Historical Fiction

A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens Read by Paul Adams 4.8
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 2…

The Seaboard Parish

by George MacDonald Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
This is Second book of Three series. All the same characters from the first book, just with a few new friends and family members. The Pastor…

Lady Barbarina

by Henry James Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) 4.4
Rich and beautiful American girls heading to England to find themselves noble titles through marriage, and using their New World wealth to p…

Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch

by H. Rider Haggard Read by Abigail Rasmussen 4.8
This is a great book if you're looking for an adventure filled novel. It takes place during the Spanish Inquisition and describes some of th…

The Guns of Bull Run

by Joseph A. Altsheler Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
The first volume in the Civil War series, following the adventures of Harry Kenton, who leaves his home in Kentucky. He travels through dang…

The Vicomte De Bragelonne

by Alexandre Dumas Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
In the final installment of Alexandre Dumas' celebrated Musketeer saga, The Vicomte de Bragelonne picks up the story of Athos, Porthos, Aram…

Unknown to History

by Charlotte Mary Yonge Read by Tanica 4.8
During the captivity of Mary, Queen of Scots, plots, conspiracies, and intrigue engulfed the country. Catholics were apprehensive of Protest…

The Pearl of Orr's Island

by Harriet Beecher Stowe Read by Bridget Gaige 4.5
Go on a journey to the coast of Maine and immerse yourself in the picturesque community on Orr’s Island. See the raindrops glistening on the…

Can You Forgive Her?

by Anthony Trollope Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
“Can You Forgive Her?” is the first in a series of six Trollope novels dealing broadly with 19th Century English political scene. It introdu…

The Ghost

by Arnold Bennett Read by Simon Evers 4.4
The novel opens with Carl Foster, a recently qualified doctor, coming to London to try and make his fortune. He meets a famous tenor, Signor…

Crusade

by Mark Eller Read by Mark Eller 4.6
Three years after being named the Chin emperor Aaron Turner is busy building a new capital city and hiring archeologists, two endeavors he c…

A Dance With Demons

by Jeff Offringa Read by Jeff Offringa 4.3
Tarn Nohmal doesn't want much out of life. Food on the table, a roof over his head, and privacy. But when his old commander shows up and nee…

The Crimson Cryptogram

by Fergus Hume Read by Don W. Jenkins 4.1
Young Dr Ellis, a struggling new physician, is enjoying a quiet evening smoking and enjoying conversation with his journalist friend Cass, w…

The Great Gold Rush

by William Henry Pope Jarvis Read by Cate Barratt 4.3
Canadian journalist William Jarvis' gently fictionalized work recounts many of the countless fascinating tales of the Klondike Gold Rush in …

Persuasion

by Jane Austen Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
More than eight years before the novel opens, Anne Elliot, then a lovely, thoughtful, warm-hearted 19 year old, accepted a proposal of marri…

With Lee in Virginia

by G. A. Henty Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Vincent Wingfield is the son of a wealthy Virginian planter. When the country goes to war, he enlists in the cavalry, and sees action under …

The Red Badge of Courage

by Stephen Crane Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
This is a short novel published in 1895 and based vaguely on the battle of Chancellorsville of the American Civil War. Unlike other works on…

Utopia

by Thomas More Read by Ruth Golding 4.6
Originally entitled A frutefull pleasaunt, and wittie worke of the beste state of publique weale, & of the newe yle, called Utopia: writ…

Tales of the Jazz Age

by F. Scott Fitzgerald Read by Don W. Jenkins 4.4
Tales of the Jazz Age is a captivating collection of eleven short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, showcasing the vibrancy and complexity of …

Northwest!

by Harold Bindloss Read by Roger Melin 4.4
Northwest! takes place in western Canada, primarily western Alberta and British Columbia. The story revolves around Jimmy not being sure whe…

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