Historical Fiction
Simon Called Peter
Read by Simon Evers
Robert Keable
Peter, a conventional Anglican priest, becomes a padre in northern France during the First World War. He is posted to a hospital on the coas…
The Garies and their Friends
Read by Jim Locke
Frank Webb
The book which now appears before the public may be of interest in relation to a question which the late agitation of the subject of slavery…
Short Stories in Prose and Verse
Read by Chris Greaves
Henry Lawson
Short Stories in Prose and Verse” is Henry Lawson’s first published book (1894); his first published poem appeared in 1887. The volume is a …
In the Days of Queen Elizabeth
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Eva March Tappan
Of all the sovereigns who have worn the crown of England, Queen Elizabeth is the most puzzling, the most fascinating, the most blindly prais…
John MacNab
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John Buchan
Sir Edward Leithen and his friends Lord Lamancha, Palliser-Yeates, and Archie Roylance are bored of life. After Leithen's doctor recommends …
The Quaker City
Read by Mark Nelson
George Lippard
The Quaker City, or The Monks of Monk Hall was originally published in 1845, and is considered the first muckraking novel. It is a lurid and…
The Spanish Brothers (Dramatic Reading)
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Deborah Alcock
Juan and Carlos Meñaya have longed to find their father ever since they were little. Their dream starts to get lost, though, as they …
The History of David Grieve
Read by Simon Evers
Mary Augusta Ward
The book follows the life and times of David Grieve, from his childhood on a remote farm in the Peak District to Manchester, Paris and back …
The Broad Highway (Version 2)
Read by Simon Evers
John Jeffery Farnol
Peter Vibart is expected to inherit the fortune and title of his uncle but will only inherit if he marries Lady Sophia, the toast of the tow…
The Lion's Brood
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Duffield Osborne
"Centuries come and go; but the plot of the drama is unchanged, and the same characters play the same parts. Only the actors cast for t…
The Great Gatsby (Version 5 Dramatic Reading)
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a haunting portrait of ambition, love, and illusion in 1920s America. Narrated by Nick Carraway, …
The White Conquerors: A Tale of Toltec and Aztec
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Kirk Munroe
This historical romance is a telling of the fall of the Aztec Empire. The epic begins on the eve of the dedication ceremony of the monumenta…
For The Freedom Of The Seas
Read by Howard Skyman
Ralph Henry Barbour
It is the dawning of World War One and Nelson Troy is young and enthusiastic. Although America is not yet involved in the war effort he drea…
Condemned as a Nihilist: A Story of Escape from Siberia
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G. A. Henty
Godfrey Bullen, the son of an English trader, is sent by his father to Russia to work in their firm in St. Petersburg. He unknowingly gets c…
The House on the Scar
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Bertha Thomas
A superior Victorian Romance. Full from bow to stern with secret romance, jealousies and confrontations of culture and cultures. This autho…
Petticoat Government, Volume 2
Read by Mark Leder
Frances Milton Trollope
The further adventures of young Judith Maitland in the clerical close of Westhampton. - Summary by Mark Leder
The Lady of Blossholme
Read by LuellaMargaret
H. Rider Haggard
The Lady of Blossholme is an exciting tale, set in 16th Century England, and featuring such historical figures as Cromwell and King Henry VI…
Barnaby Rudge, A Tale of the Riots of Eighty (version 4)
Read by Mark Leder
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens' fifth published novel is set in the village of Cligwell. Romances are thwarted. A ghost is spotted. A raven speaks. A m…
The Mysterious Aviator (aka So Disdained)
Read by Atul Sharma
Nevil Shute
Nevil Shute was the nom-de-plume of the Anglo-Australian aeronautical engineer and writer, best known for works like “On the Beach” and “A T…
Yellow Butterflies
Read by Lee Smalley
Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
The title of this historical fiction could as well have been "A Soldier’s Mother" or “An Unknown Soldier”. There are indeed butter…