Historical Action Novels for Men
Explore the best historical action novels for men—thrilling tales of war, adventure, and heroism from ancient battles to epic conflicts. Discover gripping reads now!
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The Iliad
by Homer
The great war epic of Western literature, translated by acclaimed classicist Robert Fagles, and featured in the Netflix series The OA A Penguin Classic Dating …
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The Odyssey
by Homer
The great epic of Western literature, translated by the acclaimed classicist Robert Fagles A Penguin Classic Robert Fagles, winner of the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for …
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The Aeneid
by Virgil
Recounts the adventures of the Trojan prince Aeneas, who helped found Rome, after the fall of Troy.
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The First Man in Rome
by Colleen McCullough
Presents the stories of Marius, wealthy but lowborn, and Sulla, penniless though aristocratic and debauched - men of vision whose ambitions will lay the foundations …
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Under the Eagle
by Simon Scarrow
It is the year 42 AD, and Centurion Macro, battle-scarred and fearless, is in the heart of Germany with the Second Legion, the toughest in …
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The Winter King
by Bernard Cornwell
It takes a remarkable writer to make an old story as fresh and compelling as the first time we heard it. With The Winter King, …
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The Last Kingdom
by Bernard Cornwell
In the middle years of the ninth-century, the fierce Danes stormed onto British soil, hungry for spoils and conquest. Kingdom after kingdom fell to the …
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Here be Dragons
by Sharon Kay Penman
"A masterful picture of Wales in the 13th century...vivdly pictured as grandly beautiful, its people volatile, stubborn and mystic." THE SAN DIEGO UNION Thirteenth-century Wales …
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Niccolo Rising
by Dorothy Dunnett
In this first book of The House of Niccolò series, the author of the Lymond Chronicles introduces a new hero, Nicholas vander Poele of Bruges, …
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The Sea-hawk
by Rafael Sabatini
Oliver Tressilian, a Cornish gentleman who helped defeat the Spanish Armada, is betrayed by his half-brother, throwing him into circumstances where he becomes a Barbary …
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The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas
In seventeenth-century France, young d'Artagnan initially quarrels with, then befriends, three musketeers and joins them in trying to outwit the enemies of the king and …
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Captain Blood
by Rafael Sabatini
Peter Blood is a physician and an English gentleman who becomes a pirate out of a rankling sense of injustice. Barely escaping the gallows after …
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Kidnapped
by Robert Louis Stevenson
David Balfour's adventures on the high seas include a shipwreck, murder, flight, and intrigue--and are among the most evocative in classic literature. Stevenson's adventure is …
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Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, …
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Scaramouche
by Rafael Sabatini
When his best friend is struck down by an uncaring aristocrat, French lawyer AndrT-Louis Moreau disguises himself as the clown Scaramouche to speak out against …
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
by Baroness Orczy
A timeless novel of adventure, intrigue, and romance is sparked by one man's defiance in the face of authority... The year is 1792. The French …
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Sharpe's Tiger
by Bernard Cornwell
"It was a bloody awful shot," Sharpe said. "My mother could lay a gun better than that." "I didn't think you had a mother," Private …
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Master and Commander (Vol. Book 1) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
by Patrick O'Brian
The beginning of the sweeping Aubrey-Maturin series. "The best sea story I have ever read."—Sir Francis Chichester This, the first in the splendid series of …
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Zorro
by Isabel Allende
A swashbuckling adventure story that reveals for the first time how Diego de la Vega became the masked man we all know so well Born …
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Flashman
by George MacDonald Fraser
"If ever there was a time when I felt that 'watcher-of-the-skies-when-a-new-planet' stuff, it was when I read the first Flashman."–P.G. Wodehouse The first novel in …
