Historical Fiction

Flemington (version 2)

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Violet Jacob


Archie Flemington, a spy in Government service during the 1745 Jacobite rising, is sent to investigate the suspected rebel James Logie. Desp…

The Island Pharisees

Read by Simon Evers


John Galsworthy


Richard Shelton is wrestling with his conscience. As a member of the upper class at a time when the British Empire is at its height, he sees…

The New Republic; or Culture, Faith and Philosophy in an English Country House

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William Hurrell Mallock


A group of upper class men and women gather together in an English country house to discuss their ideas for a utopia (their "New Republ…

In Old Plantation Days

Read by Jim Locke


Paul Laurence Dunbar


With this collection of short stories, Dunbar sought to draw on the success of his dialect poems by recreating and portraying the southern p…

Imperium in Imperio: A Study of the Negro Race Problem

Read by Jim Locke


Sutton Griggs


Imperium in Imperio is a historical fiction novel by Sutton Griggs, published in 1899. The novel covers the life of Belton Piedmont, an educ…

The Red Flower

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Henry van Dyke


LibriVox volunteers bring you 27 recordings of The Red Flower by Henry van Dyke. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 11, 2012.Dr. H…

Marie Antoinette and Her Son

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Luise Mühlbach


Marie Antoinette lives a happy life in a glittering court as Queen of France, but that soon changes as the revolution begins. Her son is Lo…

The Australaise

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C. J. Dennis


LibriVox volunteers bring you 6 recordings of The Austra--laise by C.J.Dennis. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 13, 2013.…

Wereldvrede

Read by Marcel Coenders


Louis Couperus


Wereldvrede is het vervolg van Majesteit. Nadat zijn vader Oscar is overleden regeert Kroonprins Othomar nu als Keizer Othomar de XII. In di…

How a Fisherman Corked up His Foe in a Jar

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Guy Wetmore Carryl


LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of How a Fisherman Corked up His Foe in a Jar by Guy Wetmore Carryl. This was the Fortnightly Po…

The Blind Brother (Version 2 Dramatic Reading)

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Homer Greene


A story of repentance and forgiveness set in the times of the the coal mines. Follow a blind boy and his brother determined to get him cure…

Die letzten Tage von Pompeji

Read by Ramona Deininger-Schnabel


Edward Bulwer-Lytton


Historienroman aus der Zeit des alten Roms.Glaukus, ein junger griechischer Adeliger versucht sich in dem dekadenten Vergnügungsort Pom…

The Story of Ab

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Stanley Waterloo


This is the story of Ab, a man of the Age of Stone, who lived so long ago that we cannot closely fix the date, and who loved and fought well…

The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers Vol. 1

Read by Margaret Espaillat


Robert Henry Newell


These are a collection of humorous "letters" written by a fictional character to a relation in the north during the Civil War. The…

Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch

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Wilhelm Meinhold


Wilhelm Meinhold, a Pomeranian priest working on the Island of Usedom, relates the story of Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch. The author ass…

St. Elmo

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Augusta Jane Evans


Written in prose and full of references to religion and mythology, this book tells the love story between St. Elmo and Edna. He is cynical a…

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