Edwardian

Books written during or set in the Edwardian era.
The Edwardian era in Great Britain is the period following the Victorian era, covering the reign of King Edward VII, 1901 to 1910. It is sometimes extended beyond Edward's death to include the four years leading up to World War I.
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Sisters of Fortune
The Housekeepers
Story of a Murder: The Wives, the Mistress, and Dr. Crippen
An Assassination on the Agenda (Lady Hardcastle Mystery, #11)
Rotten to the Core (Lady Hardcastle Mystery, #8)
An Act of Foul Play (Lady Hardcastle, #9)
A Beautiful Disguise (The Imposters, #1)
A Noble Scheme (The Imposters, #2)
An Honorable Deception (The Imposters, #3)
The Nature of a Lady (The Secrets of the Isles, #1)
The Fatal Flying Affair (A Lady Hardcastle Mystery, #7)
Christmas at Sugar Plum Manor
A Fire at the Exhibition (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries, #10)
The Elusive Truth of Lily Temple
The Mistletoe Countess (Freddie & Grace Mystery, #1)
A Room with a View
Howards End
Maurice
The Secret Garden
Peter Pan (Peter Pan, #2)
Snobbery with Violence (Edwardian Murder Mysteries, #1)
The Wind in the Willows
A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)
Think of England (England World, #2)
The Children's Book
Hasty Death (Edwardian Murder Mysteries, #2)
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
A Restless Truth (The Last Binding, #2)
A Little Princess
The Governess of Highland Hall (Edwardian Brides, #1)
Lost Horizon by James HiltonThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
Classic Adventure - 1850-1950
42 books — 7 voters
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba BrayJus Breathe by B. Lynn CarterStalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri ManiscalcoThe Madman's Daughter by Megan ShepherdThis Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel
YA Gothic Historical Fiction
73 books — 65 voters

1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonJohn Adams by David McCulloughA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
U.S. History Reading List
457 books — 160 voters
Marrying Winterborne by Lisa KleypasBecause of Miss Bridgerton by Julia QuinnThe Earl Takes All by Lorraine HeathDuke of Sin by Elizabeth HoytMy American Duchess by Eloisa James
2016 Historical Romance
306 books — 584 voters

A Countess Below Stairs by Eva IbbotsonHattie Big Sky by Kirby LarsonRilla of Ingleside by L.M. MontgomeryIn the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat WintersUprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix
YA Fiction set in the 1910s
135 books — 79 voters
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe House at Riverton by Kate MortonBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughHowards End by E.M. ForsterA Room with a View by E.M. Forster
Downton Abbey-esque Books
606 books — 1,006 voters


Barbara O'Neal
I imagined a ball, visitors coming in from all over England, or perhaps a house party. Most of my idea of old houses had come from Downtown Abbey, and I imagined women in delicate Edwardian dresses headed for dinner, ropes of pearls and rubies looped around their thin necks. As if to accommodate my vision, I opened one of the doors to find a peacock-themed room, redolent with the fading colonial era.
Barbara O'Neal, The Art of Inheriting Secrets

I’m sorry,” he said in a soft voice while leaning closer to her, “for taking liberties earlier. I hope I didn’t offend you.” “You kissed me,” she answered, equally quietly, then laughed out loud. “I was a little shocked at first, perhaps, but I’m over it.” “Over it?” His heart sank. Not the reaction he’d hoped. Perhaps he was out of practice. “I rather enjoyed it, if you must know. It has been a long time since I’ve had such a kiss. Nothing like a bold and lingering kiss. How I’ve missed it. ...more
Sherri Browning, Thornbrook Park

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