Historical Fiction

Tales Of The Trail

by Henry Inman Read by David Wales 4.5
This 1898 collection of thirteen previously published articles exhibits the acute perception of one of the most popular writers of the late …

The Eustace Diamonds

by Anthony Trollope Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Lizzie Greystock, a fortune-hunter who ensnares the sickly, dissipated Sir Florian Eustace, is soon left a very wealthy widow and mother. Wh…

The Fifth Queen

by Ford Madox Ford Read by Elizabeth Klett 4.3
The Fifth Queen invites listeners into the tumultuous world of Tudor England, where ambition and desire intertwine in the court of King Henr…

The Man in the Iron Mask

by Alexandre Dumas Read by John Van Stan 4.8
Volume 3 of The d'Artagnan Romances is divided into three parts. In this, the final part, d’Artagnan’s fortune is near its height; having be…

The Astonishing History of Troy Town

by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch Read by Simon Evers 4.7
A humorous story about some of the extraordinary inhabitants of a British seaside town. - Summary by Simon Evers

The Mountebank

by William John Locke Read by Simon Evers 4.8
Andrew Lackaday, an English orphan, was born and brought up in a French circus. He becomes a highly skilled mimic and juggler. He plies his …

The Possessed

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Read by Expatriate 4.5
Although titled The Possessed in the initial English translation, Dostoyevsky scholars and later translations favour the titles The Devils o…

War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir") is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy,…

The Lion's Skin

by Rafael Sabatini Read by Carol Pelster 4.6
Justin Caryll was an unwilling hero: an unwilling plotter of revenge, an unwilling spy and an unwilling pursuer of the woman he loves. Justi…

Dash for Khartoum

by G. A. Henty Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
When a nursemaid mixes up her baby boy and the baby of the family she works for, the family decides to keep both. Years later, the nursemaid…

A Lady of Quality

by Frances Hodgson Burnett Read by Linda Andrus 4.1
A Lady of Quality transports listeners to late 17th-century England, where the life of a spirited woman unfolds against a backdrop of societ…

The Marie Antoinette Romances

by Alexandre Dumas Read by John Van Stan 4.7
This is the first volume of Dumas' Marie Antoinette Romances (also called "The Memoirs of a Physician"). This historical fiction c…

The Three Musketeers

by Alexandre Dumas Read by John Van Stan 4.7
The d'Artagnan Romances are six volumes that intertwine exciting events (real and fictionalized) from 17th-century Europe and the life of th…

The Bridal Wreath

by Sigrid Undset Read by Carol Pelster 4.9
“The Bridal Wreath” is the first part of the Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy, for which author Sigrid Undset won the Nobel Prize in literature…

War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy Read by MaryAnn 4.6
”War and Peace” is a panoramic novel: It is its own justification, and perhaps needs no introduction. It always reminds the translator of a …

The Star of Gettysburg

by Joseph A. Altsheler Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The Army of Northern Virginia, still victorious after three hard years of fighting, capitalize on their victories at Fredericksburg and Chan…

War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir") is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy,…

The Daughter of the Commandant

by Alexander Pushkin Read by Kevin W. Davidson 4.6
"The Daughter of the Commandant" (better known as "The Captain's Daughter") is a historical novel by the Russian writer …

Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
In Part 2, Kitty’s health deteriorates from regret and heartbreak, while Levin retreats to his country estate. Anna and Vronsky continue to …

War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir”) is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy, firs…

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