Historical Fiction
At the Gate of Samaria
Read by Simon Evers
William John Locke
The novel is set in the 1890’s. Clytie Davenant is a headstrong young woman who escapes from the stultifying country life of her family to m…
Cup of Gold
Read by Kurt
John Steinbeck
Steinbeck's first novel, a historical fiction account of Henry (Captain) Morgan. The title comes from his sacking of Panama City which was …
Hooge Troeven
Read by Marcel Coenders
Louis Couperus
Het derde en laatste deel van de koningsromans van Louis Couperus voorgelezen ter gelegenheid van de kroning van Koning Willem-Alexander en …
Marie Antoinette and Her Son
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Luise Mühlbach
Marie Antoinette lives a happy life in a glittering court as Queen of France, but that soon changes as the revolution begins. Her son is Lo…
The Reign of George VI, 1900-1925: A Forecast Written in the Year 1763
Read by DrPGould
Samuel Madden, Charles Oman and Charles William Chadwick Oman
Imagine a world in which there were no major revolutionary upheavals (the American, French and Russian revolutions did not occur), there was…
Flemington (version 2)
Read by Elin
Violet Jacob
Archie Flemington, a spy in Government service during the 1745 Jacobite rising, is sent to investigate the suspected rebel James Logie. Desp…
The Coryston Family
Read by Simon Evers
Mary Augusta Ward
Lady Coryston has inherited her husband’s estate but surprisingly has not left it on her death to Coryston (known as Corry) her oldest son. …
Garthowen: A Story of a Welsh Homestead
Read by Craig Franklin
Allen Raine
The story centers around the Owens' family and young ‘Morva of the Moor’, the prettiest girl in the world.The Owens of Garthowen, once a pre…
In Sight of the Sun
Read by Benjamin Dancer
Benjamin Dancer
The first book in The Father Trilogy: In Sight of the Sun. The old man takes the boy on his first raid into Mexico. The success of the rai…
Longhead: The Story of the First Fire
Read by Nick Bulka
C. H. Robinson
A fictionalized version of the self-discovery of primitive man, including: fire, cooking, defense and protection, architecture, community,…
The New Republic; or Culture, Faith and Philosophy in an English Country House
Read by Foon
William Hurrell Mallock
A group of upper class men and women gather together in an English country house to discuss their ideas for a utopia (their "New Republ…
Imperium in Imperio: A Study of the Negro Race Problem
Read by Jim Locke
Sutton Griggs
Imperium in Imperio is a historical fiction novel by Sutton Griggs, published in 1899. The novel covers the life of Belton Piedmont, an educ…
I Worked for Lucky Luciano
Read by Michele Fry
Anonymous
A few years after the fall of Chicago’s Al Capone in 1931, Italian born gangster Charles “Lucky” Luciano took the throne as the American Maf…
The Danvers Jewels
Read by Simon Evers
Mary Cholmondeley
Colonel Middleton is entrusted by his critically ill military superior, Sir John Danvers, with carrying some valuable family jewels from Ind…
Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch
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Wilhelm Meinhold
Wilhelm Meinhold, a Pomeranian priest working on the Island of Usedom, relates the story of Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch. The author ass…
St. Elmo
Read by Jim Locke
Augusta Jane Evans
Written in prose and full of references to religion and mythology, this book tells the love story between St. Elmo and Edna. He is cynical a…
Amor y Llanto
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Maria Del Pilar Sinués
Confidencias de reyes, reinas, sus séquitos y sus cortes. Conjunto de novelas monárquicas con altos tonos de historia, ambien…