Historical Fiction
Diana Tempest
Read by Simon Evers
Mary Cholmondeley
Colonel Tempest, his wastrel son Archie and beautiful daughter Diana (Di) are dismayed when they are cut out of the will of old Mr Tempest, …
Notwithstanding
Read by Simon Evers
Mary Cholmondeley
The book starts with Annette Georges choosing between two fates: suicide and running away with a disreputable stranger. She is rescued by a …
The Hall in the Grove
Read by TriciaG
Pansy
Fearing that her son, Robert, will grow too intellectual to relate to his parents, Mrs. Fenton starts a "Chautauqua Literary & Scie…
A Horse's Tale
Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012)
Mark Twain
Soldier Boy is the top steed at Fort Paxton. He is Buffalo Bill’s favorite horse and has led a life of glory and honor. One day General Alis…
The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 1: The Three Musketeers (version 3)
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
The d'Artagnan Romances are six volumes that intertwine exciting events (real and fictionalized) from 17th-century Europe and the life of th…
Egri csillagok
Read by Diana Majlinger
Géza Gárdonyi
Az Egri csillagok mára már igazi klasszikussá vált Magyarországon. A történet a 16. szá…
Waverley, Volume 2
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Sir Walter Scott
Waverley is set during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, which sought to restore the Stuart dynasty in the person of Charles Edward Stuart (or…
Los Miserables: Tomo V
Read by Mongope
Victor Hugo
Juan Valjean rescata a Mario gravemente herido y lo lleva a casa de su abuelo. Le perdona la vida a Javert, quien le confiesa que lo ha esta…
To Have And To Hold
Read by Tom Weiss
Mary Johnston
When I first started reading this book, I thought it to be a historical romance novel. As I read further, I pondered whether it might be a s…
The Amber Treasure
Read by Richard Denning
Richard Denning
Cerdic is the nephew of a great warrior who died a hero of the Anglo-Saxon country of Deira.
Growing up in a quiet village, he dreams of the…
The Thread of Flame
Read by Simon Evers
Basil King
Edward wakes up on board a ship crossing the Atlantic, on his return from the Great War – however, he finds that his memory of who he is and…
The World’s Story Volume II: India, Persia, Mesopotamia and Palestine
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Eva March Tappan
This is the second volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March T…
Short Stories (Version 2)
Read by John Van Stan
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
This is a collection of short stories written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Dostoevsky), who is arguably better-known for his lengthy, contemplativ…
Der Pascha von Buda
Read by Ramona Deininger-Schnabel
Heinrich Zschokke
Eine Freundschaft zwischen zwei jungen Männern ungleicher Herkunft und Chancen, die sich durch alle Unbilden der Zeit und des Schicksal…
The Caves of Fear
Read by Bellona Times
Harold L. Goodwin
Entry in the Rick Brant series by Goodwin under the name John Blaine, which began in 1947. 'Rick and Scotty travel to the Himalayas again, …
The Clansman, An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan
Read by Michele Fry
Thomas Dixon, Jr.
The second book in a trilogy of the Reconstruction era - The Leopard's Spots (1902), The Clansman (1905), and The Traitor (1907), this novel…
A Vital Question, or, What is to be Done?
Read by Expatriate
Nikolai Chernyshevsky
Despised by Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy, What Is To Be Done? is a fascinating, sympathetic story of idealistic revolutionaries in mid-nineteenth…
Mr. Prohack
Read by Simon Evers
Arnold Bennett
Mr Prohack, an ordinary official in the Treasury and leading a hum-drum life, suddenly and unexpectedly inherits a large sum of money which,…
The Metropolis
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
Upton Sinclair
In this 1907 novel about the extravagant life of New York City’s high society, the author of The Jungle, presents a portrait of the wealthy …
The Man with the Clubfoot
Read by Mark Nelson
Valentine Williams
"The Man with the Clubfoot" is one of the most ingenious and sinister secret agents in Europe. It is to him that the task is assig…