▁conflict . ▁Ivan ho e ▁( 1 8 2 0 ) ▁gained ▁credit ▁for ▁renew ing ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁Middle ▁A ges . ▁ ▁Many ▁well - known ▁writers ▁from ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁published ▁historical ▁nov els ▁in ▁the ▁mid ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁the ▁most ▁notable ▁include ▁Th acker ay ' s ▁Van ity ▁Fair , ▁Charles ▁Dick ens ' s ▁A ▁T ale ▁of ▁Two ▁C ities , ▁George ▁Eli ot ' s ▁Rom ola ▁and ▁Charles ▁Kings ley ' s ▁West ward ▁Ho ! ▁and ▁Here ward ▁the ▁W ake . ▁The ▁Trump et - M aj or ▁( 1 8 8 0 ) ▁is ▁Thomas ▁Hard y ' s ▁only ▁historical ▁novel , ▁and ▁is ▁set ▁in ▁We ym outh ▁during ▁the ▁Napole onic ▁wars ; ▁when ▁the ▁town ▁was ▁then ▁anxious ▁about ▁the ▁possibility ▁of ▁invasion ▁by ▁Napoleon . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁James ▁Fen imore ▁Cooper ▁was ▁a ▁prominent ▁author ▁of ▁historical ▁nov els ▁who ▁was ▁influenced ▁by ▁Scott . ▁His ▁most ▁famous ▁novel ▁is ▁The ▁Last ▁of ▁the ▁Moh icans : ▁A ▁N arr ative ▁of ▁ 1 7 5 7 ▁( 1 8 2 6 ), ▁the ▁second ▁book ▁of ▁the ▁Le ather stock ing ▁T ales ▁pent al ogy . ▁The ▁Last ▁of ▁the ▁Moh icans ▁is ▁set ▁in ▁ 1 7 5 7 , ▁during ▁the ▁French ▁and ▁Indian ▁War ▁( the ▁Seven ▁Years ' ▁War ), ▁when ▁France ▁and ▁Great ▁Britain ▁batt led ▁for ▁control ▁of ▁North ▁America