Wessex Tales and "The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion"—from "Life's Little Ironies" to "Wessex Tales". Six of the short stories were adapted as television dramas by the BBC as the anthology series called "Wessex Tales": Wessex Tales Wessex Tales is an 1888 collection of tales written by English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy, many of which are set before Hardy's birth in 1840. In the various short stories, Hardy writes of the true nature of nineteenth-century marriage and its inherent restrictions, the use of grammar as a diluted form of thought, the disparities created by the role of class status in
Historical novels by Nigel Tranter set after 1603 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 the Union of the Crowns in 1603, when James VI of Scotland inherited the throne of England upon the death of his cousin Elizabeth I. For historical novels set earlier than this see Historical novels by Nigel Tranter set before 1286 or Historical novels by Nigel Tranter set between 1286 and 1603. For other books by Nigel Tranter, see here. 1603–1611 James VI