Historical Fiction
The Rover
Read by Peter Dann
Joseph Conrad
Possessed "of a passion weary of itself", elderly ex-privateer Peyrol is driven by "a sudden impulse of scorn, of magnanimity…
Lord Montagu's Page
Read by Lynne T
George Payne Rainsford James
A young man is crossing the English Channel bound for France. It is obviously not his first such trip, but who is he and what is his errand?…
El Visitador
Read by mpinedag
José Milla Y Vidaurre
Novela histórica situada en el Reino de Guatemala a inicios del siglo XVI. En ella se conjuntan intrigas palaciegas, pasiones y venga…
The Rush for the Spoil
Read by Mark Leder
Émile Zola
Book Two of Zola's 20-volume Rougon-Macquart Cycle. "The Rush for the Spoil" ("La Curee") concerns Aristide Siccard (on…
From the Life of a Good-For-Nothing
Read by Christoph Stangenberg
Joseph Von Eichendorff
The main character leaves his parental home to earn his own livelihood. During his journey, he falls in love with Aurelie but believes she i…
The Vengence of the Gods
Read by James K. White
William Pickens
Although slavery was abolished in the United States with the ratification of the 13th Amendment on December 6, 1865, its cancerous tendrils …
Pan Michael
Read by David Granville Young
Henryk Sienkiewicz
This is the third part of the Sienkiewicz trilogy. It is loosely based on the politics of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.It is better kn…
Moonraker
Read by Anne Erickson
F. Tennyson Jesse
Young Jackie runs away to sea and before long his ship is captured by pirates. Now sailing with the Moonraker and its captain, Jacky reaches…
De Ellendigen - Jean Valjean
Read by Marcel Coenders
Victor Hugo
Ellendigen is een vertaling van Les Miserables, een sociale roman, met een sterke moraal. Hugo neemt het in zijn werk op voor de paria’s in …
Het Leven van Maurits Lijnslager
Read by Marcel Coenders
Adriaan Loosjes Pzn.
Een roman over dé ideale 'Nederlandse man' uit de 17de eeuw. Het boek is geschreven in de 19de eeuw als 'verzet' tegen de Franse over…
The Cloister and the Hearth
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Charles Reade
Set in the 15th century, the Cloister and the Hearth is a story Gerald Eliassoen, a young scribe and illuminator, who travels through seven …
Tattlings of a Retired Politician
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Forrest Crissey
"The letters (non-partisan) of Hon. William Bradley, Ex-Governor and former veteran of practical politics, written to his friend and pr…
The Forged Note
Read by Jim Locke
Oscar Micheaux
This novel investigates the black urban community of the early twentieth century, highlighting the base degradation and violence there. But …