Books like The Robe
12 books with a reading profile close to The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas. Clear-cut; a moderate read.
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The Last of the Mohicans
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Set in 1757 during the French and Indian War, the narrative follows frontiersman Natty Bumppo, known as Hawkeye, and his Mohican companions, Chingachgook and Uncas.
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Quo Vadis
by Henryk Sienkiewicz, W.S. Kuniczak
history, narrative
Set in Nero's Rome, "Quo Vadis" tells the story of the Roman patrician Marcus Vinicius and his passionate, yet conflicted, love for the Christian Ligia.
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Johnny Tremain
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Set in revolutionary Boston, the story follows fourteen-year-old Johnny Tremain, a talented silversmith's apprentice whose career is destroyed when a molten silver accident leaves his hand permanently disfigured.
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Hawaii
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
James Michener’s narrative begins with the volcanic formation of the islands before chronicling the successive waves of human arrivals.
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Sir Nigel
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Set during the opening decades of the Hundred Years' War, this historical novel follows Nigel Loring, an impoverished scion of a noble house.
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The Scottish Chiefs
by Jane Porter
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Jane Porter’s historical novel recounts the life of William Wallace during the Scottish Wars of Independence against King Edward I of England.
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The Moon is Down
history, narrative
In a coastal mining town, an unnamed invading force led by Colonel Lanser replaces the local government to secure coal exports.
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Train to Pakistan
history, narrative
The village of Mano Majra lies on the border of India and Pakistan, and in the summer of 1947 it is a peaceful place where Sikhs and Muslims have always lived together.
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Child's History of England (Annotated and Illustrated)
by Charles Dickens, Toby Davidson
history, narrative
In this work, Charles Dickens provides a chronological narrative of English history spanning from the ancient Roman invasions under Julius Caesar to the seventeenth-century Glorious Revolution.
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