- The Marriage of William Ashe.This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.

This early work by Mary Augusta Ward was originally published in 1917 and we are now republishing it as part of our WWI Centenary Series. 'Missing' tells the story of an Englishwoman working on the home front during the First World War.

"Robert Elsmere", by Mary Augusta Ward. Mary Augusta Ward was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward (1851-1920).

"The Mating of Lydia", by Mary Augusta Ward. Mary Augusta Ward was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward (1851-1920).

How a conservative English landowner became a patriotic citizen, glad to take his part in the war, through tribulation and sorrow and the diplomatic management of his capable secretary, a passionately patriotic woman who showed him what ...

We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public.

The late Victorian novelist Mrs. Humphry Ward (Mary Augusta Ward) embraced the novel as her medium for exploring the serious dilemmas of the age.

"Delia Blanchflower", by Mary Augusta Ward. Mary Augusta Ward was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward (1851-1920).

"Bessie Costrell", by Mary Augusta Ward. Mary Augusta Ward was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward (1851-1920).