page_title: George Payne Rainsford James
section_title: Works
hierarchical_section_title: George Payne Rainsford James / Works
caption_attribution_description: English: First ed title pg
context_page_description: George Payne Rainsford James, was an English novelist and historical writer, the son of a physician in London. He was for many years British Consul at various places in the United States and on the Continent. He held the honorary office of British Historiographer Royal during the last years of William IV's reign.
context_section_description: At an early age he began to write romances, and continued his production with such industry that his works reach to 100 volumes. For 30 years hardly a year went by that he failed to turn out at least one novel, and usually two or more, most of them "three-deckers" (three-volume). Describing himself as a follower of Sir Walter Scott, he may have produced more sheer verbiage than his mentor, chiefly historical fiction (61 titles in 158 volumes). This excessive production was fatal to his permanent reputation; but his books had considerable immediate popularity. Their titles are:
  Novels:
  Adra, or The Peruvians (1829)
  Richelieu: A Tale of France (3 volumes, 1829)
  Darnley, or, The Field of the Cloth of Gold (3 volumes, 1830)
  De l'Orme (3 volumes, 1830)
  Philip Augustus, or The Brothers in Arms (3 volumes, 1831)
  Bertrand de la Croix, or The Siege of Rhodes (series 1831, book 1841)
  Henry Masterton, or The Adventures of a Young Cavalier (3 volumes, 1832)
  The String of Pearls (2 volumes, 1832)
  Delaware, or The Ruined Family (3 volumes, 1833)
  Mary of Burgundy, or The Revolt of Ghent (3 volumes, 1833)
  The Life and Adventures of John Marston Hall (3 volumes, 1834)
  The Desultory Man (3 volumes, 1836)
  Attila (3 volumes, 1837) Novel about Attila the Hun. 
  The Robber (3 volumes, 1838)
  Henry of Guise, or The States of Blois (3 volumes, 1839)
  The Huguenot: A Tale of the French Protestants (3 volumes, 1839)
  Charles Tyrell, or The Bitter Blood (1839)
  The Gentleman of the Old School (3 volumes, 1839)
  The King's Highway (3 volumes, 1840)
  The Man at Arms, or Henri de Cerons (1840)
  Corse de Leon, or The Brigand (3 volumes, 1841), Novel set in 16th Century France. 
  The Ancien Régime (3 volumes, 1841)
  The Jacquerie, or The Lady and the Page (3 volumes, 1841)
  Morley Ernstein, or The Tenants of the Heart (3 volumes, 1842)
  The Commissioner, or De Lunatico Inquirendo (anon., 1843)
  Forest Days (3 volumes, 1843)
  The False Heir (3 volumes, 1843)
  Eva St. Clair and Other Collected Tales (2 volumes, 1843)
  Agincourt (3 volumes, 1844)
  Arabella Stuart (3 volumes, 1844)
  Rose d'Albret, or Troublous Times (3 volumes, 1844)
  Arrah Neil, or Times of Old (3 volumes, 1845)
  The Smuggler (3 volumes, 1845)
  Beauchamp, or The Error (ser. 1845-6; 3 volumes, 1848)
  The Stepmother, or Evil Doings (privately, 1845)
  Heidelberg (3 volumes, 1846)
  The Castle of Ehrenstein (3 volumes, 1847) Novel set in 13th Century Germany
  A Whim and Its Consequences (3 volumes, 1847)
  The Convict (3 volumes, 1847)
  Russell: A Tale of the Reign of Charles II (3 volumes, 1847)
  Margaret Graham (ser 1847; 2 volumes, 1848)
  The Last of the Fairies (1848)
  Sir Theodore Broughton, or Laurel Water (3 volumes, 1848)
  The Forgery, or Best Intentions (3 volumes, 1849)
  John Jones' Tales for Little John Joneses (2volumes, 1849)
  The Woodman: A Romance of the Times of Richard III (3 volumes, 1849)
  The Old Oak Chest (3 volumes, 1850)
  Henry Smeaton: A Jacobite Story of the Reign of George I (3 volumes, 1851)
  The Fate (3 volumes, 1851)
  Revenge (3 volumes, 1852)
  Adrian, or The Clouds of the Mind (2volumes, 1852) (with Maunsell Bradhurst Field)
  Pequinille (3 volumes, 1852)
  The Bride of Landeck (serial 1852, book 1878)
  Agnes Sorrel (3 volumes, 1853)
  The Vicissitudes of a Life (3 volumes, 1853)
  Ticonderoga, or The Black Eagle (3 volumes, 1854)
  Prince Life (1856)
  The Old Dominion, or The Southampton Massacre (3 volumes, 1856)
  Leonora d'Orco (3 volumes, 1857)
  Lord Montagu's Page (3 volumes, 1858)
  The Cavalier (1859)
  Historical works:
  The History of Chivalry (1830)
  Memoirs of Great Commanders (3 volumes, 1832)
  The History 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)
caption: First edition title page of Richelieu
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