Historical Fiction


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  • Cover scan of An Account Of The Accidental Death Of An Elephant In Dundee In The Year 1706, Described By An Engraver Resident In That Town
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    Elephantina: Together With Some Short Remarks ... Dundee, 1830 - Andrew Drummond - Hardback
    It is April 1706. When an elephant dies, just outside of Dundee, Dr Patrick Blair attempts to make his name - and fortune - as the first man in Britain to dissect an elephant. His assistant, Gilbert Orum, meanwhile, plans a different tribute. Andrew Drummond is also the author of 'A Hand-book of Volapük'.
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    The Admiral - Nigel Tranter - Paperback
    This is a stirring 15th-century tale of seafaring hero Andrew Wood, loyal supporter of King James III. A humble laird from Largoshire, he is determined to avenge his father's murder by English pirates.
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    The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle - Paperback
    This is the series of short stories that made the fortunes of the 'Strand' magazine, in which they were first published, and won immense popularity for Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. The volume includes 'The Red-Headed League', 'The Blue Carbuncle', and 'The Speckled Band'.
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    After Omdurman - John Ferry - Hardback
    'After Omdurman' is a story of high adventure and quiet pathos; of the clash of civilisations, generations and ideologies. It is a story that resonates as much with the cataclysms of today as yesterday.
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    Angels In The Gloom - Anne Perry - Paperback
    It's March 1916, and Joseph Reavley - sent home from the army on sick leave - is finding his recovery slow and hard. But when a brilliant young scientist is found murdered, Joseph and his brother Matthew embark on a search that will solve the crime and find out who has been leaking secrets to the enemy.
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    Angels In The Gloom - Anne Perry - Hardback
    It's March 1916, and Joseph Reavley - sent home from the army on sick leave - is finding his recovery slow and hard. But when a brilliant young scientist is found murdered, Joseph and his brother Matthew embark on a search that will solve the crime and find out who has been leaking secrets to the enemy.
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    Annals Of The Parish - John Galt - Paperback
    The three books in this anthology made John Galt's reputation as a serious writer. These novels reflect the changing industrial and social life of Scotland in the early nineteenth century through sharp observation of Ayrshire village life.
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    The Antiquary - Sir Walter Scott - Paperback
    The Antiquary is the third of Scott's Waverley novels, and Scott's own particular favourite. Set in Scotland at the end of the 18th century, it centres on a young man who meets Jonathan Oldbuck, the loquacious old antiquary.
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    Antony - Allan Massie - Paperback
    Massie brings his Roman Quartet to a triumphant conclusion with the story of Mark Antony, a tragi-comedy of ambition and self-indulgence, narrated partly by Mark Antony himself and partly by his Greek secretary Critias.
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    Arthur & George - Julian Barnes - Paperback
    Arthur and George grow up worlds and miles apart in late 19th century Britain - Arthur in shabby-genteel Edinburgh, George in the vicarage of a small Staffordshire village. As the new century begins, they are brought together by a sequence of events which make sensational headlines at the time as The Great Wyrley Outrages.

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