of Charlemagne (1832) A History of the Life of Edward the Black Prince (2volumes, 1836) Memoirs of Celebrated Women (ed. by, 1837) The Life and Times of Louis XIV (4volumes, 1838) Dark Scenes of History (3 volumes, 1849) Other: The Ruined City (poetry, privately, 1828) Blanche of Navarre (play, 1839) Camaralzaman (fairy drama, 1848) A Book of the Passions (1852) References 1853 – The Huguenot Pub by Simms and M'Intyre. External links Works at Online Books Page Biography via The Corvey Novels Project at the University of Nebraska 1799 births 1860 deaths English historical novelists 19th-century English historians Writers of historical fiction set in antiquity Writers of historical fiction set in the Middle Ages Writers of historical fiction set in the early modern period English short story writers Writers from London 19th-century English novelists 19th-century British short story writers