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• Monmouth's Rebellion, 1685
• Popish Plot, 1678
• Rye House Plot, 1683

• Memoirs and Reflections Upon the Reign and Government of King Charles the 1st. and K. Charles the IId (London: Printed by N. Mist for C. Rivington, 1721), by Richard Bulstrode (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Works of Sir William Temple, Bart. (2 volumes; London: Printed for T. Woodward et al., 1750), by William Temple, ed. by Jonathan Swift, contrib. by Martha Giffard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of the Court of England in 1675 (London: John Lane, 1913), by Madame d'Aulnoy, ed. by George David Gilbert, trans. by Lucretia Arthur (multiple formats at archive.org)

• "Brief Lives", Chiefly of Contemporaries, Set Down by John Aubrey, Between the Years 1669 and 1696 (2 volumes; Oxford, UK: At the Clarendon Press, 1898), by John Aubrey, ed. by Andrew Clark
  • Volume I (A-H): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (I-Y): multiple formats at archive.org
  • both volumes: page images at HathiTrust
• Letters Written by Eminent Persons in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; To Which are Added, Hearne's Journeys to Reading, and to Whaddon Hall, the Seat of Browne Willis, Esq.; and Lives of Eminent Men (2 volumes in 3; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1813), ed. by John Walker, contrib. by John Aubrey and Thomas Hearne
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II, Part I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II, Part II: multiple formats at archive.org
  • all volumes: page images at HathiTrust

• The Fortunate Mistress: or, A History of the Life of Mademoiselle de Beleau, Known by the Name of the Lady Roxana (from a "Works of Daniel Defoe" set, with a posthumously published continuation, and an introduction by Maynadier; New York: G. D. Sproul, 1908), by Daniel Defoe, contrib. by Howard Maynadier (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Great Roxhythe (Boston: Small, Maynard and Co., c1923), by Georgette Heyer (page images at HathiTrust)
• "My Merry Rockhurst" (New York: Macmillan, 1907), by Agnes Castle and Egerton Castle (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Peveril of the Peak (new edition, with author's notes; London and New York: G. Routledge, 1879), by Walter Scott, illust. by George Cruikshank and H. Melville (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Simon Dale (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, n.d.), by Anthony Hope, illust. by W. St. John Harper (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Simon Dale (New York: F. A. Stokes Co., c1897), by Anthony Hope (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Touchstone of Fortune, by Charles Major (Gutenberg text)
• Mistress Nell Gwyn: A Novel (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1926), by Marjorie Bowen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Great Romantic: Being an Interpretation of Mr. Saml. Pepys and Elizabeth His Wife (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1933), by L. Adams Beck (page images at HathiTrust)

• Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor, by R. D. Blackmore
  • Gutenberg text
  • HTML at Bibliomania

• Absalom and Achitophel (based on the second edition, 1681), by John Dryden (HTML with commentary at Toronto)

• Female Poems on Several Occasions, by Ephelia (PDF at Plymouth State)

• A Narrative of the Depositions of Robert Jenison Esq.; With Other Material Evidences, Plainly Proving that Mr. William Ireland, Lately Executed for High Treason, Was in London the Nineteenth of August, 1678, Notwithstanding His Confident Denial Thereof Both at His Tryal and Execution (London: Printed for H. Hills et al., 1679), by Charles Chetwind, contrib. by Robert Jenison (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Concise Pepys (from the 1825 edition), by Samuel Pepys, ed. by Richard Griffin Braybrooke (HTML at Bibliomania)
• The Diary of Samuel Pepys (abridged edition; London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co., 1879), by Samuel Pepys, ed. by Richard Griffin Braybrooke (Gutenberg text)
• The Diary of Samuel Pepys (1890s slightly expurgated edition), by Samuel Pepys, ed. by Henry B. Wheatley, contrib. by Richard Griffin Braybrooke (Gutenberg text)
• The Autobiography of Anne, Lady Halkett, by Anne Halkett, ed. by Ellen Moody (HTML with commentary at jimandellen.org)
• The Memoirs of Ann, Lady Fanshawe, Wife of the Right Honble. Sir Richard Fanshawe, Bart., 1600-72 (London and New York: John Lane, 1907), by Anne Harrison Fanshawe, ed. by H. C. Fanshawe
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe, by Anne Harrison Fanshawe, ed. by Beatrice Marshall, contrib. by Richard Fanshawe and Allan Fea (Gutenberg text)
• Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe, Wife of Sir Richard Fanshawe, Bart., Ambassador from Charles the Second to the Courts of Portugal and Madrid (new edition; London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1830), by Anne Harrison Fanshawe, contrib. by Richard Fanshawe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe, Wife of Sir Richard Fanshawe, Bt. Ambassador from Charles II to the Courts of Portugal and Madrid (London and New York: J. Lane, 1905), by Anne Harrison Fanshawe, ed. by Beatrice Marshall, contrib. by Richard Fanshawe
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• A History of the English and Scotch Rebellions of 1685: Describing the Struggle of the English and Scotch People to Rid Themselves of a Popish King, James the Second (New York: Cady and Burgess, 1851), by Julia W. H. George (multiple formats at archive.org)

• A Narrative of the Depositions of Robert Jenison Esq.; With Other Material Evidences, Plainly Proving that Mr. William Ireland, Lately Executed for High Treason, Was in London the Nineteenth of August, 1678, Notwithstanding His Confident Denial Thereof Both at His Tryal and Execution (London: Printed for H. Hills et al., 1679), by Charles Chetwind, contrib. by Robert Jenison (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A True Narrative and Discovery of Several Very Remarkable Passages Relating to the Horrid Popish Plot (London: Printed for D. Newman, 1679), by Miles Prance (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Popish Plot: A Study in the History of the Reign of Charles II (London: Duckworth and Co., 1903), by John Pollock (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Malice Defeated: or, A Brief Relation of The Accusation and Deliverance of Elizabeth Cellier, Wherein Her Proceedings Both Before and During Her Confinement are Particularly Related and The Mystery of The Meal-Tub Fully Discovered; Together With an Abstract of Her Arraignment and Tryal (London: Printed for E. Cellier, 1680), by Elizabeth Cellier (HTML at Michigan)
• The Tryal and Sentence of Elizabeth Cellier, For Writing, Printing, and Publishing, a Scandalous Libel, Called Malice Defeated, &c... (London: Printed for T. Collins, 1680), contrib. by Elizabeth Cellier (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Ordeal of Mr. Pepys's Clerk (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1972), by John Harold Wilson (PDF at Ohio State)
• An Historical Narrative of the Horrid Plot and Conspiracy of Titus Oates, Called the Popish Plot, in its Various Branches and Progress, Selected from the Most Authentic Protestand Historians; To Which Are Added Some Cursory Observations on the Test Act (London: W. E. Andrews, 1816), by William Eusebius Andrews (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Pythouse Papers: Correspondence Concerning the Civil War, the Popish Plot, and a Contested Election in 1680 (London: Bickers and Sons, 1879), ed. by William Ansell Day (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Who Killed Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey? (London: Burns and Oates, 1905), by Alfred Marks, contrib. by John Hungerford Pollen
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• Thomas Southern's Loyal Brother: A Play on the Popish Plot (1911), by Thomas Southerne, ed. by P. Hamelius (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Horrid Sin of Man-Catching, Explained in a Sermon Upon Jer. 5, 25, 26 Preach'd at Colchester, July 10, 1681 (London: Printed for F. Smith, 1681), by Edmund Hickeringill (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The Horrid Sin of Man-Catching, Explained in a Sermon Upon Jer. 5:25, 26, Preached at Colchester, July 10, 1681 (fourth edition; London: Printed for F. Smith, 1682), by Edmund Hickeringill (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Sermon on the Gunpowder Treason, With Reflections on the Late Plot (London: Printed for H. Brome, 1679), by Thomas Wilson (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Rye House Plot: Being His Majesty's Declaration to All His Loving Subjects Concerning the Treasonable Conspiracy Lately Discovered (1885 reprint of 1684 publication), by Thomas Sprat (multiple formats at Google)

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• Cambria Triumphans: or, Brittain in its Perfect Lustre, Shewing the Origen and Antiquity of That Illustrious Nation (2 volumes in 1; London: Printed for A. Crooke, 1661), by Percy Enderbie
  • HTML at EEBO TCP
  • 1810 reprint: page images at Wellcome Collection
• Critical and Historical Essays, by Thomas Macaulay, ed. by Alexander James Grieve
  • volume 1: Gutenberg text
  • volume 2: Gutenberg text
• The Evolution of an Empire: A Brief Historical Sketch of England, by Mary Platt Parmele (Gutenberg text)
• The Growth of British Policy (Cambridge: University Press, 1922), by J. R. Seeley (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Historical Tales, the Romance of Reality: English (v4 of a larger series; Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co., c1908), by Charles Morris (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Historical Tales, the Romance of Reality: English (Los Angeles: Angelus University, c1908), by Charles Morris (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics)
• The History of England, From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Abdication of James the Second, 1688 (Boston: Phillips Sampson and Co., 1856), by David Hume (page images at MOA)
• The Leading Facts of English History (revised edition, c1912), by D. H. Montgomery (Gutenberg text)
• Letters From Lady Jane Coke to Her Friend Mrs. Eyre at Derby, 1747-1758 (London: S. Sonnenschein, 1899), by Lady Jane Coke, ed. by Florence A. Monica Rathborne (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A Short History of England (London: Chatto and Windus, 1917), by G. K. Chesterton (Gutenberg text and page images)
• Stories From English History, by Alfred John Church
  • Part I (From Julius Caesar to the Black Prince): illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics
  • Part II (From Richard II to Charles I): illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics
  • Part III (From the Lord Protector to Victoria): illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics
• The Story of the Empire (London: George Newnes, 1902), by Edward Salmon (PDF at djm.cc)
• Historical Antiquities, in Two Books: The First Treating in General of Great-Brettain and Ireland; The Second Containing Particular Remarks Concerning Cheshire (London: Printed by W. L. for R. Clavell, 1673), ed. by Peter Leycester (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The History of England: A Study in Political Evolution, by A. F. Pollard (Gutenberg text)
• A Parallel History of France and England; Consisting of Outlines and Dates (London: Macmillan and Co., 1871), by Charlotte M. Yonge (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• Warfare in England (London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, c1912), by Hilaire Belloc (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A Discourse of Foreign War; With an Account of All the Taxations Upon This Kingdom, From the Conquest to the End of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth; Also a List of the Confederates from Henry I to the End of the Reign of the Said Queen, Shewing Which Have Prov'd the Most Beneficial to England (London: Printed for H. Mortlock, 1690), by Robert Cotton (multiple formats at Google)
• Old England: A Pictorial Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Municipal, Baronial, and Popular Antiquities (2 volumes; London: James Sangster and Co., ca. 1860), ed. by Charles Knight
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org

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