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Charlotte M. Yonge

Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823 – 1901) was an English writer whose works helped spread the Oxford Movement, in which High Church members of the Church of England eventually developed into Anglo-Catholicism. She publishing over 160 pieces, primarily novels, beginning in 1848. She also wrote in the genre of children’s literature including a collection of historical fables titled, A Collection of Golden Deeds (1864), which includes What Is Better Than Slaying a Dragon and The Last Fight in the Coliseum. Unfortunately, most of her work is no longer in print.

Books

  • The Little Duke
  • Short Stories

  • Faithful Till Death
  • Fathers And Sons
  • Fort St. Elmo
  • George The Triller
  • Gunpowder Perils
  • Guzman El Bueno
  • Heroes Of The Plague
  • How One Man Has Saved A Host
  • Leo The Slave
  • Regulus
  • Sir Thomas More’s Daughter
  • The Battle Of Sempach
  • The Battle Of The Blackwater
  • The Brave Brethren Of Judah
  • The Carnival Of Perth
  • The Chief Of The Arverni
  • The Constant Prince
  • The Crown Of St. Stephen
  • The Cup Of Water
  • The Devotion Of The Decii
  • The Housewives Of Lowenburg
  • The Keys Of Calais
  • The Last Fight In The Coliseum
  • The Pass Of Thermopylae
  • The Rock Of The Capitol
  • The Second Of September
  • The Shepherd Girl Of Nanterre
  • The Soldiers In The Snow
  • The Stories Of Alcestis And Antigone
  • The Two Friends Of Syracuse
  • The Vendeans
  • The Voluntary Convict
  • Under Ivan The Terrible
  • What Is Better Than Slaying A Dragon
  • Withstanding The Monarch In His Wrath