Historical Fiction

Northanger Abbey

by Jane Austen Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Northanger Abbey follows seventeen-year-old Gothic novel aficionado Catherine Morland and family friends Mr. and Mrs. Allen as they visit Ba…

Völsungasaga

by William Morris and William James McGlothlin Read by Corpang 4.6
The 13th century Icelandic Völsungasaga is usually read by people studying the Poetic Edda or Wagner's Ring - which obscures the fact i…

War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir") is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy,…

The Crystal Stopper

by Maurice Leblanc Read by Cate Barratt 4.7
During a burglary at the home of Deputy Daubrecq a crime is committed, and two accomplices of Arsène Lupin are arrested by the police…

The Mystery of the Ravenspurs

by Fred M. White Read by Roger Melin 4.2
The Ravenspurs have for generations resided quietly in prosperity and comfort at their seaside castle. But the clan is suddenly besieged wit…

Oblomov

by Ivan Goncharov Read by Kevin W. Davidson 4.7
Oblomov is the best known novel by Russian writer Ivan Goncharov, first published in 1859. Oblomov is also the central character of the nove…

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

by Charles Dickens Read by Peter John Keeble 4.8
Nicholas Nickleby was Dickens's third novel following on from Pickwick Papers and Oliver twist. It has a cast of wonderful characters that i…

Colonel Quaritch, V.C.

by H. Rider Haggard Read by Esther 4.7
This is not your typical H. Rider Haggard adventure book yet it is full of mystery and intrigue including a coerced marriage, bigotry, adult…

Dragon Ore

by Brian Rathbone Read by Brian Rathbone 4.7
A World of Godsland novel. Clinging to life, Catrin Volker struggles to regain her strength as her foes go in search of even greater power. …

The Yukon Trail

by William Macleod Raine Read by Delmar H Dolbier 4.5
The Yukon Trail invites listeners into the rugged wilderness of the North, where adventure and survival intertwine. Set against the backdrop…

The Curse of Carne's Hold

by G. A. Henty Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
When Ronald Mervyn from Devonshire is falsely accused of murder he emigrates to South Africa. He takes part in the Kaffir war and during thi…

The Pawns Count

by E. Phillips Oppenheim Read by Tom Weiss 4.4
"I am for England and England only," John Lutchester, the Englishman, asserted."I am for Japan and Japan only," Nikasti,…

The Red Badge of Courage

by Stephen Crane Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
This is a short novel published in 1895 and based vaguely on the battle of Chancellorsville of the American Civil War. Unlike other works on…

The Sun Also Rises

by Ernest Hemingway Read by KevinS 4.1
The Sun Also Rises (1926) was Hemingway's first novel to be published, though there is his novella The Torrents of Spring which was publishe…

Under Drake's Flag

by G. A. Henty Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
An exciting tale set on the high seas, in a period ruled by exploration, with the ever-present dangers of nature and the weather, together w…

The Sign of the Broken Sword

by G. K. Chesterton Read by Phil Chenevert 4.5
In the freezing English countryside, Father Brown leads Flambeau to the many monuments and shrines of the great General St. Claire. "S…

A Study In Scarlet

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by Bob Neufeld 4.8
A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, introducing his new character of Sherlock Holmes, who lat…

The Watchers

by A. E. W. Mason Read by Jacquerie 4.4
A dark tale of adventure, piracy, murder, and revenge set on a rugged Cornish island in the mid-1700s. Told with the literary excellence to …

On the Irrawaddy

by G. A. Henty Read by Mike Harris 4.7
With the exception of the terrible retreat from Afghanistan, none of England's many little wars have been so fatal--in proportion to the num…

The Talisman

by Sir Walter Scott Read by Lizzie Driver 4.3
The Talisman is a gripping tale set near the end of the Third Crusade. King Richard the Lionheart is grievously ill, and all around him the …

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