Victorian / Gilded Age · Military & war · ~1837–1901

Victorian / Gilded Age military & war historical fiction books

Looking for historical fiction in the military & war lane set during the Victorian / Gilded Age (~1837–1901)? Victorian / Gilded Age military & war historical fiction books collects historical novels that match both filters—Industry, empire, class, American boom (broader 19th c.). Battles, home fronts, and wartime lives 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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  • Cover of Gone with the Wind

    Gone with the Wind

    Margaret Mitchell

    Scarlett O’Hara fights to survive the Civil War and Reconstruction in the American South.

    Civil War · Victorian / Gilded Age · Romance · Family saga

  • Cover of North and South

    North and South

    John Jakes

    Two families—one Northern, one Southern—are torn by the approach of the Civil War.

    Civil War · Victorian / Gilded Age · Family saga · Military & war

  • Days Without End

    Sebastian Barry

    An Irish immigrant and his partner fight in the Indian Wars and Civil War (Walter Scott Prize 2017).

    Civil War · Victorian / Gilded Age · Military & war · Literary

  • Cover of The Four Feathers

    The Four Feathers

    A. E. W. Mason

    In 1882, before his regiment sails with Lord Wolseley’s expedition, Harry Feversham resigns his commission and is given three white feathers by his brother officers; at a dance in Ramelton, Ethne Eustace breaks a fourth from her fan. A. E. W. Mason’s 1902 novel is Victorian adventure historical fiction of the years he then spends disguised in Egypt and the Sudan, trying to win the feathers back in the Mahdist war.

    Victorian / Gilded Age · Adventure & epic · Military & war

  • Cover of Sharpe's Havoc

    Sharpe's Havoc

    Bernard Cornwell

    British · Fiction · Historical fiction · History

    Regency / Napoleonic · Victorian / Gilded Age · Military & war · Open Library

  • Cover of Bends in the tree

    Bends in the tree

    Carol Notestein and Chuck Preble

    American Historical fiction · American War stories · Fiction · History

    Civil War · Victorian / Gilded Age · Military & war · Open Library

  • Cover of The complete Aubrey/Maturin novels

    The complete Aubrey/Maturin novels

    Patrick O'Brian

    Ship captains · History, Naval · English Sea stories · Ship physicians

    Victorian / Gilded Age · Military & war · Open Library

  • Cover of Sharpe's enemy

    Sharpe's enemy

    Bernard Cornwell

    Fiction · Richard Sharpe (Fictitious character) · Military History · Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815

    Regency / Napoleonic · Victorian / Gilded Age · Mystery · Military & war · Open Library

  • Cover of The Unvanquished

    The Unvanquished

    William Faulkner

    African Americans · American fiction · Fathers and sons · Fiction

    Civil War · Victorian / Gilded Age · Military & war · Open Library

  • Cover of Sharpe's Fury

    Sharpe's Fury

    Bernard Cornwell

    Fiction · Historical Fiction · Richard Sharpe (Fictitious character) · Barrosa, Battle of, Spain, 1811

    Regency / Napoleonic · Victorian / Gilded Age · Military & war · Open Library

  • Cover of Hornblower During the Crisis

    Hornblower During the Crisis

    C. S. Forester

    English Historical fiction · English Sea stories · English War stories · Fiction

    Regency / Napoleonic · Victorian / Gilded Age · Military & war · Open Library

  • Cover of Hornblowers triumph

    Hornblowers triumph

    C. S. Forester

    Horatio Hornblower (Fictitious character) · Naval History · Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 · Fiction

    Regency / Napoleonic · Victorian / Gilded Age · Military & war · Open Library

  • Cover of Bonnie Prince Charles

    Bonnie Prince Charles

    G. A. Henty

    Fiction, historical, general · Great britain, fiction · Juvenile fiction · Fiction

    Victorian / Gilded Age · Military & war · Adventure & epic · Open Library

  • Cover of Southern Women Novelists and the Civil War

    Southern Women Novelists and the Civil War

    Sharon Talley

    United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, literature and the war · American fiction, women authors · American fiction, history and criticism, 19th century · American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century

    Civil War · Victorian / Gilded Age · Military & war · Open Library

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