secret Bernard Knight · 2006 · 356p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares History with this book.
The Lady of the Rivers
The Lady of the Rivers Philippa Gregory · 2011 · ★ 4.0 The Lady of the Rivers tells the story of Jacquetta, daughter of the Count of Luxembourg, and kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe, who was married to the great Englishman John, Duke of Bedford, uncle to Henry VI. Widowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her house­hold for love, and then carved out a life for herself as Queen Margaret of Anjou's… Shares History
The Scottish Prisoner
The Scottish Prisoner Diana Gabaldon · 2012 · ★ 4.5 · 560p · ≈ 18h · Moderate “This could be the worthy Lord John Grey’s breakout novel, as readers are treated to large dollops of Outlander hero Jamie Fraser.”—Booklist   A captivating return to the world Diana Gabaldon created in her Outlander and Lord John series, The Scottish Prisoner is a masterpiece of epic history, wicked deceit, and scores that can only be settled in blood.   London, 1760. For Jamie Fraser,… Shares Great Britain
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Dead Men's Money Joseph Smith Fletcher · 1920 · ★ 3.7 · 212p · ≈ 7h · Moderate A mysterious one-eyed stranger, a midnight meeting at a lonely spot on the Scottish border, the secret password "Panama", and a corpse This is the situation Hugh Moneylaws, a young law clerk finds himself facing. Who murdered the man he was sent to meet, and why? With the only two men who knew the purpose of the meeting dead, it would seem a puzzle that would never be solved. Yet to save himself… Shares History
Murder in St. Giles
Murder in St. Giles Ashley Gardner · 2018 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Great Britain with this book.
The Paris Daughter
The Paris Daughter Kristin Harmel · 2023 · ★ 4.5 · 442p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Instant New York Times bestseller!“A gorgeous, gut-wrenching” (Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author) historical novel about two mothers facing unthinkable choices as the Nazis invade France—from the New York Times bestselling author Kristin Harmel. Paris, 1939: Young mothers Elise and Juliette become fast friends the day they meet in the beautiful Bois de Boulogne. Though there is a… Shares France
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The tide of war Seth Hunter · 2009 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Newly-promoted Captain Nathan Peake is despatched to the Caribbean to take command of the British navy's latest frigate, the 32-gun Unicorn. But the Unicorn already has a tragic history of mutiny - and murder. And her previous captain has washed up in New Orleans with his throat cut. Meanwhile the Revolutionary authorities in Paris have sent the best frigate in the French fleet, the 44-gun… Shares Naval History, France, Great Britain
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The Wolf Next Door Lydia Dare · 2010 · ★ 3.9 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Ever since their failed elopement years ago, Prisca Hawthorne has taunted, insulted, and in every way tried to push him away. If only her heart didn't break every time Lord William Westfield left her... Shares Great Britain, History
The Hand Of Justice
The Hand Of Justice Susanna Gregory · 2019 · 544p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Shares Great Britain, History with this book.
The Surgeon's Mate
The Surgeon's Mate Patrick O'Brian · 1980 · ★ 4.4 · 382p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares Naval History, Seafaring life, Great Britain, History with this book.
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The Two Admirals: A Tale James Fenimore Cooper · 1842 · 588p · ≈ 19h · Challenging Describing first obscure English law and then a number of characters who will ultimately prove only secondary to the plot. Shares Naval History, Seafaring life, Great Britain
Between Two Fires
Between Two Fires Christopher Buehlman · 2012 · ★ 4.3 · 456p · ≈ 15h · Moderate And Lucifer said: “Let us rise against Him now in all our numbers, and pull the walls of heaven down…” The year is 1348. Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a dead Norman village. An orphan of the Black Death, and an almost unnerving picture of innocence, she tells Thomas that plague is only part of a larger cataclysm—that the fallen angels under Lucifer are rising… Shares France
Hornblower and the Atropos
Hornblower and the Atropos C.S. Forester · 1920 · ★ 4.1 · 411p · ≈ 13h · Moderate In the wake of a humbling incident aboard a canal boat in the Cotswolds, Captain Horatio Hornblower arrives in London to take command of the Atropos, a 22-gun sloop barely large enough to require a captain. Her first assignment under Hornblower's command is as flagship for the funeral procession of Lord Nelson. Soon Atropos is part of the Mediterranean fleet's harassment of Napoleon, recovering… Shares Naval History, Great Britain
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Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica John Kendrick Bangs · 1895 · 271p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Shares France with this book.
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1356 Bernard Cornwell · 2012 · ★ 4.0 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Moderate The rascally Thomas of Hookton, aka Le Batard, and his band of not-so-merry mercenaries are bidden by the Earl of Northhampton to unearth the lost sword of Saint Peter in this recreation of the Battle of the Poitiers in 1356 wherein a severely outnumbered English army defeats the French and captures the Poitiers and French King John II. Shares France, Great Britain, History
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The road to vengeance Judson Roberts · 2008 · ★ 4.2 · 344p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Hafdan's training as a Viking warrior leads him to fight in bloody battles between nations--and gives him conflicted feelings about his killer instincts. Shares France, History

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