History

A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times

by François Pierre Guillaume Guizot Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times offers a sweeping narrative of France's rich and complex past, crafted by the esteemed h…

The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate

by Eliza P. Donner Houghton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The Donner Party was a group of California-bound American settlers caught up in the "westering fever" of the 1840s. After becoming…

History of the Civil War

by James Ford Rhodes Read by Celine Major 4.5
Superbly written, this overview of the Civil War, won a Pulitzer Prize in History in 1918. Rhodes covers not only the battles and the gener…

The History of Prostitution

by William Sanger Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.6
Common sense asks for a full investigation of all the evils attending prostitution. In the every-day affairs of life, any man who feels the …

Japanese Girls and Women

by Alice Bacon Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
A clear and delightful peek into the world of Japanese girls and women of the late 1800s: their childhood, education, marriage and intimate …

Condition of the Working-Class in England

by Friedrich Engels Read by Cate Barratt 4.2
This is Engels' first book (since considered a classic account of England's working class in the industrial age), which argues that workers …

Priest on Horseback-Father Farmer

by Eva K. Betz Read by Maria Therese 4.9
A historical novel for children, which tells the story of several months in the life of the then famous Father Farmer, as he traveled a Mass…

An Account of Egypt

by Herodotus Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
HERODOTUS was born at Halicarnassus, on the southwest coast of Asia Minor, in the early part of the fifth century, B. C. Of his life we know…

The Life of Charlemagne

by Einhard Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Einhard was employed by Charlemagne as a court historian. At the request of Charlemagne's son and successor Louis the Pious, he wrote a biog…

The Analects of Confucius

by Confucius 孔子 Read by Jing Li 4.5
The Analects, or Lunyu, also known as the Analects of Confucius, are considered a record of the words and acts of the central Chinese thinke…

History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688

by David Hume Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
David Hume is one of the great philosophers of the Western intellectual tradition. His philosophical writings earned him lasting fame and re…

The Life Of Charlotte Brontë

by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
The Life of Charlotte Brontë offers an intimate glimpse into the life of one of literature's most revered figures. Written by her close…

Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

by Charles Mackay Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
The book chronicles and vilifies its targets in three parts: "National Delusions", "Peculiar Follies", and "Philoso…

Minor Works of Josephus

by Flavius Josephus Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
There are 3 parts to this collection.(1) Against Apion is a two-volume defence of Judaism as classical religion and philosophy, stressing it…

Bible Defence of Slavery

by Josiah Priest Read by JoeD 4.3
The full title of this book is Bible Defense of Slavery; and Origin, Fortunes, and History of the Negro Race, by Rev. Josiah Priest, A. M. 5…

From the Foundation of the City

by Titus Livius Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Ab urbe condita, is a monumental history of ancient Rome written in the Latin language by Titus Livius(Livy), an ancient Roman historian. Th…

Alexander Hamilton

by Charles A. Conant Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Alexander Hamilton was a significant figure in the political and economic development of the early United States. He served in the American …

Noted Speeches of Abraham Lincoln

by Abraham Lincoln Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
A few of Lincoln's most famous speeches and the Lincoln-Douglas debate make for historic reading. (summary by David O)

Richard II

by William Shakespeare Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Richard II is a historical tragedy by William Shakespeare that delves into the complexities of power, kingship, and the nature of authority.…

The History of Standard Oil

by Ida M. Tarbell Read by Tom Weiss 4.9
The History of the Standard Oil Company is a book written by journalist Ida Tarbell in 1904. It was an exposé of the Standard Oil Com…

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