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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: G. P. R. James

Author: G. P. R. James (1801–1860)

Alternate Name(s): George Payne Rainsford James (legal name)

Biography: Novelist. See entry in DNB or Sutherland.

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References: DNB; RLF; Sutherland

Fiction Titles:

  1. Richelieu.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1829.
  2. Darnley: or, The Field of the Cloth of Gold.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1830.
  3. De L'Orme: A Romance.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1831.
  4. Philip Augustus: or, The Brothers in Arms.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1831.
  5. Henry Masterton: or, The Adventures of a Young Cavalier.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1832.
  6. Mary of Burgundy: or, The Revolt of Ghent.  3 vol.  London: Longman, 1833.
  7. My Aunt Pontypool.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1835.
  8. The Gipsy: A Tale.  3 vol.  London: Longman, 1835.
  9. One in a Thousand: or, The Days of Henry Quatre.  3 vol.  London: Longman, 1835.
  10. The Desultory Man.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1836.
  11. Attila: A Romance.  3 vol.  London: Longman, 1837.
  12. The Robber: A Tale.  3 vol.  London: Longman, 1838.
  13. The Gentleman of the Old School: A Tale.  3 vol.  London: Longman, 1839.
  14. Henry of Guise: or, The States of Blois.  3 vol.  London: Longman, 1839.
  15. The Huguenot: A Tale of the French Protestants.  3 vol.  London: Longman, 1839.
  16. Charles Tyrrell: or, The Bitter Blood.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1839.
  17. The Man at Arms: or, Henri de Cerons. A Romance.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1840.
  18. The King's Highway.  3 vol.  London: Longman, 1840.
  19. The Ancient Régime: A Tale.  3 vol.  London: Longman, 1841.
  20. The Jacquerie: or, The Lady and the Page. An Historical Romance.  3 vol.  London: Longman, 1841.
  21. Corse de Léon: or, The Brigand. A Romance.  3 vol.  London: Longman, 1841.
  22. Morley Ernstein: or, The Tenants of the Heart.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1842.
  23. The False Heir.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1843.
  24. The Forest Days: A Romance of Old Times.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1843.
  25. Eva St. Clair, and Other Collected Tales.  2 vol.  London: Longman, 1843.
  26. The Commissioner: or, Dr. Lunatico Inquirendo.  1 vol.  Dublin: William Curry, 1843.
  27. Agincourt.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1844.
  28. Arabella Stuart: A Romance from English History.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1844.
  29. Rose D'Albret: or, Troubled Times. A Romance.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1844.
  30. Gaston de Foix: A Romance of the Sixteenth Century.  3 vol.  London: John Mortimer, 1844.
  31. Arrah Neil: or, Times of Old.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1845.
  32. The Smuggler: A Tale.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1845.
  33. Heidelberg: A Romance.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1846.
  34. The Stepmother: or, Evil Doings.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1846.
  35. A Whim and its Consequences.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1847.
  36. Russell: A Tale of the Reign of Charles II.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1847.
  37. The Castle of Ehrenstein: Its Lords, Spiritual and Temperal: Its Inhabitants, Earthly and Unearthly.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1847.
  38. The Convict.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1847.
  39. The Last of the Fairies.  1 vol.  London: Parry and Co., 1847.
  40. Beauchamp: or, The Error.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1848.
  41. Sir Theodore Broughton: or, Laurel Water.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1848.
  42. Margaret Graham: A Tale Founded on Fact.  2 vol.  London: Parry and Co., 1848.
  43. Gowrie: or, The King's Plot.  1 vol.  London: Simpkin, 1848.
  44. Dark Scenes of History.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1849.
  45. The Forgery: or, Best Intentions.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1849.
  46. The Woodman: A Romance of the Times of Richard III.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1849.
  47. The Fight of the Fiddlers: A Serio-Comic Verity.  1 vol.  London: David Bogue, 1849.
  48. The Old Oak Chest: A Tale of Domestic Life.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1850.
  49. The Fate: A Tale of Stirring Times.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1851.
  50. Henry Smeaton: A Jacobite Story of the Reign of George I.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1851.
  51. Pequinillo.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1852.
  52. Revenge: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1852.
  53. Adrian: or, The Clouds of the Mind. A Romance.  2 vol.  London: T. and W. Boone, 1852.
  54. Agnes Sorel: An Historical Romance.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1853.
  55. The Vicissitudes of a Life.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1853.
  56. Ticonderoga: or, The Black Eagle.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1854.
  57. The Old Dominion: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1855.
  58. Leonora D'Orco: A Historical Romance.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1857.
  59. Lord Montagu's Page: A Historical Romance.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1858.
  60. Bernard Marsh: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: Bentley, 1864.