Historical
Tor, A Street Boy of Jerusalem
Read by Patrick Saville
Florence Morse Kingsley
Tor is a young beggar living in the city of Jerusalem during the tumultuous time of the Roman occupation. Shouts of hope are the last thing …
Stories from the History of Rome
Read by Melissa Jane
Emily Beesly
Mrs. Emily Beesly, the writer of this brilliant narrative, lived in an era of nothing but fairy tales and "the stories of nursery life&…
Under the Lilacs (version 3, dramatic reading)
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Louisa May Alcott
When a raggedy boy from the circus limps into the lives of the Moss family, he is unlike any child they have ever met. With his devoted and …
A Candle For Our Lady
Read by Maria Therese
Regina Victoria Hunt
Dark times for British Catholics hung over England in the days of King Henry VIII. Henry, influenced by the hated Thomas Cromwell, fell into…
The Black-Bearded Barbarian
Read by Edmund Bloxam
Mary Esther Miller Macgregor
A fictionalized biography of George Mackay (1844-1901), an influential Presbyterian missionary in northern Taiwan. (Summary by Edmund Bloxam…
Joel, a Boy of Galilee
Read by Esther ben Simonides
Annie Fellows Johnston
Joel, a crippled boy, cannot play with the children and has nothing to care about. Rabbi Phineas helps him to find something he can do and t…
A Little Maid of Province Town
Read by Arielle Lipshaw
Alice Turner Curtis
Plucky eight year old Anne Nelson, living in Provincetown on the tip of Cape Cod, is determined to bring the Revolutionary War to an end so …