Historical Fiction
Hamilton
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George Arliss, Mary P Hamlin and Mary P. Hamlin
One hundred years before the current hit musical Hamilton, Mary Hamlin wrote this historical play for Broadway with a big actor of the day, …
Børnene i Nyskoven
Read by Lulularsen
Frederick Marryat
Handlingen foregår i 1600-tallet under den Engelske borgerkrig. Fire forældreløse adelsbørn må flygte fra de…
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…
The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt
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Théophile Gautier
The account he gives, in his novel, of the ancient city of Thebes, of the great necropolis in the valley of Biban el Molûk, of the sub…
Cleopatra
Read by Jim Locke
Georg Ebers
The world knows the fate of the classic lovers Cleopatra and Mark Antony, so there is no need to announce a spoiler alert. Georg Ebers was a…
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…
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 …
When Knighthood Was in Flower
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Charles Major
Set during the Tudor period of English history, When Knighthood Was in Flower tells the tribulations of Mary Tudor, a younger sister of Henr…
The Masquerader
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…
Framley Parsonage
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
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…
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…
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 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…
Aristopia
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…
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
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…