George Payne Rainsford James

Arrah Neil; or, Times of Old


George Payne Rainsford James



During his lifetime, James published an estimated 100 novels. Arrah Neil was published some 40 years after his death. In this historical nov…

Lord Montagu's Page


George Payne Rainsford James



A young man is crossing the English Channel bound for France. It is obviously not his first such trip, but who is he and what is his errand?…

Agnes Sorel


George Payne Rainsford James



The Hundred Years' War: a series of conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453 by the House of Plantagenet, rulers of the Kingdom of England, against…

Huguenot: A Tale of the French Protestants


George Payne Rainsford James



The time of French king Louis XIV was a time of religious conflict. His father, Louis XIII had tried to suppress the teachings and followers…

Arabella Stuart


George Payne Rainsford James



Lady Arabella Stuart was an English noblewoman at the beginning of the seventeenth century. At one time considered to be a possible successo…

Forest Days: A Romance of Old Times


George Payne Rainsford James



Picture a tranquil English village, with an inn on the green. A lone patron enjoys his wine and teasing the landlord's pretty daughter, when…

Convict


George Payne Rainsford James



As young Lord Hadley and his companion Edward Dudley travel along a dark, coastal road, they encounter a young girl pinioned by a fallen wal…

L'Orme


George Payne Rainsford James



G.P.R. James was a historian and novelist, who took well-documented historical events and characters and wove stories around minor or imagin…

Ticonderoga; A Story of Early Frontier Life in the Mohawk Valley


George Payne Rainsford James



In the backwoods, lives a man and his two teenage children. He has sought the quiet life on the frontier, although he is a friend to all and…

Darnley


George Payne Rainsford James



A stranger rides across the Kentish countryside when his attention is called to a cottage where violence is being done to an elderly couple.…