Historical Fiction

On the Eve

by Ivan Turgenev Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) 4.6
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…

The Texan Scouts

by Joseph A. Altsheler Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
This is a sequel to Texan Star and continues the adventures of young Ned Fulton as he finds himself a part of the struggle for Texans to def…

Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police

by Ralph Connor Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Cameron, a young man from Edinburgh, is a university student who is a rising star on the football team. When the big day comes and he nearly…

Christmas at Thompson Hall

by Anthony Trollope Read by Arnold 4.4
In "Christmas at Thompson Hall," Anthony Trollope invites listeners into a charmingly chaotic holiday gathering where family dynam…

Bonnie Prince Charlie

by G. A. Henty Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
This is a tale of the son of a Scottish officer, who gets arrested for helping a Jacobite agent. Set during the Jacobite rebellion in Scotl…

Rose Mather

by Mary Jane Holmes Read by Celine Major 4.9
Fiction merges with history in this novel taking place during the turbulent times of the civil war and the horrors it entailed. Holme's sill…

David Elginbrod

by George MacDonald Read by Kenneth R. Morefield 4.4
David Elginbrod is a captivating exploration of Scottish country life, woven through the experiences of its titular character, a humble yet …

Robin Hood

by J. Walker McSpadden Read by Barry Eads 4.7
Step into the legendary world of Robin Hood, the iconic outlaw of English folklore. Known for his unmatched archery skills and daring exploi…

By What Authority?

by Robert Hugh Benson Read by Carol Pelster 4.6
Two wealthy families are neighbors in Elizabethan England; one is staunchly Catholic and the other is devoutly Protestant. The attractive yo…

The Lion's Skin

by Rafael Sabatini Read by Carol Pelster 4.6
Justin Caryll was an unwilling hero: an unwilling plotter of revenge, an unwilling spy and an unwilling pursuer of the woman he loves. Justi…

The Queen's Necklace

by Alexandre Dumas Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan 4.3
The Queen's Necklace is historical fiction based on an actual scandal in the court of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI during 1784-85, "T…

Felix Holt, The Radical

by George Eliot Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
"Harold Transome is a landowner who goes against his family's political tradition (much to his mother's distress), while Felix Holt is …

Old Christmas

by Washington Irving Read by Greg Giordano 4.8
Washington Irving's Old Christmas tells of an American's travels through England during the Christmas season. Through a chance meeting with…

The Side of the Angels

by Basil King Read by Simon Evers 4.2
The book is set in New England in the early 20th century in an old established community where times are rapidly changing but nonetheless th…

At the Point of the Bayonet

by G. A. Henty Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
At the Point of the Bayonet transports listeners to the tumultuous landscape of 19th-century India, where the British Empire's ambitions cla…

The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq.

by William Makepeace Thackeray Read by mb 4.6
First published as a serial in Fraser's Magazine in 1844 as The Luck of Barry Lyndon, The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq is a picaresque novel…

The Wanderer

by Frances Burney Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
This is the fourth and final novel by Fanny Burney, the author of Evelina, Cecilia, and Camilla. "Who is "Miss Ellis?" Why di…

Ruth of Boston

by James Otis Read by Laura Caldwell 4.7
James Otis wrote a series of books depicting life in the new colonies, written from a child's point of view. Ruth of Boston is the story of …

Helen

by Maria Edgeworth Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Maria Edgeworth was a prolific Anglo-Irish writer of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children…

Into the Woods

by David Wood Read by David Wood 4.4
Set against the backdrop of colonial America, Into the Woods is the story of pioneer and patriot Jonathan Wood. Straining against the bonds …

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