Thomas Hardy's Wessex Thomas Hardy's Wessex The English author Thomas Hardy set all of his major novels in the south and southwest of England. He named the area "Wessex" after the medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom that existed in this part of that country prior to the unification of England by Æthelstan. Although the places that appear in his novels actually exist, in many cases he gave the place a fictional name. For example, Hardy's home town of Dorchester is called Casterbridge in his books, notably in "The Mayor of Casterbridge". In an 1895 preface to the novel "Far From the Madding Crowd" he described
Historical novels by Nigel Tranter set after 1603 his death in 1650. 1650-1654 1680-7? 1678–1707 Andrew Fletcher MacGregor's Gathering (1957) 1706–1708 The central character is Glun Dubh, a nephew of Rob Roy MacGregor, although Rob Roy himself plays an important role. It covers events around the Union of Parliaments in 1707 and the abortive Jacobite invasion of 1708. The Clansman (1959) 1711–1716 Gold for Prince Charlie (1972) 1743–1746 Collin Joseph MacGregor Historical novels by Nigel Tranter set after 1603 Nigel Tranter is a Scottish author who wrote many novels based on actual historical events and characters. This page includes those of his historical novels set in Scotland after