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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

The Italian Renaissance

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward. Rienzi, The Last of the Tribunes. 3 vols. London: S. Otley, 1835.

The Conspiracy: A Venetian Romance. 3 vols. London: R. Bentley, 1834.

Doubleday, Thomas. The Eve of St. Mark: A Romance of Venice. 2 vols. London: Smith, Elder s Co., 1857.

[Gillies, Robert Pierce]. Palmario; or, The Merchant of Genoa. 3 vols. London: Boone, 1839.

Grossi, Tomasso. Marco Visconti: a Romance of the Fourteenth Century. 2 vols. Trans. Caroline Ward. London: Smith & Elder. 1836 (Italian 1835).

Guerrazzi, Francesco Domenico, L’Assedio di Firenze. London: Rolandi, 1B36 (Italian).

Landon, Letitia Elizabeth (L. E. L., pseud.). Francesca Carrara. 3 vols. London: R. Bentley, 1834.

Maberly, [Kate Charlotte]. Melanthe; or, The Days of the Medicis: A Tale of the Fifteenth Century. 3 vols. London: Mitchell, 1S40.

Mcdonald, Diane Louisa. Villa Verocchio; or, The Youth of Leonardo da Vinci; A Tale. London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1850.

[Roberts, Margaret]. Caesar Borgia: A Romance. 3 vols. London: H. Colburn, 1846.

Trollope, Thomas Adolphus. Giulio Malatesta: A Novel. 3 vols. London: Chapman & Hall, 1863.

_________. Beppo, the Conscript. 2 vols. London: Chapman & Hall, 1864,

_________. Leonora Casaloni. 2 vols. London: Chapman & Hall, 1868.

Valentine, Mrs. Richard. Baby Bianca; or, The Venetians. London: Parker & Son, 1861.

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