Historical Fiction

A Study In Scarlet

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by Bob Neufeld 4.8
A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, introducing his new character of Sherlock Holmes, who lat…

Dragon Ore

by Brian Rathbone Read by Brian Rathbone 4.7
A World of Godsland novel. Clinging to life, Catrin Volker struggles to regain her strength as her foes go in search of even greater power. …

Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus

by Mary Shelley Read by Thomas A. Copeland 4.7
A mentally unstable genius, Victor Frankenstein, inspired by the dreams of ancient alchemists and empowered by modern science, creates a hum…

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…

The Watchers

by A. E. W. Mason Read by Jacquerie 4.4
A dark tale of adventure, piracy, murder, and revenge set on a rugged Cornish island in the mid-1700s. Told with the literary excellence to …

The Mystery of the Ravenspurs

by Fred M. White Read by Roger Melin 4.2
The Ravenspurs have for generations resided quietly in prosperity and comfort at their seaside castle. But the clan is suddenly besieged wit…

Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit

by Charles Dickens Read by Peter John Keeble 4.4
Martin Chuzzlewit was Dickens 6th novel, serially published in 1843 - 44. Irrespective of the fact that Dickens considered - "Chuzzlewi…

Under Western Eyes

by Joseph Conrad Read by Expatriate 4.5
Under Western Eyes (1911) is a novel by Joseph Conrad. The novel takes place in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Geneva, Switzerland, and is vie…

The Possessed

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Read by Expatriate 4.5
Although titled The Possessed in the initial English translation, Dostoyevsky scholars and later translations favour the titles The Devils o…

Kipps

by H. G. Wells Read by Anthony Ogus 4.7
Arthur Kipps, an orphaned draper’s assistant of humble means, unexpectedly inherits a large sum of money and that is when all his troubles b…

The Elder Edda

by Sæmund Sigfusson Read by Expatriate 4.7
The Elder or Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems dating from the thirteenth century CE. Though no two translators or editors seem…

The Last Of The Mohicans

by James Fenimore Cooper Read by Gary W. Sherwin 4.1
The Last of the Mohicans is an epic novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1826. It was one of the most popular English-…

The Atrocities of the Pirates

by Aaron Smith Read by James K. White 4.3
In 1822, Aaron Smith, a young English seaman, was taken captive by Cuban pirates when his ship was boarded en route from Jamaica to England.…

Titus

by Florence Morse Kingsley Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Titus: A Comrade of the cross is a book full of suspense and drama, but more importantly truth. It is about Titus, a young man living in the…

The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel

by A. E. W. Mason Read by David Wales 4.2
Inspector Hanaud is a member of the French Sûreté. He is said to have been the model for Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, as w…

Gods of the North

by Robert E. Howard Read by Phil Chenevert 4.4
"The Frost-Giant's Daughter" is, arguably the earliest chronological story by Robert E. Howard in terms of Conan's life. The brief…

The Doctor, his Wife, and the Clock

by Anna Katharine Green Read by Crln Yldz Ksr 4.2
A man has been shot dead in his house. Ebenezer Gryce is on the case, but he has no leads, no witnesses, no evidence -- until he decides to …

The Turn Of The Tide

by Eleanor H. Porter Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
"What a joy! How exciting!" Margret Kendall returned home, to her loving and equally beloved mother's arms after 4 years in the sl…

The Hermit of ---- Street

by Anna Katharine Green Read by Laura Victoria 4.2
Delight Hunter spends her days looking out of her window at her handsome but very mysterious and reclusive next door neighbor. She walks st…

Elizabeth and her German Garden

by Elizabeth Von Arnim Read by ashleighjane 4.6
Elizabeth and Her German Garden is a novel by Elizabeth von Arnim, first published in 1898; it was very popular and frequently reprinted dur…

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