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History - Scotch Genre
Books in the History - Scotch genre:
David Balfour: Being Memoirs of His Adventures at Home and Abroad (1895)
In this second volume, David Balfour continues his adventures as he puts himself on the right side of the law, reclaims his inheritance and finds himself a wife.
Author(s):
Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s):
Howard Pyle
Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751 (1895)
When David Balfour comes to his uncle to claim his inheritance, he is kidnapped and put on a ship for the Carolinas. He escapes and, in company with Alan Breck Stewart, adventures about the Highlands of Scotland.
Author(s):
Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s):
Howard Pyle
The Book of Princes and Princesses (1908)
A book of fairy tales based on real princes and princesses. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Illustrator(s):
H. J. Ford
The Scottish Chiefs (1921)
A historical novel about William Wallace and the Scots revolt against the English beginning in 1297. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Jane Porter
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
Quentin Durward (1923)
The story of a young Scotsman who goes to France to seek his fortune under King Louis XI. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
Sir Walter Scott
Illustrator(s):
Charles Bosseron Chambers
Quentin Durward (1923)
The story of a young Scotsman who goes to France to seek his fortune under King Louis XI. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
Sir Walter Scott
Illustrator(s):
Percy Tarrant
David Balfour: Being Memoirs of His Adventures at Home and Abroad (1924)
Author(s):
Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
The Stream of History (1928)
A history of the world, variously in one and four volumes.
Author(s):
Geoffrey Parsons
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
The Gleam in the North (1931)
Author(s):
D. K. Broster
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Kidnapped (1948)
Author(s):
Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
The Thirty-Nine Steps (1950)
Richard Hannay has returned to England from Rhodesia and is immediately embroiled in a German plot to steal British military secrets.
Author(s):
John Buchan
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
Great Venture (1952)
The story of a failed Scot's colony in central America.
Author(s):
Robert Carse
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
The Story of Peace and War (1952)
A history of war and peace for young readers.
Author(s):
Thomas Franklin Galt
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Golden History of the World: A Child’s Introduction to Ancient and Modern Times (1955)
A brief illustrated world history.
Author(s):
Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
The Black Fox of Lorne (1956)
Tenth-century Viking twins are shipwrecked on the Scottish coast and seek to avenge the death of their father.
Author(s):
Marguerite de Angeli
Illustrator(s):
Marguerite de Angeli