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A Guide to World Events in Context
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
Independent digital catalogue
ASAMB Historical Fiction Collection – Explore Ancient, Medieval & Modern Historical Worlds
The ASAMB Historical Fiction Collection presents 91 books by 80 authors, organized into four categories: ancient worlds, medieval stories, modern history perspectives, and military history. These works provide narrative explorations of historical eras, customs, and events, serving as a resource for readers seeking engaging historical fiction.
91 public-domain works80 represented authorsSource-attributed catalogue records
Subject gateways
Explore by Theme
Move through the collection by subject, historical setting and type of source.
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Medieval Worlds & Kingdoms — Reader’s Shelf
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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Lives, Customs & Historical Worlds: Sources & Perspectives
Texts connected with historical lives, social customs, institutions and the worlds in which people lived.
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A Guide to Battles and Military History
Texts connected with historical lives, social customs, institutions and the worlds in which people lived.
Fiction — Editor’s Selection
A closer look
Collection Spotlight
One work and three nearby readings from the current catalogue.
Selected from the current catalogue
Randvar the songsmith — Edition ...
This work offers one entry point into the authors, subjects and source types represented in the current catalogue.
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Fix bayonets! — Reading Notes
In A Guide...
The great Roxhythe — Reading Notes
In Lives, ...
The rebellion of the Princess — ...
In Lives, ...
The flight of the heron — Themes...
In Lives, ...
The doom trail — Story, Setting ...
In Lives, ...
Valperga Volume 3 (of 3) or, The...
In Lives, ...
Valperga Volume 1 (of 3) or, The...
In Lives, ...
The Rover — Edition Insights
In Lives, ...
Routes through the collection
Reading Paths
Four routes into the collection for readers approaching the catalogue with different questions.
Begin with A Guide to World Events in ContextOpen a focused route to works connected with A Guide to World Events in Context.Explore Medieval Worlds & Kingdoms — Reader’s ShelfCompare authors, source types and recurring questions within Medieval Worlds & Kingdoms — Reader’s Shelf.Read through Lives, Customs & Historical Worlds: Sources & PerspectivesMove from introductory records to related works in Lives, Customs & Historical Worlds: Sources & Perspectives.Browse A Guide to Battles and Military HistoryUse this theme as a starting point for nearby catalogue records in A Guide to Battles and Military History.
Record framework
How This Catalogue Works
How records are presented and connected without altering the represented source texts.
Source connection
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Metadata organization
Present visible title, author and edition information for easier discovery.
Collection grouping
Arrange works by recurring subjects, literary settings and historical questions.
Context layer
Describe relationships between records while preserving the wording of source texts.
About these records
Frequently Asked Questions
How the collection is organized, presented and corrected.
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A category reflects a work’s principal subjects, literary setting, source type and relationship to nearby records in the collection.
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Catalogue stewardship
Ernest Tolkien
Senior Catalogue Editor
Maintains catalogue records, records source attributions, organizes metadata, assigns books to categories, and prepares editorial notes.