Historical Fiction

Eugénie Grandet

by Honoré de Balzac Read by Bruce Pirie 4.7
Eugénie Grandet, first published in 1833, is one of Honoré de Balzac's finest novels, and one of the first works in what would…

The Pawns Count

by E. Phillips Oppenheim Read by Tom Weiss 4.5
"I am for England and England only," John Lutchester, the Englishman, asserted."I am for Japan and Japan only," Nikasti,…

Under Drake's Flag

by G. A. Henty Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
An exciting tale set on the high seas, in a period ruled by exploration, with the ever-present dangers of nature and the weather, together w…

History of the Kings of Britain

by Geoffrey Of Monmouth Read by Paul Mazumdar 4.4
More medieval romance than history, Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae represents the oldest versions we have of many legends …

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…

Red Pottage

by Mary Cholmondeley Read by Simon Evers 4.5
The book follows a period in the lives of two friends, Rachel West and Hester Gresley. Rachel is a wealthy heiress who falls in love with th…

On the Irrawaddy

by G. A. Henty Read by Mike Harris 4.7
With the exception of the terrible retreat from Afghanistan, none of England's many little wars have been so fatal--in proportion to the num…

The Crimson Circle

by Edgar Wallace Read by Anna Simon 4.7
The Crimson Circle gang spreads fear by extortion and murder. Its members range from rich, powerful bankers to petty criminals, and none of …

Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit

by Charles Dickens Read by Peter John Keeble 4.4
Martin Chuzzlewit was Dickens 6th novel, serially published in 1843 - 44. Irrespective of the fact that Dickens considered - "Chuzzlewi…

The Silver Bullet

by Fergus Hume Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022) 4.4
Dr. Jim Herrick and his friend Robin are on a walking tour in the English countryside when they come across a large house where all the ligh…

Twelve Years in the Saddle

by W. John L. Sullivan Read by Will the Ninja 4.6
Sergeant Sullivan tells the story of his life as a Texas Ranger for 12 incredible years in the late 1800s. (Summary by Will Nuessle)

Links in Rebecca's Life

by Pansy Read by BookAngel7 4.5
Links in Rebecca's Life follows the journey of Rebecca Harlowe, a young woman dedicated to living out the teachings of Christ in her everyda…

Call of the Herald

by Brian Rathbone Read by Brian Rathbone 4.3
A World of Godsland novel. Echoes of the ancients' power are distant memories, tattered and faded by the passage of eons, but that is about …

A Texas Cowboy

by Charles A. Siringo Read by David Wales 4.4
Charles A. Siringo was an American lawman, detective, and agent for the Pinkerton National Detective Agency during the late 19th century and…

The Atrocities of the Pirates

by Aaron Smith Read by James K. White 4.3
In 1822, Aaron Smith, a young English seaman, was taken captive by Cuban pirates when his ship was boarded en route from Jamaica to England.…

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…

Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus

by Mary Shelley Read by Thomas A. Copeland 4.7
A mentally unstable genius, Victor Frankenstein, inspired by the dreams of ancient alchemists and empowered by modern science, creates a hum…

The Last Of The Mohicans

by James Fenimore Cooper Read by Gary W. Sherwin 4.1
The Last of the Mohicans is an epic novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1826. It was one of the most popular English-…

The Sun Also Rises

by Ernest Hemingway Read by KevinS 4.1
The Sun Also Rises (1926) was Hemingway's first novel to be published, though there is his novella The Torrents of Spring which was publishe…

The Doings of Raffles Haw

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by Patrick Wells 4.4
The people of the small town of Tamfield are not used to exciting things happening. When millionaire Raffles Haw moves to town, rumors sprea…

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