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The titles in the following bibliography have been taken from Monika Brown’s “Historical Novels Noted in the British Press, 1830-70.” If you have any additional suggestions please contact the webmaster. — George P. Landow
Ainsworth, William Harrison. James the Second; or, The Revolution of 1688: An Historical Romance. 3 vols. London: H. Colburn, 1848.
Brown, A. Morton. Peden the Prophet: A Tale of the Convenanters. Founded or Fact. London: John Snow, 1859.
[Butt, Isaac]. The Gap of Barnesmere: A Tale of the Irish Highlands and the Revolution of 1688. 3 vols. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1848.
Charles, C[harles] Mitchell. The Draytons and the Davenants: A Story of the Civil Wars. London: T. Nelson & Sons, 1866.
_________. On Both Sides of the Sea: A Story of the Commonwealth and the Restoration. London: T. Nelson & Sons, 1867.
Clacy, Helen (Mrs. Charles]. Pattie Durant: A Tale of 1662. London. Virtue Bros. & Co., 1862.
Cranch, Jane Bowring. Troublous Times; or. Leaves from the Notebook of Mr. John Hicks, An Ejected Nonconformist Minister, 1670-71. London: Jackson, Walford, & Hodder, 1862.
Gillies, Mary. The Carewes: A Tale of the Civil Wars. London: Kent & Co., 1860.
Gore, Catherine. The Courtier of the Days of Charles II, and Other Tales. 3 vols. London: H. Colburn, 1839.
Grant, James. The Scottish Cavalier: An Historical Romance. 3 vols. London: H. Colburn, 1850.
Gresley, William. The Siege of Lichfield: A Tale Illustrative of the Great Rebellion. London: J. Burns, 1840.
[Greville, George Nugent Temple, Lord Nugent]. Tract Entitled a True and Faithful Relation of the Worthy Discourse Between Colonel John Hanpden and Colonel Oliver Cromwell. London: Chapman & Hall, 1847.
[Herbert, Henry William]. Cromwell: A Novel. 3 vols. London: H. Colburn, 1840.
Heygate, W. E. Sir Henry Appleton: or, Essex During the Great Rebellion. London: Hayes, 1858.
_________. The Scholar and the Trooper; or, Oxford During the Great Rebellion. London: J. E. & J. Parker, 1858.
Hunt, Leigh. Sir Ralph Esher; or, Memoirs of a Gentleman of the Court of Charles II. 3 vols. London; Colburn & Bentley, 1832.
James, G[eorge] P[avne] R[ainsford]. Henry Masterton; or, The Adventures of a Young Cavalier. 3 vols. London: Colburn & Bentley, 1832.
_________. Russell: A Tale of the Reign of Charles II. 3 vols. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1847.
Kennedy, John Pendleton. Rob of the Bowl: A Romance of the Days of Charles II. 3 vols. London: T. L. Holt, 1839 (American, 1838).
Lawrence, Hannah. The Treasure-Seeker’s Daughter: A Tale of the Days of James the First. London: Cockshaw, 1852.
Milman, E[ward] Augustus]. The Miser’s Secret; or, The Days of James the First: An Historical Romance. 3 vols. London: Shoberl, 1850.
Old Ironsides: A Tale of the English Commonwealth. 3 vols. London: Saunders & Otley, 1860.
O'Neill, William J. Hugh Talbot: A Tale of the Irish Confiscations of the Seventeenth Century. London: Dolman, 1846.
[Piddington, Rose]. The Last of the Cavaliers. 3 vols. London: R. Bentley, 1859.
[Rathbone, Hannah Waxy]. So Much of the Diary of Lady Willoughby as Relates to her Domestic History, and to the Eventful Period of the Reign of Charles I, the Protectorate, and the Restoration. London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1844.
_________. Some Further Portions of the Diary of Lady Willoughby. London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1347.
(Robinson, Emma]. Whitefriars; or, The Court of Charles II. 3 vols. London: G. Routledge, 1843.
_________. Whitehall; or, The Days of Charles I. 3 vols. London; G. Routledge, 1845.
The Royalist and the Republican: A Story of the Kentish Insurrection. 3 vols. London: Smith & Elder, 1852.
Ruth Garnett: An Historical Tale of the Days of Charles II. 3 vols. London: H. Colburn, 1852.
The Shepherd of Grove Hall: A Story of 1662. London: John Snow, 1862.
[Sherer, Moyle]. The Broken Font: A Story of the Civil War. 2 vols. London: Longman & Co., 1836.
Smith, Horace. Walter Colyton: A Tale of 1688. 3 vols. London: Colburn & Bentley, 1830.
_________. Oliver Cromwell. 3 vols. London: H. Colburn, 1840.
Stewart, Charles Edward. Oliver Cromwell: A Story of the Civil War. 2 vols. London: Smith & Elder, 1856.
Warburton, Eliot. Reginald Hastings; or, A Tale of the Troubles of 164-. 3 vols. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1851.
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