Historical Fiction

Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfol…

The Great Shadow

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by Jacquerie 4.5
Set in an English-Scottish border village during the waning days of the Napoleonic era, this adventure story introduces us to Jock Calder, w…

The Laughing Cavalier

by Baroness Emma Orczy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
The enigmatic smile of The Laughing Cavalier of Franz Hals' famous painting invites you to wonder just what mischievousness hides behind tha…

The Prairie

by James Fenimore Cooper Read by William Peck 4.6
The story opens with Ishmael, his family, Ellen and Abiram slowly making their way across the virgin prairies of the Midwest looking for a h…

War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy Read by Mark Nelson 4.9
Leo Tolstoy’s epic historical novel chronicling the Napoleonic war in Russia. Considered one of the greatest works of literature of all time…

The Glory of Clementina Wing

by William John Locke Read by Simon Evers 4.7
The book follows the adventures of two main characters - Clementina Wing, a talented artist in her mid 30's with no social graces and Ephrai…

In the Midst of Life

by Ambrose Bierce Read by David Wales 4.6
These stories detail the lives of soldiers and civilians during the American Civil War. This is the 1909 edition. The 1909 edition omits six…

Castle Richmond

by Anthony Trollope Read by Simon Evers 4.5
Set against the background of the Irish famine in the 1840’s, the novel tells of the tangled relationships between Clara Desmond, Herbert Fi…

Shoes and Stockings

by Louisa May Alcott Read by Carolyn Frances 4.5
Shoes and Stockings is a captivating collection of short stories by Louisa May Alcott, exploring the intricate dance between societal expect…

Orlando

by Virginia Woolf 4.6
A fictional biography following the adventures of Orlando: initially a gentleman, later a lady — always a poet — who romps through British h…

The Empty Sack

by Basil King Read by Simon Evers 4.6
The book follows the fortunes of Jennie Follett, a New York artist’s model, and Teddy, her brother. After their father’s dismissal from his …

War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
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…

Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy Read by MaryAnn 4.7
Two love stories are set against the backdrop of high society in Tsarist Russia. Anna awakes from a loveless marriage to find herself drawn …

A Journal of the Plague Year

by Daniel Defoe Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) 4.6
The novel is a fictionalized account of one man's experiences of the year 1665, in which the Great Plague struck the city of London. The boo…

Notwithstanding

by Mary Cholmondeley Read by Simon Evers 4.7
The book starts with Annette Georges choosing between two fates: suicide and running away with a disreputable stranger. She is rescued by a …

The Mill on the Floss

by George Eliot Read by Tom Denholm 4.8
The Mill on the Floss is George Eliot’s second novel, and was published in 1860, only a year after her first, Adam Bede. It centres on the l…

St. Bartholomew's Eve

by G. A. Henty Read by Anna Christensen 4.8
Set in the days of the religious wars of Europe, St. Bartholomew's Eve is the tale of the Huguenot's desperate fight for freedom of worship …

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…

Heart of the Ronin

by Travis Heermann Read by Travis Heermann 4.6
Thirteenth-century Japan is a dangerous place, even in a time of peace. Capricious gods, shape-changing animals, and bloodthirsty demons ar…

The Secret Battle

by A.P. Herbert and A. P. Herbert Read by Roger Melin 4.7
Like many soldiers at the beginning of their military careers, Harry Penrose has romantic ideas of climbing the ranks and attaining hero sta…

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