Historical Fiction
Glorious
Read by Aram Schefrin
Aram Schefrin
On June 25th, 1876, General George Custer died at the Little Big Horn. Why did Custer rush into battle against the largest agglomeration of …
Lady Connie
Read by Simon Evers
Mary Augusta Ward
Constance Bledlow is a beautiful monied 20 year old with the world at her feet. She arrives in Oxford to spend a few months with her impover…
Indian Summer
Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
William Dean Howells
In his novel Indian Summer, William Dean Howells presents a mellow but realistic story that has the complete feel of that delightful time of…
Aristopia: A Romance-History of the New World
Read by Ruth Golding
Castello Newton Holford
Aristopia (published 1895) is truly an alternative history. It is an imagination of how the continent of North America might have developed…
Framley Parsonage (version 2)
Read by Nick Whitley
Anthony Trollope
Framley Parsonage is the fourth novel in Anthony Trollope's series known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire. It was first published in serial …
Anne of Geierstein, Volume 1
Read by Deon Gines
Sir Walter Scott
Anne of Geierstein, or The Maiden of the Mist (1829) is a novel by Sir Walter Scott. It is set in Central Europe, mainly in Switzerland, sho…
The Green Mirror
Read by Simon Evers
Hugh Walpole
Three generations of the Trenchard family, ruled over by the indomitable Mrs Trenchard, live together in comfortable domesticity until Kathe…
Beau Brocade
Read by Deon Gines
Baroness Emma Orczy
Beau Brocade is a historical fiction set in England in the early 1700's. The hero Beau is a wanted highwayman, who takes from the rich to h…
The Masquerader (Version 2)
Read by Simon Evers
Katherine Cecil Thurston
In the London fog, two men bump into each other one night. They are immediately unnerved by their exact resemblance to each other. Jack Chil…
Micah Clarke
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
This book tells the story of Micah Clarke's adventures. As a boy he follows his rather romantic notions of what it means to be a soldier and…
The Canadians of Old
Read by Bruce Pirie
Philippe Aubert De Gaspé
In his mid-70s, Philippe Aubert de Gaspé took on the project of recording the culture and heritage of French Canada, especially that …
Padre Ignacio, Or The Song Of Temptation
Read by David Wales
Owen Wister
Padre Ignacio has been the pastor of California mission Santa Ysabel del Mar for twenty years. In 1855 a stranger rides into the mission bri…
The Texan Scouts
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Joseph A. Altsheler
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…
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Read by Carol Pelster
Willa Cather
Willa Cather's "Death Comes for the Archbishop" is a historical novel set in New Mexico in the mid-19th century. The book follows …
Gabriel and the Hour Book
Read by Laura Victoria
Evaleen Stein
Brother Stephen has the heart of an artist and wishes to leave the abbey to travel and see the world. However, King Louis has decreed that a…
The Doom of London
Read by Lee Smalley
Fred M. White
Here are six stories, each one describing a disaster afflicting London, that were popularly serialized during 1903-1904 in Pearson’s Magazin…
The House with the Green Shutters
Read by lennich
George Douglas Brown
The House with the Green Shutters is a novel by the Scottish writer George Douglas Brown, first published in 1901 by John MacQueen. Set in m…
A Legend of Montrose
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Sir Walter Scott
A Legend of Montrose is one of Sir Walter Scott's Tales of my Landlord. It is set in the tumultuous 17th century during the Earl of Montrose…
Monsieur Lecoq Part 2: The Honor of the Name
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Émile Gaboriau
Monsieur Lecoq is a captivating mystery, historical and love story: Around 11 o'clock, on the evening of Shrove Sunday 18.., close to the ol…
Windsor Castle, Book 3
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William Harrison Ainsworth
Book 3 - The History of the Castle. The focus of the novels is on the events surrounding Henry VIII's replacing Catherine of Aragon with Ann…