Historical Fiction
Stories by English Authors: London
Read by Kirsten Wever
F. Anstey, J. M. Barrie, Marie Corelli, Beatrice Harraden, Arthur Morrison, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch and Israel Zangwill
This book collects seven short stories by some of England's best turn-of-the-(last)-century's writers. The collection begins with the humor …
Taking the Bastile
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Alexandre Dumas
Pitou lost his mother when he was small. He was raised by a stern aunt who did not really love him. He starts knowing the world by going to …
Round About a Great Estate
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Richard Jefferies
John Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) wrote of country life, natural history, and agricultural practice at a time when the industrial revolutio…
Sons of Fire
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon
"He was a stranger in Matcham, a 'foreigner' as the villagers called such alien visitors. He had never been in the village before, knew…
The Candle Star
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Michelle Isenhoff
Detroit, 1858. After a tantrum, Emily Preston is shipped from her plantation home to her inn-keeping Uncle in Detroit.There Emily meets Mala…
The Armourer's Prentices
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Charlotte Mary Yonge
Set in the sixteenth century, two young boys are left orphans and are turned out of their home by their older brother, or, more particularly…
The World’s Story Volume VII: Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland
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Eva March Tappan
This is the seventh volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March …
Raiding with Morgan
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Byron A. Dunn
It is a fictional tale of cavalry actions during the U.S. Civil War, under General John Morgan. (Summary by M. Craun)
The Gold Sickle
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Eugène Sue
The Gold Sickle; or, Hena the Virgin of the Isle of Sen. A Tale of Druid Gaul is the first part of Eugène Sue's The Mysteries of the …
Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police - A Tale of the Macleod Trail
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Ralph Connor
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…
Darnley
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George Payne Rainsford James
A stranger rides across the Kentish countryside when his attention is called to a cottage where violence is being done to an elderly couple.…
Anne of Geierstein, Volume 2
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Sir Walter Scott
Anne of Geierstein, or The Maiden of the Mist (1829) is an adventure and romance novel by Sir Walter Scott. It is set in Central Europe, mai…
The Nest of the Sparrowhawk: A Romance of the XVIIth Century
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Baroness Emma Orczy
This historical novel takes place in Kent in 1657, and focuses on a local nobleman who stops at nothing to gain wealth, and his ward who is …
In the Year of Jubilee
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George Gissing
The Jubilee marks the fiftieth year of the reign of Queen Victoria. Dickensian in its sweeping scope of London life, Jubilee depicts the har…
A Farewell to Arms (Version 2)
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Ernest Hemingway
Frederic Henry is an American serving as an ambulance driver in the Italian army during World War I, who after being severely wounded and ho…
Mrs. Warren's Daughter
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Sir Harry Johnston
Mrs. Warren's Daughter is a continuation, in novel form, of George Bernard Shaw's controversial play, Mrs. Warren's Profession. In the play,…
Magna Carta
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Amice Macdonell
A one-act play which describes the setting and writing of the Magna Carta, including the famous line "now is justice bought and sold&qu…
Rose Mather: A Tale
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Mary Jane Holmes
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…
Self-Control: A Novel (version 2)
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Mary Brunton
Laura Montreville is a well-born and religious girl, brought up in Scotland by her widowed father. She is pursued by Colonel Hargrave, a lib…
The Gods and Mr Perrin
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Hugh Walpole
The book is probably better known under the title ‘Mr Perrin and Mr Traill’, later made into a well-known film in 1948. Perrin and Traill ar…