Historical Fiction

Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy Read by MaryAnn 4.7
Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. In Book 8, Vr…

The Call Of The Canyon

by Zane Grey Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022) 4.5
Glenn Kilbourne returns from the war and travels to Arizona to regain his health. There he is nursed back to health by an Arizona girl, Flo …

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

by Mark Twain Read by John Greenman 4.7
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court transports readers from 19th-century America to the legendary realm of Camelot, where the clash …

The Black Arrow

by Robert Louis Stevenson Read by Mark F. Smith 4.7
In the unsettled years of England's War of the Roses, where a man stood on the issue of kingship could make his fortune... or end his life. …

Sir Gibbie

by George MacDonald Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
These are the adventures of Sir Gibbie through the Scotland moors. Not being able to read or speak, Gibbie survives on the streets without a…

The Pathfinder

by James Fenimore Cooper Read by Mark F. Smith 4.6
Natty Bumppo goes by many names: La Longue Carabine, Hawk Eye, Leatherstocking, and in this tale, The Pathfinder. Guide, scout, hunter, and …

The Cat of Bubastes

by G. A. Henty Read by David Leeson 4.7
G.A. Henty’s “tale of ancient Egypt” tells the story of Amuba, prince of the Rebu, who is taken captive when his people are conquered by the…

The Eyes Of The World

by Harold Bell Wright Read by Tom Weiss 4.7
The Eyes of the World was the Best Selling Book for 1914 according to Publisher's Weekly. The novel explores what Harold Bell Wright views a…

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…

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 Rainbow Trail

by Zane Grey Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022) 4.6
The Rainbow Trail is a sequel to The Riders of the Purple Sage. Both novels are notable for their protagonists' mild opposition to Mormon po…

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 Mystery Girl

by Carolyn Wells Read by Roger Melin 4.4
Was it murder or suicide? All entrances to the study where the body was found were locked from the inside. The future college president an…

The Custom of the Country

by Edith Wharton Read by Elizabeth Klett 4.6
Edith Wharton's 1913 novel is a devastating critique of American upward mobility, told through the journey of Undine Spragg from fictional M…

The People of the Black Circle

by Robert E. Howard Read by Mark Nelson 4.6
"The People of the Black Circle" is one of the original novellas about Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. H…

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…

Kitty Alone

by Sabine Baring-Gould Read by MaryAnn 4.6
Kate Quarm is a bright and sensitive girl. She lives with her aunt and uncle at Coombe Cellers, a farmhouse, eating house and store occupyi…

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…

Middlemarch

by George Eliot Read by Margaret Espaillat 4.7
Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life is a novel by George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Anne Evans, later Marian Evans. It is her seventh n…

Mr. Harrison's Confessions

by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Read by NoelBadrian 4.6
It is asserted that the inspiration for Elizabeth Gaskell's marvellous stories of Cranford was her childhood home of Knutsford, a small tow…

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