Historical Fiction

Cousin Betty

by Honoré de Balzac Read by Bruce Pirie 4.6
Cousin Betty (La Cousine Bette), published in serial format in 1846, was one of the last and greatest of Balzac's works. It was part of his …

At Agincourt

by G. A. Henty Read by Mike Harris 4.7
The story begins in a grim feudal castle in Normandie. The times were troublous, and soon the king compelled Lady Margaret de Villeroy, with…

Works and Days

by Hesiod, Hesiodtranslated Byhugh Gerard Evelyn-White, Hesiodtranslated By Hugh Gerard Evelyn-White and Hesiodtranslated By Hugh Evelyn-White Read by Arthur Krolman 4.6
Works and Days provides advice on agrarian matters and personal conduct. The Theogony explains the ancestry of the gods. The Shield of Herac…

The Albert Gate Mystery

by Louis Tracy Read by Crln Yldz Ksr 4.4
A new case for barrister and hobby detective Reginald Brett: The imperial diamonds were sent by the Sultan to London, to be cut in Albert Ga…

Links in Rebecca's Life

by Pansy Read by BookAngel7 4.5
Links in Rebecca's Life follows the journey of Rebecca Harlowe, a young woman dedicated to living out the teachings of Christ in her everyda…

The Avenger

by E. Phillips Oppenheim Read by Tom Weiss 4.3
Herbert Wrayson, a bachelor returns to his flat one night to find a young lady rifling his desk. He questions her and finds she thought she …

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 Lancashire Witches

by William Harrison Ainsworth Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017) 4.8
The Lancashire Witches is a highly fictionalised account of the activities of the notorious witches Demdike, Chattox and Alice Nutter who, t…

War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
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 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…

Tish

by Mary Roberts Rinehart Read by Sandra Cullum 4.5
Tish introduces listeners to the delightful escapades of three spirited middle-aged women, led by the indomitable Letitia Carberry. Set agai…

The Doings of Raffles Haw

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by Patrick Wells 4.4
The people of the small town of Tamfield are not used to exciting things happening. When millionaire Raffles Haw moves to town, rumors sprea…

The Scouts of Stonewall

by Joseph A. Altsheler Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
In this third book of Joseph Altsheler's Civil War series, Harry Kenton, a lieutenant in the Southern Army, is on scout patrol in the Shenan…

A Laodicean

by Thomas Hardy Read by Simon Evers 4.5
The Laodicean (someone whose religious beliefs are “lukewarm”) of the title is Paula Power who bought the ancient castle De Stancy which she…

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,…

War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
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,…

Cranford

by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Read by NoelBadrian 4.7
Cranford is set in a small market town populated largely by a number of respectable ladies. It tells of their secrets and foibles, their gos…

As We Forgive Them

by William Le Queux Read by Tom Weiss 4.4
Gilbert Greenwood and Reginald Seton are bachelors who share a flat on Great Russell Street. Neither are especially prosperous but through e…

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…

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…

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