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Historical Fiction - Ancient Genre

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Books in the Historical Fiction - Ancient genre:

The Inca Princess (1886)

A Historical Romance set in Peru during the time of the Inca Empire. A young princess named Ynca is the daughter of the emperor and is loved by all who know her. However, she falls in love with a Spanish conquistador named Juan who is part of the inv... View More

Author(s): Mary Bertha McKenzie Toland
Illustrator(s): Howard Pyle

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

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

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1932

Wings of Glory (1940)

The story of King David.

Author(s): Sonia Medvedeva Daugherty
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Dinny and Danny (1951)

The adventures of Danny and his pet dinosaur, Dinny.

Author(s): Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

Legions of the Eagle (1954)

The first Roman invasion of Britain.

Author(s): Henry Treece
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

Hounds of the King (1955)

How Saxon Harold came to Hastings. 

Read online at archive.org.

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 Siege and Fall of Troy (1962)

A retelling of the story of the Trojan War is based upon accounts by the Greek and Latin historians as well as Homer. Read online at archive.org... View More

Author(s): Robert Graves
Illustrator(s): C. Walter Hodges

The Narrow Passage (1973)

When Nate and Nicol stumble on an ancient civilization they have to decide whether to keep it secret. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Oliver Butterworth
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

Asterix and Caesar’s Gift (1977)

Tremensdelirius gets the deed to Asterix’s little village. But he foolishly trades it for a drink in the tavern. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): René Goscinny
Illustrator(s): Albert Uderzo

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