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…

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