What would be a good book for a 8th grade historical fiction book report?

Asher: What would be a good book for a 8th grade historical fiction book report?
I am doing an 8th grade historical fiction book report with the following guidelines:

-Must be European historical fiction (setting)
-Set or written before 1900

Please give me book suggestions! I would like a book between 200 and 600 pages. I have some trouble with prose written in shakespearean (for lack of a better word) English, so please none like that.

Thank you so much!

Answers and Views:

Answer by Jude
I always liked The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope. It’s an easy and short read, involves fairies, and is set in Tudor England. While it’s not as historical as you’d probably want, I’m sure you could do something with it.

Answer by dansmith1234
“Shield of Three Lions” by Pamela Kaufman

“Ivanhoe” by Sir Walter Scott

“the Sword in the Stone” By TH white

“count of Monte Cristo” by Alexandre Dumas

Answer by cometkatt
The Time Machine by H G Wells

books by Jules Verne
Journey to the center of the Earth
Around the World in Eighty Days

To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Arthur & George by Julian Barnes
The Face of a Stranger (William Monk Novels) by Anne Perry
Silent In The Grave by Deanna Raybourn

Archelaus Hosken’s Dilemma – A Cornish Historical Comedy by F J Warren