History

From October to Brest-Litovsk

by Leon Trotsky Read by Rebecca Dittman 4.7
This account by Trotsky is of the events in Russia from the October Revolution of 1917 in Petrograd, to his signing of the Brest-Litovsk tre…

Celebrated Crimes

by Alexandre Dumas Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Dumas's 'Celebrated Crimes' was not written for children. The novelist has spared no language--has minced no words--to describe the violent …

The Recollections of Rifleman Harris

by Benjamin Randell Harris Read by gkeeling 4.7
The Recollections of Rifleman Harris offers a vivid firsthand account of a British infantryman’s experiences during the tumultuous Napoleoni…

The Journal of Lewis and Clarke

by Meriwether Lewis Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.7
"The expedition of Messrs. Lewis and Clarke, for exploring the river Missouri, and the best communication from that to the Pacific Ocea…

The Vikings

by Allen Mawer Read by Kevin Johnson 4.1
This is a concise history of the Vikings by Allen Mawer, MA, Professor of English Language and Literature in Armstrong College, University o…

The Child's Book of American Biography

by Mary Stoyell Stimpson Read by Laura Victoria 4.5
The Child's Book of American Biography introduces young listeners to the remarkable lives of influential figures in American history. Throug…

The South Pole

by Roald Amundsen Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
In contrast to Scott's South Pole expedition, Amundsen's expedition benefited from good equipment, appropriate clothing, and a fundamentally…

A Child's History of England

by Charles Dickens Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
A Child's History of England is Charles Dickens' engaging retelling of England's past, crafted specifically for younger readers. Spanning fr…

The Life of Alfred the Great

by Bishop Of Sherbourne Asser Read by R. S. Steinberg 4.2
The Life of Alfred the Great offers a fascinating glimpse into the life of one of England's most revered monarchs. Written by Bishop Asser, …

The I.W.W.

by Vincent St. John Read by P. J. Taylor 4.7
“We must inscribe on our banner the revolutionary watchword, ‘Abolition of the wage system’”The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), membe…

The Narrative of Sojourner Truth

by Olive Gilbert Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
The Narrative of Sojourner Truth is the gripping autobiographical account of Sojourner Truths life as a slave in pre-Civil War New York Stat…

Saints and Heroes to the End of the Middle Ages

by George Hodges Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Though these stories of the lives of twenty saints and heroes of the faith, we have an introduction to the history of the church from 3rd ce…

The History of the Peloponnesian War

by Thucydides Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.5
The History of the Peloponnesian War is an account of the Peloponnesian War in Ancient Greece, fought between the Peloponnesian League (led …

The Science - History of the Universe

by Francis Rolt-Wheeler Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The third volume is on physics written by George Matthew and on electricity wri…

The Jesuits in North America

by Francis Parkman, Jr. Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Parkman has been hailed as one of America's first great historians and as a master of narrative history. Numerous translations have spread t…

American History Stories

by Mara L. Pratt Read by Laura Caldwell 4.5
History is brought to life in the second volume of American History Stories by Mara L. Pratt. It is a wonderful introduction for children to…

Stoicism

by St. George William Joseph Stock Read by Leon Mire 4.5
This short book is part of the Philosophies Ancient and Modern series, which attempts to make Western philosophy more accessible to the gene…

Army Life in a Black Regiment

by Thomas Wentworth Higginson Read by FNH 4.6
These pages record some of the adventures of the First South Carolina Volunteers, the first slave regiment mustered into the service of the …

Elizabethan Demonology

by Thomas Alfred Spalding Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) 4.6
Elizabethan Demonology: An Essay in Illustration of the Belief in the Existence of Devils, and the Powers Possessed By Them, as It Was Gene…

Richard II

by Jacob Abbott Read by Cate Barratt 4.5
Richard II offers a detailed exploration of the life and reign of one of England's most enigmatic monarchs. Born in 1367 in Bordeaux, France…

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