Works by G. P. R. James and William Harrison Ainsworth, although evidently the result of "cranming," were widely popular during the 1830s: James could produce three or four novels in a single year, yet his books were frequently re-issued. — Monika Brown
Biographical Material
Works and career
Genre, mode, & style
- The Augustan Style of G. P. R. James
- “Badly Assimilated Memoirs of the Period, Unnecessary Dialogue, & Moral Reflections Masquerading as a Novel” — The Historical Fiction of G.P.R. James
- How did Victorian critics define the historical novel?
- Not historical enough? or Victorian problems classifying major Victorian novels
Works available from Project Gutenberg
- Life of the Black Prince, 1822
- Richelieu, 1829
- Agincourt: A Romance
- Agnes Sorel: A Novel
- Arabella Stuart: A Romance from English History (
- Arrah Neil, or, Times of Old
- Attila: A Romance
- The Black Eagle or Ticonderoga
- Charles Tyrrell, or The Bitter Blood
- The Convict: A Tale
- Corse de Leon; or, The Brigand: A Romance.
- Darnley or The Field of the Cloth of Gold
- Delaware; or, The Ruined Family
- De L'Orme.
- The Desultory Man
- The Fate: A Tale of Stirring Times
- The Forgery
- The Gipsy: A Tale
- Gowrie, or the King’s Plot
- Heidelberg, a Romance
- Henry of Guise; or, The States of Blois
- Henry Smeaton; A Jacobite Story of the Reign of George the First
- The History of Chivalry
- The Huguenot: A Tale of the French Protestants
- The King's Highway
- Leonora D'Orco, an Historical Romance
- The Little Ball O' Fire; or, the Life and Adventures of John Marston Hall
- Lord Montagu's Page: An Historical Romance
- The Man-at-Arms, or Henry De Cerons
- Mary of Burgundy or The Revolt of Ghent
- Morley Ernstein or the Tenants of the Heart
- The Old Dominion
- One in a Thousand or, The Days of Henri Quatre
- Philip Augustus or The Brothers in Arms
- Richelieu: A Tale of France
- Rose D'Albret, or Troublous Times
- The Smuggler: A Tale
- Ticonderoga: A Story Of Early Frontier Life In The Mohawk Valley
- The Woodman A Romance of the Times of Richard III
Bibliography
Hall, S. C. A Book of Memories of Great Men and Women of the Age, from Personal Acquaintance. 3rd ed. London: J. S. Virtue, [1871].
S. L. B. “Last Labours.” The Reader: A Journal of Literature, Science, and Art. (2 July 1864): 6-7. London: “Published at 112, Fleet Street.” Hathi Digital Library Trust web version of a copy in the Princeton University Library. 27 July 2016.
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