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Ancient Worlds
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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ASAMB Historical Fiction Collection – Explore Ancient, Medieval & Modern Historical Worlds
This catalogue groups 91 public-domain historical novels into four overlapping themes: Ancient Worlds, Medieval Stories, Modern History Fiction, and War Society. Rather than strict periods, these categories reflect a work’s principal subjects and settings, so a single book may span several. Each entry links to the full text on Project Gutenberg and includes an editorial note on narrative structure and historical context. To start reading, consider three practical paths: Roman and ancient history, the American frontier, or European revolutions. These paths offer a sequenced entry into the collection’s range, from classical decline to modern warfare.
91 public-domain works80 represented authorsSource-attributed catalogue records
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Medieval Stories
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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Modern History Fiction
Texts connected with historical lives, social customs, institutions and the worlds in which people lived.
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War Society
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
Fiction — Editor’s Selection
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Modern History Fiction
Randvar the songsmith — Edition ...
Authored by Authors: Liljencrantz, Ottilie A. ..., 'Randvar the songsmith — Edition ...' stands as a notable and significant work within the Modern History Fiction category. In Ottilie A. Liljencrantz's romance of Norumbega, the songsmith Randvar navigates love, pride, and rivalry among Norse explorers in a legendary land, where a single smile or scowl can shift allegiances and threaten banishment. It serves as a vital entry point into the broader subjects represented in our archive.
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Fix bayonets! — Reading Notes
In War Soc...
The great Roxhythe — Reading Notes
In Modern ...
The rebellion of the Princess — ...
In Modern ...
The flight of the heron — Themes...
In Modern ...
The doom trail — Story, Setting ...
In Modern ...
Valperga Volume 3 (of 3) or, The...
In Modern ...
Valperga Volume 1 (of 3) or, The...
In Modern ...
The Rover — Edition Insights
In Modern ...
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Begin with Ancient WorldsOpen a focused route to works connected with Ancient Worlds.Explore Medieval StoriesCompare authors, source types and recurring questions within Medieval Stories.Read through Modern History FictionMove from introductory records to related works in Modern History Fiction.Browse War SocietyUse this theme as a starting point for nearby catalogue records in War Society.
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Fiction Editor
The Editorial Team Asamb oversees the overall organization of the digital library, which includes 91 books and 80 authors across 4 categories. This structure maintains the coherence of the collections.