#G.A. Henty

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Krystal, I am so glad you reblogged this, because I loved this set of questions and wanted it to get circling. Apologies if I ask you several…

For the Bookish Asks: A, C, H, T, U, V, and Y

I’ll never forgive you for this, Marta 😜 kidding!! Thank you so much for the ask! This really did look fun so I’m thrilled to answer so many!!!

A Author You've Read The Most Books From

Probably Stephen King. I started reading him my freshman year in college and by the time our first was born in ‘97, I’d read pretty much everything he’d written up to that point.

C Currently Reading

Does fanfiction count? 😜 but seriously, I guess you could say I’m currently reading When He Was Wicked, Francesca Bridgerton’s book by Julia Quinn, since I’m adapting it to a CS fic…

H Hidden Gem Book

So, I went back to my homeschooling days for this one. In the Reign of Terror by G.A. Henty. We only read a few of his books when the kids were growing up and they were all wonderful, but this was our first one we read aloud and it was just phenomenal !!! All of his books followed a young person living during momentous times in human history. This one was set during, you guessed it, the French Revolution. HIGHLY recommend.

T Three Of Your All-Time Favorite Books

The first two are easy peasy… It and The Stand, both by Stephen King. From the first time I read them to when I started having kiddos and no time, I read them both at least once a year. It’s now been well over 2 decades since I read either one and I could probably give you a pretty detailed description of what happens in each and every chapter.

For the third, I really don’t know… but I’ll list several that I LOVE that jump immediately to mind.

The Horse and His Boy C.S. Lewis Chronicles of Narnia Book 3, takes place during the reign of the Pevensies in Narnia.

The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien yes, it counts as 1 book, sorry, not sorry…

The Viscount that Loved Me and An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn. Anthony and Benedict Bridgerton’s stories, respectively.

And finally, Nora Roberts O’Hurley’s series, that, as you know, inspired my A Family Affair fic series. I read the series, except Trace’s story (the older brother), before I was married, and when I found the last book, it rekindled my love for the entire series and it held a very special place in my heart all these years.

U Unapologetic Fangirl For

Bridgerton series

V Very Excited For This Release More Than Any Other

If you’d asked me that about 9mos ago, my VERY LOUD and EXCITED answer would have been the Special Edition release of the Bridgerton series in hardback that Chris ordered for me for Christmas, which also answers your last question. But, since you didn’t ask me that 9mos ago 😜 and it’s been so long since I’ve bought any real-hold-in-your-hand-book, I don’t really have an answer for you. Sorry?

Y Your Latest Book Purchase

See above.

Thank you again for all these, Marta!!!

Send me a bookish ask

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CONDEMNED AS A NIHILIST, A Story of Escape from Siberia by G.A. Henty. (London: Blacky, 1892) Illustrated by Walter Paget.

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tag people you'd like to know better !

favorite color(s) : all the dusky colors like sage and dusty rose, peacock blue, dark scarlet, olive green, etc.

favorite flavor(s) : lemon, apple, peanut, honestly all the thai curries, pomegranate, anything persian.

favorite music : a huge mix, but mostly pop, alternative, classical, 1940s, soundtracks, and country.

favorite movie(s) : pride and prejudice (2005), return of the jedi, the patriot, crazy rich asians, cinderella (1951 & 2015), a candle in the dark, amazing grace, harriet, the arrival, dune (2020)

favorite series : man in the high castle, andor, anything sherlock holmes, band of brothers, the pacific, catch-22, turn, masters of the air, the clone wars, agent carter, the cry, anzac girls

favorite book(s) : anything by g.a. henty, fourth wing, many a star wars book, northanger abbey, the secret garden, pearl maiden, little women, 1776, washington's crossing, anzac girls

last song : joanna by lorne balfe

last series : queen charlotte

last movie : indiana jones and the dial of destiny

currently reading : just finished anzac girls by peter rees! so good. it's non-fiction but it made me laugh a little and cry a lot. but also listening to the force awakens novel.

currently watching : the new look and masters of the air. rewatching the man in the high castle... and actually looking into warhammer 40K lore again on youtube too. XD thanks, alistair, for reminding me of its existance.

currently working on : finding a place to stay for another paid internship back east and two 18th century shirts.

tagged : @debelltio + @red-flighttagging : @deficd @galaxycrxss @joyfulmagic @kojiscorner @vyrulent + anyone else who wants to!

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September 22, 2022

Positive thoughts are always a good thing. They can help me through the day when I'm not feeling great. I think I am sad that Julien won't be here next year because he'll be going to university somewhere far away if he gets his wish, and it makes me sad because I am starting to wonder what it will be like without my brother around to help me with science experiments or my Spanish or vocabulary words when our parents are both at work.

I'll be starting all high school courses next year, so I guess I'll be old enough to not have my brother around. I know I will be fine. I keep telling myself that I can do it, even though it will be strange without him here. I do a lot of studying independently, but it sure will be quiet with only me in our study room. I won't look over anymore to see him playing games instead of doing school work, but I will be able to play all the music I want without him saying something about being unable to concentrate. My brother is strange that way, but he's mine, and I love him.

Tasks Completed:

Algebra 1 - Lesson on solving linear equations by graphing + practice + quiz

Lit and Comp 1 - Studied vocabulary + read pages 74-104 of American Boy’s Life of Theodore Roosevelt by Edward Stratemeyer + created plot diagram for The Three Little Pigs story

Spanish 1 - Read new vocabulary words out loud to Julien + reviewed for 15 minutes on Duolingo

Bible 8 - Read Isaiah 7

Modern History 8 - Read chapters 27-28 of Facing Death by G.A. Henty + read immigrants' stories about coming to Ellis Island

Physics/Chemistry 8 - Completed an experiment using a balloon, water bottle, baking soda, and vinegar + wrote notes about what happened during the experiment with the chemical reaction

Thinking 8 - Solved a logic puzzle

Practice - Practiced this week’s assigned pieces for 30 minutes + worked on memorization of assigned pieces

Chores - Vacuumed and dusted the living room

Khan Academy - Reviewed algebra concepts

Reading - Read pages 137-218 of Becoming Naomi León by Pam Muñoz Ryan

Duolingo - Spent 15 minutes learning French

September Bible Study - Completed and discussed lesson 22 with family

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What I’m Grateful for Today:

The ability to think positively about things.

Quote of the Day:

Gram said that when you thought positive, you could make things happen and when it did happen, it was called a self-prophecy.

-Becoming Naomi León, Pam Muñoz Ryan

🎧Ständchen (Serenade) S 560 no.7 - Franz Schubert/ Franz Liszt

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A Henty a Week

This week we are showing off Orange and Green: a Tale of the Boyne and Limerick by G.A. Henty. This edition includes 8 full-page illustrations by Gordon Browne (1858-1932) and was published in New York by the The F.M. Lupton Publishing Company between 1899 and 1902. It was first published in 1888 by Blackie and Sons in London and by Charles Scribner’s Sons in New York. Set in 1690, the story is a tale of two rival English families in Ireland, the Davenants who had arrived in Ireland in the late 12th century and are allied with the local Irish population, and the Whitefoots who were installed on Davenant lands by Cromwell in the mid-17th century. In typical Henty fashion, this tale of Ireland does not focus on Irish issues, but rather on the English colonizers.

Gordon Browne (1858-1932) was a British artist and illustrator who is said to have done in-depth historical and literary research to ensure his illustrations were accurate to both the narrative and historical contexts. Despite his laborious methods, he was one of Britain’s most prolific illustrators. His favored mediums were water colour and pen and ink. Among his larger undertakings, was illustrating Henry Irving’s edition of Shakespeare’s works, which were produced from a performer’s lens, and published by Cambridge University Press in 1906. For that project, Browne created as 552 illustrations and 32 full-page etchings!

If you enjoy early 20th century book illustrations, check out more of our Henty a Week posts.

– Katie, Special Collections Graduate Intern 

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available for sale: By England's Aid, or The Freeing of the Netherlands by G.A Henty 1891

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live footage of me watching Apocalypto (2006):

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For the Temple {Review}

For the Temple {Review}

Every year we are on the Review Crew is SUCH a blessing. But we are especially blessed, over and over again, with amazing historical, Biblically sound, audio dramas from Heirloom Audio. This time around we experienced one of the greatest adventures yet:  For the Temple by G.A Henty.  We received a physical copy of the discs for this review, as well as an amazing study guide (50+ pages) to…

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Captain Bayley's Heir {Homeschool Review Crew}

Captain Bayley’s Heir {Homeschool Review Crew}

We have been on an adventure on the high seas, been in France during the Revolution, and we have battled beside Lee during the American Civil War. Now, thanks to Heirloom Audio Productions, we have been to the Old American West in Captain Bayley’s Heir.

The Goods

We received the following items for this review:

The physical audio version in CD form

Digital downloads of the study guide

  The CD…

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Selection of Covers from ‘The Boy's Own Paper’

   Total Issues: 1767+744=2511    

A morally uplifting boys' story paper concentrating on adventure, sport and public school life, it remains a byword to this day and ranks (along with Punch, The Strand Magazine and very little else) as one of the great British institutions of periodical publishing. Authors include W.H.G. Kingston, R.M. Ballantyne, Jules Verne, Talbot Baines Reed, Gordon Stables, G.A. Henty, etc, etc. Serials indexed in "Through the Years with the B.O.P." by Brian Doyle (Collector's Digest Annual, 1962). Further Reading: Take a Cold Tub, Sir!: The Story of the Boy's Own Paper by Jack Cox (Guildford, Surrey, Lutterworth Press, 1982), not an index but a history. Weekly issues were bound as monthly issues, and the monthly issues were bound as annuals. There are 63 Annuals from 1879-1941. http://www.philsp.com/data/data073.html

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A MARCH ON LONDON: Being a Story of Wat Tyler’s Insurrrection by G.A. Henty (New York: Scribner, 1897). Illustrated by W. H. Margetson.

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The square at Abu-Kru, illustration from Battles of the Nineteenth Century by Archibald Forbes, G.A. Henty and Major Arthur Griffiths by Stanley L. Wood colour lithograph Private Collection

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September 7, 2022

I miss seeing my friends on Wednesday nights. Wednesday used to be youth group for me, but this year, since I'm in Ballet 7A, which is an intermediate advance level to prepare for advanced foundations or the advanced level, I have dance on Wednesday nights. Julien still goes to the high school group meetings, and I'll be able to go again once we're on winter break, but right now, I only see everyone on Sunday. They were always fun, but ballet is fun too.

I finished another book today, so I think I'll start Starfish by Lisa Fipps next. It's finally in at the library. Julien said he'll take me tomorrow to go pick it up once the library opens at 10.

Breakfast: Cinnamon cardamom oatmeal + unsweetened greek-style almond yogurt topped topped with banana and peanut butter

Lunch: Quinoa bowl with black beans and veggies topped with cheddar cheese and avocado + a side of figs

Dinner: ???

Snack: Oatmeal bites!!!!!!

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Tasks Completed:

Algebra 1 - Lesson on graphing linear equations using intercepts + practice + quiz

Lit and Comp 1 - Studied Unit 1-3 vocabulary + read pages 229-253 of The Boys' Life of Edison by William H. Meadowcroft + read about making outlines + wrote a basic outline for my personal narrative

Spanish 1 - Reviewed vocabulary + read about definite articles + reviewed for 15 minutes on Duolingo

Bible 8 - Read John 18

Modern History 8 - Read chapters 5-6 of Facing Death by G.A. Henty + watched a video on the Industrial Revolution + read a short biography on Helen Keller

Physics/Chemistry 8 - Watched a video about how light bends and slows + completed an experiment to show how water bends light + filled out experiment worksheet

Modern Art - Looked at house designs by Henry Van de Velde + drew a design for an Art Nouveau house inspired by one of the houses Henry Van de Velde designed

Practice - Practiced this week’s assigned pieces for 30 minutes + worked on memorization of assigned pieces

Chores - Took out the trash and emptied the dishwasher

Khan Academy - Completed physics section on transmission and refraction + reviewed algebra concepts

Reading - Read pages 344-410 of Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston and finished the book

Duolingo - Spent 15 minutes learning French

September Bible Study - Completed and discussed lesson 7 with family

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What I’m Grateful for Today:

All of my friends!

Quote of the Day:

You’re not going to change the world unless you hang with people who want to change the world too.

-Amari and the Night Brothers, B.B. Alston

🎧Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Act I: The Spell. No. 6 Waltz. Allegro. Tempo di valse - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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A Henty a Week

George Alfred Henty’s preface to Through the Fray: a Tale of the Luddite Riots, seems to have a bit of applicability to our own present moment. Indeed we are in “dark times,” alienated from our labors that are ever-more dependent upon technology, to which we increasingly “assign our distress”...

“The beginning of the present century, glorious as it was for British arms abroad, was a dark time to those who lived by their daily labour at home. The heavy taxation entailed by the war, the injury to trade, and the enormous prices of food, all pressed heavily upon the working-classes. The invention of improved machinery, vast as has been the increase of trade which it has brought about, at first pressed heavily upon the hand workers, who assigned all their distress to the new inventions. Hence a movement arose, which did much damage and for a time threatened to be extremely formidable. It had its ramifications through all the manufacturing districts of England, the object being the destruction of the machinery, and a return to the old methods of work....In the present tale my hero's enemy was within, and although his victory was at last achieved the victor was well-nigh worsted in the fray. We have all such battles to fight; may we all come unscathed and victorious through the fray!”

The edition shown above was published by the A.L. Burt Company. With no publication date printed on the book, our ever-diligent cataloger estimated the date ranges as some time between 1900 and 1912 based upon the address of the publisher and the back-matter advertisements! 

The illustrator for this book was Henry Marriott Paget (1856–1936), a British painter and illustrator. If the name Paget sounds familiar, it may be because Henry’s brother, Walter, also illustrated a number of Henty books for Charles Scribner’s Sons editions, which we have highlighted in the past. In fact, a third brother, Sydney, also worked as an artist and illustrator. The three are best known for illustrating the works of Arthur Conan Doyle. 

-Katie, Graduate Student Intern

PS: Henty’s works are in the public domain, meaning that many of them have been digitized and made available to read online! Click HERE to be read Through the Fray, or search for other Henty tales via HathiTrust Digital Library.  

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Downton Abbey - References to Historical Figures + References to Other Fictional Characters and Works

The following are two lists; one are real people who where mentioned on Downton Abbey, and the other is fictional characters and works that were also mentioned in the show. I complied these two lists together (because sometimes I had to research what was indeed being referenced!). As I didn’t know if I’d ever been sharing these lists, I don’t have the episode numbers listed out, but they do go in order by mention.

Real Historical Figures Mentioned in Downton

* means that the person was not contemporary of the characters and there for famous or well-known to them. Others without it may not be known personally by them, but are their contemporaries. Some of these have made it to the character list, if for sure they did indeed know the Crawleys, or other any other major character.

- Lucy Rothes (Titanic survivor, friend of the Crawleys) - John Jacob "JJ" Astor (business man who died on Titanic, friend of the Crawleys) - Madeleine Astor (not mentioned by name, but as JJ's wife, Titanic survivor, Cora did not like her) - Sir Christopher Wren* (architect, designed the Dower House) - David Lloyd George (politician and Prime Minister starting in 1916) - William the Conqueror* - Mark Twain* (author) - Queen Mary (wife of King George V) [mentioned in S1, appears in S4CS] - Queen Catherine of Aragon* - Oliver Cromwell* - Bishop Richard de Warren* - Anthony Trollope* (author; he would have been somewhat contemporary, died in 1882) - Piero della Francesca* (painter) - Franz Anton Mesmer* (scientist) - Thomas Jefferson* (politician, inventor, third president of the United States) - Léon Bakst (Russian painter and scene- and costume designer) - Sergei Diaghilev (another Russian artist) - Edith Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry (sounds like the Crawleys did attend her parties from time to time) - Emily Davison (suffragist) - Herbert Henry "H.H." Asquith (politician and Prime Minister until 1916) - Kaiser Wilheim (ruler of Germany; Sir Anthony personally visited him a few times) - Vincenzo Bellini* (composer) - Gioachino Rossini* (composer) - Giacomo Puccini* (composer) - Karl Marx* (philosopher) - John Ruskin*  (social thinker and artist; he would have been somewhat contemporary, died in 1900) - John Stuart Mill* (philosopher) - Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria - Guy Fawkes* - Gavrilo Princip (member of the Black Hand and Franz Ferdinand's assassin) - H.G. Wells (author) - Major General B. Burton - Heinrich Schliemann* (German businessman archaeologist, died in 1890; deleted scene mention) - General Douglas Haig (later a field marshal) - Belshazzar* (King of Babylon) - Mabel Normand (actress) - Plantagenets* - Eugene Suter (hair stylist) - Alexander Kerensky (Russian political leader) - Vladimir Lenin (Russian communist revolutionary) - Florence Nightingale* (nurse; died 1910) - Czar Nicholas II and the Romanov family (ruler of Russia) - Jack Robinson (footballer; he stopped playing in 1912) - Frederick Marryat* (author) - George Alfred "G.A." Henty* (author; he would have been somewhat contemporary, died in 1902) - Maximilien Robespierre* (French revolutionary) - Marie Antoinette* (French queen) - Erich Lundendorff (German commander) - Sylvia Pankhurst (suffragist) - Jack Johnson (boxer) - Commander Harold Lowe (Fifth Officer of the Titanic; if P. Gordon was really Patrick, he would have known him personally) - Theda Bara (actress) - Robert Burns* (poet, read by Bates; name is not uttered on screen, but it is clear on book cover) - Jules Verne* (author; he would have been somewhat contemporary, died in 1905) - Marion Harris (singer of "Look for the Silver Lining"; name is not uttered on screen) - Edward Shortt (Home Secretary from 1919-1922) - Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of York (one of the first actual historical figures in the show; married Matthew and Mary, visited Downton Abbey for dinner) - King George V (king of England) [mentioned in S3E1, appears in S4CS] - Charles Melville Hays (president of the Grand Trunk Railway that Robert invested in; died on the Titanic) - Robert Baden-Powell (founder of the Boy Scouts) - Lady Maureen Dufferin (socialite, friend of the Crawleys) - Georges Auguste Escoffier (famous chef and restaurateur) - Marie-Antoine Carême* (famous chef) - Queen of Sheba* - Napoleon Bonaparte* - The Bourbons* - The Buffs* (famous army regiment; "steady the Buffs" popularized by Kipling) - Croesus* (king of ancient Lydia; mention several times starting in S3 and through S4) - Thomas Edwin "Tom" Mix (Wild West picture star) - Dr. Samuel Johnson* (English writer; quote paraphrased by Carson) - Jean Patou (dress designer; maker of Edith's S3 wedding dress in-show) - Lucy Christiana, Lady Duff-Gordon (dress designer of "Lucille"; a survivor of the Titanic) - The Marlboroughs (famous family; mentioned like the Crawleys knew them personally, Sir Anthony did) - The Hapburgs* (rulers of the Holy Roman Empire) - Maud Gonne (English-born Irish revolutionary) - Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (Irish revolutionary) - Constance Georgine Markievicz, Countess Markievicz (Irish revolutionary and politician) - Lady Sarah Wilson (née Churchill) (female war correspondent) - Gwendolen Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk  (real person and friend of Violet's) - Pope Benedict XV - Lillian Gish (actress) - Ivy Close (actress) - Alfred the Great* (9th century ruler of England) - Oscar Wilde* (author; he would have been somewhat contemporary, died in 1900) - Nathaniel Hawthorne* (author) - Charles Ponzi - Walter Scott* (author) - Charles Dickens* (author) - Virgina Woolf (author, one of the first actual historical figures in the show, was not actually mentioned though, just a background guest at Gregson's party) - Roger Fry (artist, one of the first actual historical figures in the show, was not actually mentioned though, just a background guest at Gregson's party) - Sir Garnet Wolseley* - Phyllis Dare (singer and actress) - Zena Dare (singer and actress, sister to Phyllis) - Maurice Vyner Baliol Brett (the second son of the 2nd Viscount Esher, Zena Dare's husband) - King Canute* (Cnut the Great, norse king) - Nellie Melba (opera singer, one of the few actual historical figures in the show) - Al Jolson (singer) - Christina Rossetti* (poet) - Marie Stopes (feminist doctor and author of Married Love) - George III* (ruler of England) - Lord Byron* - Arsène Avignon (chef at Ritz in London, actual historical figure in the show) - Louis Diat (chef at Ritz in New York) - Jules Gouffé* (famous chef) - King of Sweden (whoever it was when Violet's husband was alive) - Rudolph Valentino (actor) - Agnes Ayres (actress) - Lord Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington* (Lord Chancellor and abolitionist) - Albert B. Fall (US senator and Secretary of the Interior) - King Ludwig* (I’m assuming of Bavaria) - John Ward MP (liberal politician, actual historical figure in the show) - Admiral John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (Royal Navy, Blake and Tony served under him) - Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (bandleader at the Embassy Club, his band appears on-screen but it's not pointed out who he is) - The Prince of Wales (David, who became Edward VIII when King) - Freda Dudley Ward (socialite and mistress of the above) - The Queen of Naples* - Wat Tyler* (leader of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt in England) - Edmond Hoyle* (writer of card rules) - Ramsay MacDonald (Prime Minister Jan-Nov 1924) - Archimedes* - Boudicca* (Queen of the British Iceni tribe) - Rosa Luxemburg (Revolutionary) - Charles I* - Douglas Fairbanks (movie star) - Jack Hylton (English band leader) - Edward Molyneux (fashion designer; Cora has a fitting with him in S5E3) - The Brontë Sisters* (Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, all authors. Anne's work The Tenant of Wildfell Hall was the charade answer in S2CS.) - Leo Tolstoy* (author) - Nikolai Gogol* (author) - Elinor Glyn (author of romantic fiction) - Czar Alexander II - Prince Alfred (son of Queen Victoria) - Grand Duchess Maria (wife of Alfred, daughter of the czar) - Peter Carl Fabergé (Russian jeweller) - Ralph Kerr (officer in the Royal Navy; Mabel mentions a man by this name as a friend) - Keir Hardie (Scottish socialist, died in 1915) - The Moonella Group (formed a nudist colony in 1924 in Wickford, Essex) - John Singer Sargent (American painter, died in 1925) - Rudyard Kipling (author and poet - often quoted starting in S1, but first mentioned by name in S5) - Mary Augusta Ward (Mrs. Humphrey Ward - author; I'm not adding her to the character list, died in 1920) - Adolf Hitler - Pola Negri (film star) - John Barrymore (actor [Drew Barrymore's grandfather]) - King Richard the III (of England)* - Hannah Rothschild and Lord Rosebery (British socialites Violet knew; Hannah died in 1890) - General Reginald Dyer - Lytton Strachey (supposedly was at Gregson's party) - Niccolo Machiavelli* - Adrienne Bolland (aviatrix) - The Fife Princesses (as listed by Sir Michael Reresby) - Duke of Arygll (as listed by Sir Michael Reresby) - The Queen of Spain (as listed by Sir Michael Reresby) - Lady Eltham (Dorothy Isabel Westenra Hastings) - King John* - Neville Chamberlain (Minister of Health in 1925, later Prime Minister; appears on-screen in S6E5) - Anne de Vere Cole (Neville Chamberlain's wife. Fictitiously, she is Robert's father's goddaughter. Her father is mentioned has having served in the Crimean War with Robert's) - Horace de Vere Cole (Anne de Vere Cole's brother) - Joshua Reynolds* (painter) - George Romney* (painter) - Franz Xaver Winterhalter* (painter) - Sir Charles Barry* (real architect of Highclere, cited here as one as Downton Abbey) - Tsar Nicholas I* - Teo (or Tiaa)* - Amenhotep II* - Tuthmosis IV* - King Charles* - Clara Bow (actress) [To my knowledge, the Ripon election candidates in S1E6 were not real people, as were not always the case for military personnel Robert referred to.] Fictional Characters and Works Mentioned in Downton - Long John Silver (referenced by Thomas) - Andromeda, Perseus, Cepheus (Greek mythology) (referenced by Mary) - Sydney Carton (A Tale of Two Cities) (referenced by Robert) - Princess Aurora, and later Sleeping Beauty (the ballet I presume) (referenced by Robert) - Horatio (Hamlet; Thomas quotes a line in a deleted scene) - "Gunga Din" (poem by Kipling; quoted by Bates and later quoted by Isobel) - Little Women (referenced by Cora) - The Lost World - Elizabeth and her German Garden (book given to Anna by Molesley) - Wind in the Willows (referenced by Violet) - "If You Were the Only Girl in the World" (sung by Mary, Matthew and cast) - "The Cat That Walked By Itself" (short story by Kipling; quoted by Matthew) - Iphigenia (Greek mythology, may be referenced in The Iliad but I cannot confirm) - Uncle Tom Cobley ("Widecombe Fair") (referenced by Sybil) - Alice and the Looking Glass - "The Rose of Picardy" (only a few strains played, possibly the John McCormack version which was out in 1919) - Zip Goes a Million and "Look for the Silver Lining" (song played by Matthew) - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (title used in The Game) - Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Angel Clare (referenced by Mary) - Lochinvar (from Sir Walter Scott) (referenced by Martha) - "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" (played at Mary and Matthew's wedding) - "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" (sung by Martha and cast) - "Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron" (English folk song sung by Carson) - Way Down East (film) - The Worldings (film) - "Molly Malone" (Irish song) - The Scarlet Letter (referenced by Isobel) - Lady of the Rose (musical) - The Lady of Shalott (ballad) - The Puccini pieces from S4E3 - The jazz pieces from S4E4 sung by Jack Ross ("A Rose By Any Other Name") - The Sheik (film) - The jazz pieces from S4E6 sung by Jack Ross ("Wild About Harry") - "The Second Mrs Tanqueray" (play and films) (referenced by Edith) - "The Sword of Damocles" (Greek myth) - Dr. Fu Manchu - Mrs. Bennett (Pride and Prejudice) - A vague allusion to Wuthering Heights (talking about the Brontë sisters and moors) (referenced by Rose) - Vanity Fair and Becky Sharp (Molesley reads this with Daisy) - "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" (sung by Denker) - "The Fall of the House of Usher" (short story by Edgar Allen Poe) - Madame Defarge (A Tale of Two Cities) - Ariadne (Greek mythology) - "Cockles and Mussels" (Spratt sings a few bars in S6E5; this is also called "Molly Malone") - Elizabeth Bennett and Pemberley (Pride and Prejudice) (referenced by Violet) - Mr Squeers (Nicholas Nickleby) (referenced by Bertie) - The Prisoner of Zenda (adventure novel by Anthony Hope) (referenced by Tom) - "The course of true love never did run smooth" (quote from A Midsummer Night's Dream) Not included are proverbs or sayings (which Anna says a lot of), nor Biblical references. Do note that there's a lot of scenes with the characters reading, but we don't know exactly what.