Weyman Stanley: 92 books

It may be classified as a romance, but the heroine of Stanley J. Weyman's classic novel Sophia is no shrinking violet chomping on bonbons while waiting around to be saved by her Prince Charming. This action-packed story offers readers the best of both worlds: delightful lessons in the dos and don'ts...

Author Stanley J. Weyman gained acclaim as one of the foremost writers of historical romance, and his trademark strengths are on full display in The Abbess of Vlaye. Set in the late sixteenth century, this engrossing novel combines romance, adventure, and political intrigue, plus lots of exhaustively researched historical detail.

Set in the region of England where he was born and raised, Shrewsbury puts Stanley Weyman's literary prowess as a master of historic romance on full display. Packed with plenty of romance and adventure, this novel is sure to please even the most discriminating fans of the genre.

A head appeared at either window of the postchaise. Henrietta looked forward. Her lover looked back.

The old adage says that money changes everything, and according to the woebegone wealthy featured in the stories in Stanley J. Weyman's collection Laid Up in Lavender, that doesn't always mean change for the better. Romantic entanglements, legal woes, business failure, financial strife, and family drama...

Sometimes, a seemingly trivial turn of events can spiral into a huge mess. That's exactly what happens in Stanley J. Weyman's story "The Snowball," in which a casually tossed clod of ice and snow sets off an international incident. Packed with political intrigue from start to finish, fans of fast-paced historical fiction will thoroughly enjoy it.

A compilation of five masterful long short stories: "A Lodging for the Night" by Robert Louis Stevenson, "A Leaf in the Storm" by Ouida, "A Terribly Strange Bed" by Wilkie Collins, "Michael Lorio's Cross" by Hesba Stretton, and "A Perilous Amour" by Stanley J. Weyman.     

A fantastic romance novel set during the 16th century French Wars of Religion, written by the master of the romance novel, Stanley J. Weyman.

Weyman loved 16th Century France, intrigue and swashbuckling. Some said he was like Dumas, without all the tediuous little bits. A masterful romance by a masterful storyteller, A Gentleman of France is a classic ready to be rediscovered.

M. de Tavannes smiled. Mademoiselle averted her eyes, and shivered; as if the air, even of that close summer night, entering by the door at her elbow, chilled her. And then came a welcome interruption.

The death of the Prince of Conde, which occurred in the spring of 1588, by depriving me of my only patron, reduced me to such straits that the winter of that year, which saw the King of Navarre come to spend his Christmas at St. Jean d'Angely, saw also the nadir of my fortunes. I did not know at this...