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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
Greece
Apelles and His Contemporaries: A Novel. Boston: Bamham, 1860 (American).
Aristomenes: A Grecian Tale.. 2 vols. London: Menzies, 1838.
Becker, Wilhelm Adolf. Gallus; or, Roman Scenes of the Time of Augustus. Trans. Rev. F. Metcalfe, London: J. W. Parker & Son, 1844 (German, 1839).
Bulwer-Lytton, Edward. Pausanias, the Spartan. An Unfinished Historical Romance. Edited by Edward R. B. Lytton], London: G. Routledge & Sons, 1876,
[Cornwallis, Caroline Frances]. Pericles: A Tale of Athens in the Eighty-Third Olympiad. 2 vols. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1846.
Leatham, Edward A. Charmione: A Tale of the Great Athenian Revolution. 2 vols. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858.
Lynn, Eliza [Eliza Lynn Linton]. Amymone: A Romance of the Days of Pericles. 3 vols. London: R. Bentley, 1848,
Rome
Becker, Wilhelm Adolf. Charicles; or, illustrations of the Private Life of the Ancient Greeks. Trans. by Rev. F. Metcalfe. London: J. W. Parker & Son, 1845 (German, 1840).
Bulwer-Lytton, Edward. The Last Days of Pompeii. 3 vols. London: R. Bentley, 1834. (Complete text on this site — discussions)
The Victory of the Vanquished: A Tale of the First Century. London: T. Nelson & Sons, 1870.
Collins, W[illiam] Wilkie. Antonina; or, The Fall of Rome: A Romance of the Fifth Century. 3 vols. London: R. Bentley, 1850.
[Herbert, Henry William]. The Roman Traitor: A Tale of the Republic. 3 vols. London: H. Colburn, 1846.
Julia, Aemilia, pseud. Caecilia Metalla; or, Rome Enslaved. 3 vols. London: Chapman & Hall, 1859.
Lamont, Martha MacDonald. The Gladiator: A Tale of the Roman Empire. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1849.
Mcdonald, Diane Louisa. The Catacombs of Rome. London: G. Routledge, 1852.
Melville, George John Whyte. The Gladiators: A Tale of Rome and Judea. 3 vols. London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1863.
[Newman, John Henry]. Callista: A Sketch of the Third Century. London: Burns & Lambert, 1856.
Piso and the Prefect; or, The Ancient Romans off Their Stilts. London: Smith, Eider, & Co., 1837.
Tieck, Ludwig. The Roman Matron; or, Vittoria Accoranbona: A Novel. London: T. C. Newby, 1845 (German).
Webb, Annie (Mrs. J. B. Webb]; later Annie Peploe. Pomponia; or, The Gospel in Caesar’s Household. London: Religious Tract Society, 1867.
Egypt
The Alexandrians: An Egyptian Tale of the Fourth Century. 2 vols. London: Whittaker, Treacher, & Co., 1830.
Ebers, Georg Moritz. An Egyptian Princess. 2 vols. London: Sampson, Low, & Marston, 1870-71 (German, 1868).
Kingsley, Charles. Hypatia; or, New Foes with an Old Face. 2 vols. London: Parker & Sons, 1853.
Webb, Annie (Mrs. J. B. Webb]; later Annie Peploe. Idalone: A Story of the Egyptian Bondage. London: R. Bentley, 1854.
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