Historical Novel - Authors of The Past

Authors of The Past

  • Stephen Crane
  • Alfred Döblin
  • Gustave Flaubert
  • G. A. Henty
  • Heinrich Mann
  • James A. Michener
  • Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina
  • Walter Scott
  • Adalbert Stifter
  • Rosemary Sutcliff
  • Mika Waltari
  • General Lew Wallace

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