Historical Fiction
Phineas Redux (Version 2)
Read by Deon Gines
Anthony Trollope
Phineas Finn (hero from an earlier novel in this series) returns to London from Scotland and reenters the political scene. After some hurdl…
Max Havelaar; or, the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
Read by John Greenman
Multatuli
Called "the Book that Killed Colonialism", Max Havelaar is an indictment of the Dutch colonial policies of the 1850s that were des…
Through Swamp and Glade: A Tale of the Seminole War
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Kirk Munroe
The principal incidents in the story of Coacoochee, as related in the following pages, are historically true. The Seminole War, the most pro…
Bellarion the Fortunate: a romance
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Rafael Sabatini
This novel, in three parts, follows the adventures of a young man, Bellarion, after he leaves the safety of the monastery that had nurtured …
You Wobbly Wink-Eyed Little Wop
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J. Clarence Edwards
To My BuddiesOf the U. S. Army—some three million in number; Of the 90th Division more specifically, and Particularly to the 315th Engineers…
Abbe Mouret's Transgression, Book Five of Rougon-Macquart Cycle
Read by Mark Leder
Émile Zola
This, the fifth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart Cycle, serves effectively as a sequel to "The Conquest of Plassans". Serge Mouret…
100%: The Story of a Patriot (Version 2)
Read by Anthony St. Pierre
Upton Sinclair
"100%: The Story of a Patriot" dramatically recounts the adventures of a poor uneducated young man who lives by his wits and guile…
The Sense of the Past
Read by Mark Leder
Henry James
Ralph Pendrel of New York City is bequested an 18th century house in London. He travels back in time and meets an ancestor of the same name…
Cup of Gold: A Life of Henry Morgan, Buccaneer (Version 2)
Read by John Greenman
John Steinbeck
Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History (1929) is John Steinbeck's first novel, a work of h…
Dr. Adriaan
Read by Phil Benson
Louis Couperus
The fourth and final book in Louis Couperus' Books of the Small Souls quartet. Ten years have passed since the conclusion of The Twilight of…
Ginx's Baby: His Birth and Other Misfortunes
Read by Lisa Reichert
Edward Jenkins
In the second half of the 19th century, London was becoming a wealthy, industrialized city. It attracted many working class people from near…
Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon
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Dhan Gopal Mukerji
First published in 1927, Mukerji's charming historical fiction novel was designated a Newbery Honor book in 1928. It follows the north-India…
St Martin's Summer
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Rafael Sabatini
This rollicking story set in 17th-Century France centres on the young heiress, Valerie de la Vauvraye, and the crisis surrounding her marria…
The Perfect Tribute
Read by Lee Smalley
Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
Part 1 of this brief historical fiction is a recounting of the day before and the day of Lincoln's delivery of The Gettysburg Address. Part …
Historical Romance of the American Negro
Read by Jim Locke
Charles H. Fowler
It was not long before the fame of the colored soldiers of America was wafted over the whole world and everywhere received by all lovers of …
Tom Clark and His Wife, the Rosicrucian's Story
Read by KirksVoice
P. B. Randolph
One day, during the progress of a long and interesting conversation on the nature of that mysterious thing called the human soul, and in whi…
The Second Chance
Read by Atul Sharma
Nellie McClung and Nellie Mcclung
Nellie L. McClung (1873-1951) is a Canadian icon - a feminist, social activist, author, and political leader. When she was a child, she move…
His Excellency Eugene Rougon, Book Six of Rougon-Macquart Cycle
Read by Mark Leder
Émile Zola
Here, in Zola's sixth novel in the Rougon-Macquart series, we get to know Pierre and Felicite's eldest son, Eugene. He's the son that made …
The English Orphans; Or, A Home in the New World
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Mary Jane Holmes
After Mary Howard and her sisters are left without parents in America, they are put up for adoption. Mary's pretty sister, Ella was adopted …
The Beecher Beached
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John B. Tabb
Father John Banister Tabb was an American poet, Roman Catholic priest, and professor of English. Father Tabb (as he was commonly known) was …