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Historical Fiction - Ancient Genre
Books in the Historical Fiction - Ancient genre:
Children of Ancient Britain (1922)
A reconstruction of how children lived in prehistoric Britain. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Louise Lamprey
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Last Days of Pompeii (1926)
A tangled tale of love and deceit unfolds beneath Vesuvius in the year 79 A.D. and comes to a climax with the volcano’s eruption
Author(s):
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton
Illustrator(s):
F. C. Yohn
Wulnoth the Wanderer (1928)
The story of a born thrall who aids two men to become king, not least Alfred of Wessex.
Author(s):
Herbert Escott Inman
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
From Hunters to Herdsmen (1932)
Ancient history for grade school students.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Forbes O’Hara
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
How They Carried the Goods: From the Creaking Sleds of Pharaoh to the Swift Airplane of Today (1932)
A series of short vignettes describing how goods were carried in historical times.
Author(s):
Charles G. Muller
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Wings of Glory (1940)
The story of King David.
Author(s):
Sonia Medvedeva Daugherty
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Golden Bible: From the King James Version of the Old Testament (1946)
Familiar stories from the Old Testament.
Author(s):
The Bible
Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Dinny and Danny (1951)
The adventures of Danny and his pet dinosaur, Dinny.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
The Children’s Hour Volume 12 (1953)
A collection of historical fiction.
Read online at archive.org.
Legions of the Eagle (1954)
The first Roman invasion of Britain.
Author(s):
Henry Treece
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
Viking's Dawn (1955)
A story of Viking explorations.
Author(s):
Henry Treece
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
From the Fury of the Northmen (1957)
A series of short stories based on events in English history.
Author(s):
Rhoda Power
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Men of the Hills (1957)
The story of the first invasion of Britain during the bronze age.
Author(s):
Henry Treece
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
The Story of Joseph (1958)
Joseph is sold into Egypt as a slave but rises to become the Pharaoh’s vizier.
Author(s):
Walter de la Mare
The Bible
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Viking's Sunset (1960)
Harald Sigurdson, returning from a raid to find his own homestead destroyed, vows vengeance and pursues Haakon Redeye to the new world.
Author(s):
Henry Treece
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
The Narrow Passage (1973)
Author(s):
Oliver Butterworth
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Asterix and Caesar’s Gift (1977)
Author(s):
René Goscinny
Illustrator(s):
Albert Uderzo
Demetrius and the Golden Goblet (1980)
The King asks Demetrius, a sponge diver, to tell him what he finds on the bottom of the sea. Read online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Eve Bunting
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Mik’s Mammoth (1990)
Author(s):
Roy Gerrard
Illustrator(s):
Roy Gerrard
Croco’nile (1994)
Author(s):
Roy Gerrard
Illustrator(s):
Roy Gerrard