The Mayor of Casterbridge The Mayor of Casterbridge The Mayor of Casterbridge: The Life and Death of a Man of Character is an 1886 novel by the English author Thomas Hardy. One of Hardy's Wessex novels, it is set in a fictional rural England with Casterbridge standing in for Dorchester in Dorset where the author spent his youth. It was first published as a weekly serialisation from January 1886. The novel is considered to be one of the Hardy's masterpieces, although it has been criticised for incorporating too many incidents: a consequence of the author trying to include something in every weekly published instalment.
The Horus Heresy (novels) In such references, information common to listed versions may appear in a single instance only. Where "originally published" appears in entries for standalone or self-contained works (including compilations), it refers to the work's first release in the indicated media type. Audio sources are listed by author(s).</poem> The Horus Heresy (novels) The Horus Heresy is an ongoing series of science fantasy set in the fictional "Warhammer 40,000" setting of tabletop miniatures wargame company Games Workshop. Penned by several authors, the series takes place during the Horus Heresy, a fictional galaxy-spanning civil war occurring 10,000 years prior to the far future of