18 books like The ballad of the white horse

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The Christian year John Keble · 1827 · ★ 5.0 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Challenging John Keble's prayer book contains over 100 pieces of poetry to be used for prayer, devotions, or mediations on Sunday and holidays throughout the Christian year. It was Keble's desire that his readers would use his verses to unify their own spiritual thoughts and feelings. The Christian Year opens with morning and evening prayers, inspired by passages from Luke and Lamentations. The majority of… Shares: Church history, Poetry

The Flame Bearer Bernard Cornwell · 2016 · ★ 4.4 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate With Britain in an uneasy state of peace, Uhtred of Bebbanburg at last has the chance to take back the home his traitorous uncle stole from him so many years ago -- and which his scheming cousin still occupies. But he will need all the skills he has learned in a lifetime of war to make his dream come true. -- Shares: Anglo-Saxons, Kings and rulers, Great Britain, History

Badge of Glory Douglas Reeman · 1924 · 366p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Celebrating 100 years of Douglas Reeman. Discover the master of the naval adventure thriller.1850: the age of Empire, the age of contrast, the age of dramatic change - one which would determine the destinies of nations as well as of men.Captain Philip Blackwood of the Royal Marines rejoins his ship, HMS Audacious that August, anxious to get back into action. Per Mare - Per Terram is the Marines'… Shares: Military History, Great Britain, History

Arthur Beram Saklatvala · 1967 · 221p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Arthur is a masculine given name of uncertain etymology. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. Shares: Military History, Kings and rulers, History

Rhymes a la Mode Andrew Lang · 1885 · 38p · ≈ 1h · Challenging Book digitized by Google from the library of Oxford University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Shares: English Ballads, Poetry

Warriors of the Storm Bernard Cornwell · 2015 · ★ 4.5 · 299p · ≈ 9h · Moderate With a fragile peace between Wessex, Mercia, and East Anglia loyalties and ambitions are put to the test when forces gather against the kingdom's greatest warrior, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. Shares: Kings and rulers, Great Britain, History

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

Marlborough Winston S. Churchill · 1933 · 488p · ≈ 16h · Challenging "Marlborough: His Life and Times is an exhaustive, four-volume panegyric biography, in which Churchill defends his ancestor against claims of war-mongering and charlatanism made by Thomas Macaulay, a 19th-century historian and Whig politician. The Duke of Marlborough was a military commander and statesman, who rose from a page at the Stuart court to one of the richest and most successful royal… Shares: Military History, Great Britain, History

Book of common prayer Church of England · 1537 · ★ 4.2 · 467p · ≈ 15h · Demanding Book of rites and prayers for use during worship. Includes Holy Communion and Evening Prayer, weddings (Holy Matrimony), Holy Baptism, funerals, ordinations of deacons, priests and bishops, dedications for churches, prayers for special occasions, and the book of Psalms. Meant for use by the priests with the congregation. The Catechism may also be included. Shares: Church history, History

A Collection of Ballads Andrew Lang · 1897 · 225p · ≈ 7h · Challenging This is a song book. When the learned first gave serious attention to popular ballads, from the time of Percy to that of Scott, they laboured under certain disabilities. The Comparative Method was scarcely understood, and was little practised. Editors were content to study the ballads of their own countryside, or, at most, of Great Britain. Teutonic and Northern parallels to our ballads were… Shares: English Ballads, Poetry

Marmion Sir Walter Scott · 1800 · 295p · ≈ 9h · Challenging It is a poetry book. Sir Walter Scott’s love of the country induced him, after his marriage in 1797, to settle in a cottage at the pretty village of Lasswade, near Edinburgh. Four years after leaving this district he took Mr. Morritt of Rokeby to see the little dwelling, telling him that, though not worth looking at, ‘it was our first house when newly married, and many a contrivance it had to… Shares: Poetry, History

Robin Hood; a collection of all the ancient poems, songs, and ballads Ritson, Joseph · 1795 · ★ 5.0 · 270p · ≈ 9h · Demanding The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage and verse. Shares: English Ballads, Great Britain, Poetry, History

Prospectus and specimen of an intended national work John Hookham Frere · 1817 · 61p · ≈ 2h · Challenging The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century’s most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of… Shares: Kings and rulers, Poetry

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories] Arthur Conan Doyle · 1892 · ★ 4.5 · 328p · ≈ 10h · Challenging The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published on 14 October 1892. It contains the earliest short stories featuring the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, which had been published in twelve monthly issues of The Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. The stories are collected in the same sequence, which is not supported by… Shares: Anglo-Saxons, History

History of the Wars Procopius · 1531 · 146p · ≈ 4h · Demanding History of the Wars by the Byzantine historian Procopius (late fifth century to after 558 CE) consists largely of sixth century CE military history, with much information about peoples, places, and special events. Powerful description complements careful narration. Procopius is just to the empire's enemies and boldly criticises emperor Justinian. Shares: Military History, History

The Conqueror Georgette Heyer · 1931 · ★ 3.8 · 378p · ≈ 12h · Challenging A fictionalized biography, fast-moving and minutely-wrought chronicle about William, Duke of Normandy who became King of England in 1066. The day she gave birth to William, the beautiful Herleva dreamt that a tree sprang from her womb--a giant among trees, whose mighty branches overshadowed all of Normandy and England. No sooner her half-noble bastard of the Duke of Normandy had grown to manhood… Shares: Kings and rulers, Great Britain, History

Histoire de Charles XII Voltaire · 1731 · 293p · ≈ 9h · Demanding Extrait : "La Suède et la Finlande composent un royaume large d'environ deux cents de nos lieues, et long de trois cents. Il s'étend du midi au nord depuis le cinquante-cinquième degré; ou à peu près, jusqu'au soixante et dixième, sous un climat rigoureux, qui n'a presque ni printemps ni automne."À PROPOS DES ÉDITIONS LIGARANLes éditions LIGARAN proposent des versions numériques de qualité de… Shares: Kings and rulers, History

Arthur's Britain Leslie Alcock · 1971 · ★ 3.7 · 415p · ≈ 13h · Moderate The book is about the Arthur of history and the Britain in which he lived. It demonstrates that Arthur was no figment of myth, but a genuine historical figure and a symbol for Britain's attempt to reytain her integrity in the aftermath of the Roman collapse and barbaric invasion. Shares: Anglo-Saxons, Great Britain, History

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