Historical Fiction

Burning Daylight

by Jack London Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022) 4.7
Burning Daylight, Jack London's fictional novel published in 1910, was one of the best selling books of that year and it was his best sellin…

A Voice in the Wilderness

by Grace Livingston Hill Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Margaret leaves her family home and security to become a school teacher in the wilds of early Arizona. Accidentally getting off her safe and…

Mary Barton

by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Read by Tony Foster 4.8
"Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life" was Mrs Gaskell's first full-length novel. It was published anonymously in that tumultuou…

Piccadilly Jim

by P. G. Wodehouse Read by Mark Nelson 4.8
Jimmy "Piccadilly Jim" Crocker returns to New York to repair his reputation and pursue his love-interest, Ann Chester. All he has …

The Log of a Cowboy

by Andy Adams Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022) 4.7
The Log of a Cowboy is an account of a five-month drive of 3,000 cattle from Brownsville, Texas, to Montana in 1882 along the Great Western …

Wulf the Saxon

by G. A. Henty Read by Peter John Keeble 4.8
Wulf the Saxon is a classic George Henty tale of nobility, loyalty and courage set in 11th century Britain. It relates the adventures of Wul…

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc

by Mark Twain Read by John Greenman 4.9
Mark Twain's work on Joan of Arc is titled in full "Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte." De Conte …

The Holladay Case

by Burton Egbert Stevenson Read by Cate Barratt 4.5
Stevenson's introduction of the protagonist Lester (law clerk with New York firm Graham & Royce) finds him occupying a front row seat in…

Cross Currents

by Eleanor H. Porter Read by Chiquito Crasto 4.8
Cross Currents: The Story of Margaret, to give it its full title, is delightful story about a little girl’s resilience and a mother’s unwave…

Dangerous Days

by Mary Roberts Rinehart Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) 4.9
Dangerous Days opens in a still neutral America, though within a year the country will have joined the European alliance against the Central…

Ravensdene Court

by J. S. Fletcher Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) 4.5
Leonard Middlebrook, a young attorney with, among other things, a bibliographical interest, accepts an invitation to lonely Ravensdene Court…

Anne of the Island

by Lucy Maud Montgomery Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
In Anne of the Island, the third installment of Lucy Maud Montgomery's beloved series, Anne Shirley embarks on a new chapter of her life as …

He Fell in Love with His Wife

by Edward P. Roe Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
James desperately needs someone to help him keep his farm going, but has failure after colossal failure finding a good housekeeper. Alida ma…

Lost Man's Lane

by Anna Katharine Green Read by Mary Bard 4.6
After several people apparently vanish into thin air while walking along the same country road, New York detective Mr Gryce calls on the ski…

The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation

by J. S. Fletcher Read by MaryAnn 4.6
Marshall Allerdyke is driving through the night from London to Hull in response to an urgent telegram from his cousin. As he nears Hull, a …

The Borough Treasurer

by J. S. Fletcher Read by MaryAnn 4.6
Messrs. Mallalieu and Cotherstone were outsiders who had built a prosperous business in Highmarket and even been elected as Mayor and Treasu…

Miranda

by Grace Livingston Hill Read by TriciaG 4.5
The third book in the Marcia Schuyler/Miranda trilogy, this story focuses on the irrepressible Miranda Griscom. She has repeatedly rejected …

Ashton-Kirk, Investigator

by John Thomas Mcintyre Read by Pete Milan 4.5
Ashton-Kirk, who has solved so many mysteries, is himself something of a problem even to those who know him best. Although young, wealthy, a…

The Bishop's Secret

by Fergus Hume Read by David Wales 4.5
Bishop Pendle is the Church of England bishop in a small fictitious English cathedral town. Several years into his work, he receives a visit…

The Little Nugget

by P. G. Wodehouse Read by Mark Nelson 4.7
Mrs Nesta Ford, in her London hotel room, reveals to her new friend Lord Mountry that she hopes to take her son Ogden on a yachting trip pro…

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