Search Results

Nero

Read by Deon Gines


Jacob Abbott


Nero tells the life story of one of the most infamous of Roman Emperors. - Summary by Deon Gines

The Heart of Mid-Lothian

Read by Deon Gines


Sir Walter Scott


An historical novel set in Scotland in 1736, involving a riot and surrounding drama. - Summary by Deon Gines

Cyrus the Great

Read by Deon Gines


Jacob Abbott


This history is the story of Cyrus, the founder of the Persian Empire, sixth century BC. - Summary by Deon Gines

Xerxes, Makers of History

Read by Deon Gines


Jacob Abbott


This history covers the years of Xerxes' years as ruler of the Persian empire and invasion of Greece. - Summary by Deon Gines

The Surgeon's Daughter

Read by Deon Gines


Sir Walter Scott


The Surgeon's Daughter is an historical novel, originally part of the Chronicles of the Canongate stories, later published on its own, in 18…

Phineas Finn (Version 2)

Read by Deon Gines


Anthony Trollope


This novel tells the story of the lead character, Phineas Finn, including romances (with an eye to getting money) and British parliamentary …

Can You Forgive Her? (Version 2)

Read by Deon Gines


Anthony Trollope


Can You Forgive Her was published over 2 years in serial form. It follows the life story of three women involved with courtship and marriag…

Quentin Durward

Read by Deon Gines


Sir Walter Scott


Quentin Durward is a historical novel set in the mid-1400's. The main character is a Scottish archer serving French King Louis XI, another m…

Beau Brocade

Read by Deon Gines


Baroness Emma Orczy


Beau Brocade is a historical fiction set in England in the early 1700's. The hero Beau is a wanted highwayman, who takes from the rich to h…

Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft

Read by Deon Gines


Sir Walter Scott


A series of letters written by Scott on the history of witchcraft and other supernatural events in England and other locations. He documents…

The Pirate

Read by Deon Gines


Sir Walter Scott


The Pirate is set in the island of Shetland in the late 1600s, and is a historical novel based on the life of John Gow, Captain Cleveland in…

Pyrrhus

Read by Deon Gines


Jacob Abbott


This history concerns Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, BC 336-321. Pyrrhus was a world renowned soldier, leader, and conqueror of Macedon and Italy,…

Redgauntlet

Read by Deon Gines


Sir Walter Scott


Redgauntlet is an historical novel about a fictitious third Jacobite rebellion. It takes place mostly in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, in 1765. I…

Old Mortality

Read by Deon Gines


Sir Walter Scott


Old Mortality is part of the Waverley series by Walter Scott. Set in southwest Scotland in the late 1600s, during the period of the Covenant…

The Eustace Diamonds (Version 2)

Read by Deon Gines


Anthony Trollope


The Eustace Diamonds is the third in the Palliser Series first published in serial form and then as a novel in 1872. The story is set in Ir…

Phineas Redux (Version 2)

Read by Deon Gines


Anthony Trollope


Phineas Finn (hero from an earlier novel in this series) returns to London from Scotland and reenters the political scene. After some hurdl…

Peveril of the Peak

Read by Deon Gines


Sir Walter Scott


Peveril is one of Scott's Waverley novels series. It is a historical novel set in 1678 in England, and tells a story of the Popish Plot. P…

Leatherface: A Tale of Old Flanders

Read by Deon Gines


Baroness Emma Orczy


A romantic, political adventure story set in the late 1500's, during the Spanish rule over the Netherlands, in the city of Ghent. Leatherfac…

Anne of Geierstein, Volume 1

Read by Deon Gines


Sir Walter Scott


Anne of Geierstein, or The Maiden of the Mist (1829) is a novel by Sir Walter Scott. It is set in Central Europe, mainly in Switzerland, sho…

The Bronze Eagle: A Story of the Hundred Days

Read by Deon Gines


Baroness Emma Orczy


The Bronze Eagle is a romantic historical novel which takes place during the return of Napoleon and his attempt to reestablish his Empire. T…

1 2 3 4 5 6 >