Historical Fiction

The Call Of The Canyon

by Zane Grey Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022) 4.5
Glenn Kilbourne returns from the war and travels to Arizona to regain his health. There he is nursed back to health by an Arizona girl, Flo …

One of the 28th

by G. A. Henty Read by Mike Harris 4.7
One of the 28th transports listeners to the tumultuous era of the Napoleonic Wars, where valor and romance intertwine amidst the chaos of ba…

Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy Read by MaryAnn 4.7
Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. In Book 4, An…

The Cat of Bubastes

by G. A. Henty Read by David Leeson 4.7
G.A. Henty’s “tale of ancient Egypt” tells the story of Amuba, prince of the Rebu, who is taken captive when his people are conquered by the…

Aunt Hannah and Martha and John

by Pansy Read by MaryAnn 4.8
Aunt Hannah's fondest wish had been that her nephew John would marry a local girl and take over the family farm. Trouble was, John was neve…

Little Men

by Louisa May Alcott Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Jo March's dreams of opening a home for boys comes true as she finds herself the mistress of Plumfield, a boarding school for children -- wh…

Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy Read by MaryAnn 4.7
Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. In Book 8, Vr…

Barchester Towers

by Anthony Trollope Read by Nick Whitley 4.7
Barchester Towers, published in 1857, is the 2nd novel in Anthony Trollope's series known as the "Chronicles of Barsetshire". It f…

The Eyes Of The World

by Harold Bell Wright Read by Tom Weiss 4.7
The Eyes of the World was the Best Selling Book for 1914 according to Publisher's Weekly. The novel explores what Harold Bell Wright views a…

The Black Arrow

by Robert Louis Stevenson Read by Mark F. Smith 4.7
In the unsettled years of England's War of the Roses, where a man stood on the issue of kingship could make his fortune... or end his life. …

The Gloved Hand

by Burton Egbert Stevenson Read by Don W. Jenkins 4.5
Mr. Lester, a private investigator, and his friend Godfrey are caught up in a strange case that takes them to a large estate in the country …

The Benefactress

by Elizabeth Von Arnim Read by Helen Taylor 4.4
Anna Estcourt, twenty-five and beautiful, is the penniless ward of her distant brother and his exasperating wife. Turning down all offers of…

The Hand of Ethelberta

by Thomas Hardy Read by Simon Evers 4.5
Ethelberta was raised in humble circumstances but became a governess and consequently, at the age of 18, married well. However, her husband …

A Silent Witness

by R. Austin Freeman Read by Anna Simon 4.6
In this detective novel, the young doctor Humphrey Jardine stumbles upon a corpse during a walk near Hampstead Heath in the middle of the ni…

The Rain-Girl

by Herbert George Jenkins Read by Anna Simon 4.5
Richard Beresford has recently returned from the WW-I trenches. He feels he can't go back to his old life in the Foreign Office. Instead, he…

In the Mayor's Parlour

by J. S. Fletcher Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) 4.5
“Rotten borough” is a term that goes back to the 18th century, and it used to mean a parliamentary constituency in which a few property owne…

The Pathfinder

by James Fenimore Cooper Read by Mark F. Smith 4.6
Natty Bumppo goes by many names: La Longue Carabine, Hawk Eye, Leatherstocking, and in this tale, The Pathfinder. Guide, scout, hunter, and …

The Dragon and the Raven

by G. A. Henty Read by Mike Harris 4.7
During the reign of King Alfred, Danish forces have invaded the English countryside. Although the English try to repulse these attacks, they…

The Mystery Girl

by Carolyn Wells Read by Roger Melin 4.4
Was it murder or suicide? All entrances to the study where the body was found were locked from the inside. The future college president an…

Diary of a U-boat Commander

by Stephen King-Hall Read by Mark F. Smith 4.6
Captain Karl von Schenk of the Kaiser's Navy is a stereotypical German nobleman - supremely self-confident, touchy about the divisions of cl…

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