Publishers Weekly #1 Best Seller for 1907.

A fictionalized diary of a missionary kindergarten teacher in Hiroshima, Japan. The story takes place against the backdrop of the Russo-Japanese war. For many Americans the book was a first introduction to Japanese culture.

1895 Best Seller.

Sketches of rural Scottish life based on the authors experiences as a minister in Perthshire.

Winner of the 1917 Pulitzer Prize.

The story of a three generations struggle to cope with change in culture during the 1910s.

1872 Best Seller.

In his day E. P. Roe was a bigger seller than Mark Twain.

A story of the Chicago fire.

"We accord a hearty commendation to this work. The narrative is vigorous, often intense, but rarely if ever melodramatic. Its language is usually no less chaste than forcible and impressive. It betrays a power of invention and description which is not met with every day in the best of writers of popular fiction." -- Dr. Ripley, in the New York Tribune (contemporary review)

The Chronicles of Canongate is a collection of three short stories; The Highland Widow, Two Drovers, and The Surgeon's Daughter. The stories follow Scots caught up in the Scottish diaspora of the second half of the eighteenth century.

A true life tragic romance embedded within an accurate depiction of the Elizabethan court of the 1500s.

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester courts the favour of Queen Elizabeth I. To fulfill his ambitions he must keep secret his love for Amy Robsart, the daughter of Sir Hugh Robsart. These conflicting forces cannot be kept in balance forever...

The 1817 novel tells the story of Frank Osbaldistone sent to the Scottish Highlands to recover a debt owed to his father. While there he encounters Rob Roy MacGregor, the Scottish Robin Hood. Whilst based around an historical figure the story itself is pure fiction. The book was hugely successful when published and has spawned a number of film adaptations.