Regency / Napoleonic · Adventure & epic · ~1789–1837
Looking for historical fiction in the adventure & epic lane set during the Regency / Napoleonic (~1789–1837)? Regency / Napoleonic adventure & epic historical fiction books collects historical novels that match both filters—Balls, war, empire, Austen-adjacent and beyond. Sweeping quests, voyages, and large-canvas history HisFic is a free historical fiction discovery app: open a full reading journey with the same era and story-type filters, then add region, themes, or audience. Shelves mix curated historical fiction picks with Open Library titles so even thin combinations still have books to explore.
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Alexandre Dumas
In 1815, sailor Edmond Dantès is framed for Bonapartist treason and locked in the Château d’If; he escapes, claims a hidden fortune, and returns to Restoration France as the Count of Monte Cristo to ruin the men who stole his life. Dumas’s novel is Napoleonic-aftermath historical adventure—prisons, treasure, and a revenge plotted across Marseille, Rome, and Paris.
Regency / Napoleonic · Adventure & epic · Literary
Patrick O'Brian
In 1800, luck and patronage put Jack Aubrey in command of the brig Sophie, with ship’s surgeon Stephen Maturin as friend, naturalist, and intelligence officer. The first Aubrey–Maturin novel is Napoleonic naval historical fiction: prize-taking, seamanship, and a friendship that carries a twenty-book series.
Regency / Napoleonic · Adventure & epic · Military & war
Arthur Conan Doyle
English Detective and mystery stories · Fiction · catalepsy · amyl nitrate
Ancient world · Victorian / Gilded Age · Mystery · Military & war · Open Library
Arthur Conan Doyle
catalepsy · amyl nitrate · suicide by hanging · broughams
Ancient world · Victorian / Gilded Age · Mystery · Military & war · Open Library
Eoin Colfer
Flying-machines · Adventure and adventurers · Juvenile fiction · Fiction
Victorian / Gilded Age · Adventure & epic · Open Library
Kathleen Baldwin
Juvenile fiction · Fiction · Historical fiction · Ink
Regency / Napoleonic · Romance · Military & war · Open Library
Bobbi Miller
River boats · Pirates · Buried treasure · Adventure and adventurers
Victorian / Gilded Age · Adventure & epic · Open Library
Theresa Dowswell
Juvenile fiction · Fiction · Sea stories · Naval History
Regency / Napoleonic · Victorian / Gilded Age · Military & war · Adventure & epic · Open Library
Arthur Conan Doyle
catalepsy · amyl nitrate · suicide by hanging · broughams
Ancient world · Victorian / Gilded Age · Mystery · Military & war · Open Library
Arthur Conan Doyle
catalepsy · amyl nitrate · suicide by hanging · broughams
Ancient world · Victorian / Gilded Age · Mystery · Military & war · Open Library
Kathleen Kent
Fiction · History · Historical · Brothels
Victorian / Gilded Age · Romance · Adventure & epic · Open Library
Tim Tingle
Conduct of life · Indians of North America · Adventure and adventurers · Navajo Indians
Victorian / Gilded Age · Adventure & epic · Open Library
Andrew Lane
Mystery and detective stories · Missing persons · Juvenile fiction · History
Victorian / Gilded Age · Mystery · Adventure & epic · Open Library
Sally M. Keehn
Fiction · Cats · Magic · Adventure and adventurers
Victorian / Gilded Age · Adventure & epic · Open Library
Christabel Forsyth Fiske
Classical and English · Comparative Literature · English and classical · English language
Victorian / Gilded Age · Adventure & epic · Literary · Open Library
Andrew Lane
Kidnapping · Juvenile fiction · Seafaring life · Fiction
Victorian / Gilded Age · Civil War · Mystery · Adventure & epic · Open Library
Kim L. Siegelson
Georgia Civil War, 1861-1865 · Slavery · Fathers and sons · Fiction
Civil War · Victorian / Gilded Age · Military & war · Adventure & epic · Open Library
Wendy McClure
Orphans · Fiction · Homeless persons · Adventure and adventurers
Victorian / Gilded Age · Late 20th century · Adventure & epic · Open Library
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