Books tagged with Historical[106 found]

Cacao or Joseph Ermeler's Travels

by Peter Argonis

Published: 2026-09-22. 28,028 Words.

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Categories: Fiction » Historical » Renaissance

Joseph Ermeler is a wagon master for a powerful merchant house in the age of discovery and is sent to faraway lands, to bring home precious spices. Now a merchant of means in his own right and returned to the town of his birth, he woos Ursula, reputedly a tempestuous shrew, swaying her from her man-hating ways with the magic of sweet and spicy chocolate. A 17th century love story. Zero use of AI.

$3.50

Pelle The Collier

by Peter Argonis

Published: 2026-08-22. 113,634 Words.

(4)

Categories: Fiction » Historical » Medieval

This is the story of Pelle the Collier of Lemdalen and how he saved Birkenhain lands and avenged his father and his liege lord. It is also the story of Ingeburg, the late Baron's beautiful bastard daughter, who was banned from the castle as a small girl, and who became Pelle's unlikely wife. Romance, crime and mystery in 14th century Germany!

$6.00

Thomas Grey & The Hundred Days

by Peter Argonis

Published: 2021-01-12. 27,734 Words.

(5)

Categories: Fiction » Historical » Regency

Having returned to Surrey to enjoy the fruits of his toils, Thomas Grey is once again called to duty and away from his home after Napoleon's return to France and the renewal of war with France. Note: A shorter version of this story was posted at storiesonline.net in 2021.

$3.00

Thomas Grey and the Smugglers

by Peter Argonis

Published: 2025-03-14. 37,821 Words.

(17)

Categories: Fiction » Historical » Regency

Commodore Sir Thomas Grey is sent to Bermuda to command the Navy Station. The suppression of the rampant smuggling, but also the dangers of the Yellow Fever require his attention, whilst a feud from his youth is finally resolved. Finally, Thomas returns to the Royal Naval College as commanding naval officer, his life coming full circle.
An all new Thomas Grey adventure.

$3.50

English Jim & the Baltimore Rose

by Peter Argonis

Published: 2010-09-21. 141,277 Words.

(18)

Categories: Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier

Wounded in the Crimean War and embittered by his fiancée's betrayal, Captain James Tremayne leaves England for America and becomes a digger during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush. 'Baltimore Rose' Donegal is a saloon wench and convict who in 1861 crosses his path in Fort Laramie. Read how two people from worlds apart overcome bitterness and hurt, growing to respect and love each other.

$7.00

Double Or Nothing

by Peter Argonis

Published: 2021-04-04. 74,764 Words.

(3)

Categories: Fiction » Historical » Victorian

When Sir Charles Tolliver's only, estranged son, perishes in the Crimean War, he has to take in his daughter-in-law, Suzanne and her daughter Alice, strangers to him. They grow to respect and like each other, but it takes the sudden reappearance of Suzanne's long-lost twin sister Paulina for Charles Tolliver to embrace life again and to become involved in the waning days of the Sailing Navy.

$5.50

Colette

by Robert Hart

Published: 2022-12-13. 29,290 Words.

(3)

Categories: Fiction » Historical » United Kingdom

In World War 2, a Special Operations Executive radio operator is sent to France to work with the French Resistance.

$1.75

Purveyor of Death

by Ron Lewis

Published: 2024-07-10. 15,644 Words.

(2)

Categories: Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier

The good Doctor believes himself to be the left hand of God to deliver sinners to their graves. His daughter isn’t his real daughter, but she’s along for the ride. Why? She just likes to kill people.

$2.99

Living Pictures

by Wesley Doyle

Published: 2026-10-18. 103,710 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier

Nevada, 1875. Orpheus Flint is a traveling photographer whose one trick is holding a moment still. Cassandra Locke is a widow her town has decided to blame. Together they build a show of living pictures, and a company in which every member owns an equal share. A new part every week, with the true history behind the story.

$4.99

The Golden Ledger: Vol.8 - The Fever Year

by BillMax

Published: 2026-10-17. 156,862 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier

The good years are over. A land boom breaks, a fever spreads out of Riverport, and old friends start to fall one by one. Caleb Walker has survived poverty. Now he has to find out whether his family, and his conscience, can survive hard times...

$5.99

The Golden Ledger: Vol.5 - Showdown on Wall Street

by BillMax

Published: 2026-10-17. 137,713 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier

When a fortune grows too fast, people start asking where it came from. Caleb Walker’s rivals mean to make those questions stick, and while they dig through his books, the real test is waiting at home...

$5.99

The Golden Ledger: Vol.3

by BillMax

Published: 2026-09-29. 147,716 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier

By 1875, Caleb Walker's name was known across the territory. His family is moving into a grand mansion, and his businesses are ready for the biggest stage of all: the Exchange, where fortunes are made and lost in a single day.
The Golden Ledger has a new surprise waiting there. But so do his enemies. When a rival sets out to wreck one of his companies, Caleb faces his first real public cri

$5.99

Love and liberty

by Alexandre Dumas

Published: 1869-01-01. 122,783 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Historical » French Revolution

Love, danger, and revolution collide in Dumas’s stirring tale of France in 1792. As ordinary lives are swept into the fire of political upheaval, loyalty, passion, and courage are tested against the chaos of liberty’s birth. A classic historical romance for fans of revolution, intrigue, and grand adventure.

$2.99

The Wolfram Run

by Wesley Doyle

Published: 2026-07-30. 79,741 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Historical

Lisbon, 1943: the last neutral door out of a burning Europe, thick with spies and refugees. American agent Cal Brennan is working the tungsten trade when he meets Vera, a Polish exile out to kill the officer holding her sister hostage. Falling for her may get them both killed.

$4.99

Chicot the Jester

by Alexandre Dumas

Published: 1846-01-01. 138,711 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Historical

At the decadent court of Henri III, the razor-witted Chicot moves through plots, rivalries, and deadly loyalties while a passionate love story unfolds in the shadow of political chaos. Dumas delivers swordplay, court scandal, and sharp humor in a sweeping Renaissance adventure packed with danger and intrigue.

$2.99

100%: The Story of a Patriot

by Upton Sinclair

Published: 1920-01-01. 98,059 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Historical » USA

Hungry, broke, and desperate, Peter Gudge is swept into a bombing scandal and remade into a “100% American” tool of police, politicians, and private power. Upton Sinclair’s fierce political novel exposes patriotic hysteria, labor repression, spies, and propaganda in wartime America.

$2.99

Robin Hood: Outlaw

by Mark West

Published: 2026-07-07. 5,332 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Historical » Medieval

Robin Hood was not always an outlaw. This is the tale of how he became one.

$0.99

Balsamo the Magician

by Alexandre Dumas

Published: 1926-01-01. 86,503 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Historical

Before the French Revolution erupts, the mysterious Joseph Balsamo moves through palaces, conspiracies, séances, and secret plots, bending fear and fascination to his will. Dumas blends royal scandal, forbidden influence, and supernatural menace into a sweeping historical page-turner of prophecy, seduction, and power.

$2.99

The Redskins or, Indian and Injin, Volume 1.

by James Fenimore Cooper

Published: 1846-01-01. 98,869 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Historical

A rugged frontiersman navigates the untamed American wilderness, where tensions flare between settlers and Native tribes. Caught in a web of loyalty, betrayal, and clashing cultures, he faces perilous ambushes and moral dilemmas. Set in the 18th-century frontier, this thrilling saga explores courage, honor, and the complex bonds forged in a land of conflict and raw beauty.

$1.99

Rewards and Fairies

by Rudyard Kipling

Published: 1910-01-01. 75,495 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Historical

In an English meadow, two children again meet Puck, who conjures living scenes from the island’s long memory. Sail with captains, break bread with monks and smugglers, learn a craftsman’s oath and a queen’s hard mercy. Each tale—closed by a song or counsel—turns history into heartbeat, teaching courage, service, and the quiet duties that bind people to place.

$1.99