Historical Fiction

The Outlaw of Torn

by Edgar Rice Burroughs Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
The story is set in 13th century England and concerns the fictitious outlaw Norman of Torn, who purportedly harried the country during the p…

The Dust Flower

by Basil King Read by Simon Evers 4.7
Rashleigh Allerton, a wealthy New Yorker, quarrels with his well-to-do fiancée Barbara and impetuously says that he will marry instea…

The Mysterious Rider

by Zane Grey Read by Mary Bard 4.7
This book has all the elements of a classic Western, including rustling and gunfights, but at its heart is the battle between good and evil,…

Miss Frances Baird, Detective

by Reginald Wright Kauffman Read by J. M. Smallheer 4.4
Frances Baird is a detective with the Watkins Agency of New York City. She and a colleague are sent undercover to "The Maples" to…

The Mystery of the Hidden Room

by Christopher Harvey and Marion Harvey Read by Roger Melin 4.5
A classic mystery/detective story in the Sherlock Holmes tradition, the hidden room suggested by the title of this book does not remain a my…

The Children of the New Forest

by Frederick Marryat Read by Nick Whitley 4.6
The Children of the New Forest is a children's novel published in 1847 by Frederick Marryat. It is set in the time of the English Civil War …

A Prairie-Schooner Princess

by Mary Katherine Maule Read by Sharon Kilmer 4.7
The story of a Quaker family's journey from Ohio to Nebraska beginning in 1856. They encounter a mystery which leaves them an orphan girl wh…

The Holladay Case

by Burton Egbert Stevenson Read by Cate Barratt 4.5
Stevenson's introduction of the protagonist Lester (law clerk with New York firm Graham & Royce) finds him occupying a front row seat in…

The Enchanted April

by Elizabeth Von Arnim Read by Helen Taylor 4.8
Four very different women, with very different reasons for wanting to escape a cold and dreary London, come together to share a month's holi…

Ravensdene Court

by J. S. Fletcher Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) 4.5
Leonard Middlebrook, a young attorney with, among other things, a bibliographical interest, accepts an invitation to lonely Ravensdene Court…

Miranda

by Grace Livingston Hill Read by TriciaG 4.5
The third book in the Marcia Schuyler/Miranda trilogy, this story focuses on the irrepressible Miranda Griscom. She has repeatedly rejected …

Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy Read by Phil Griffiths 4.5
Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfol…

Scarhaven Keep

by J. S. Fletcher Read by Cate Barratt 4.5
Set against the rugged beauty of the northern English sea coast, Scarhaven Keep weaves a tale of mystery and intrigue. When a sudden disappe…

A Silent Witness

by R. Austin Freeman Read by Anna Simon 4.6
In this detective novel, the young doctor Humphrey Jardine stumbles upon a corpse during a walk near Hampstead Heath in the middle of the ni…

Cross Currents

by Eleanor H. Porter Read by Chiquito Crasto 4.8
Cross Currents: The Story of Margaret, to give it its full title, is delightful story about a little girl’s resilience and a mother’s unwave…

The Gloved Hand

by Burton Egbert Stevenson Read by Don W. Jenkins 4.5
Mr. Lester, a private investigator, and his friend Godfrey are caught up in a strange case that takes them to a large estate in the country …

Anthony Trent, Master Criminal

by Wyndham Martyn Read by Anna Simon 4.8
In 1918, Anthony Trent, a well-educated young man in his late twenties, lives an unsatisfactory life in a New York boarding house. He writes…

He Fell in Love with His Wife

by Edward P. Roe Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
James desperately needs someone to help him keep his farm going, but has failure after colossal failure finding a good housekeeper. Alida ma…

The Borough Treasurer

by J. S. Fletcher Read by MaryAnn 4.6
Messrs. Mallalieu and Cotherstone were outsiders who had built a prosperous business in Highmarket and even been elected as Mayor and Treasu…

The Benefactress

by Elizabeth Von Arnim Read by Helen Taylor 4.4
Anna Estcourt, twenty-five and beautiful, is the penniless ward of her distant brother and his exasperating wife. Turning down all offers of…

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