Historical Fiction

Barnaby Rudge

Read by Debra Lynn


Charles Dickens


A wayside tavern where the local men drink and gossip; an unsolved, twenty year old murder at a nearby mansion; a very talkative black raven…

On the Eve

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Ivan Turgenev


On the Eve appeared in 1860, two years before Fathers and Sons, Turgenev's most famous novel. It is set in the prior decade (by the end of t…

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,…

Egri csillagok

Read by Diana Majlinger


Géza Gárdonyi


Az Egri csillagok mára már igazi klasszikussá vált Magyarországon. A történet a 16. szá…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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 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 World’s Story Volume II: India, Persia, Mesopotamia and Palestine

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


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…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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