Historical Fiction
The Fair Maid of Perth, Or, St. Valentine's Day
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Sir Walter Scott
Henry Gow has fallen in love with the Fair Maid of Perth, Catherine, the glovemaker's daughter. To make sure that he would be the first pers…
Wisdom's Daughter
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H. Rider Haggard
A strange manuscript in an unknown language is found among the effects of the late Professor Horace Holly. Its translator discovers that whi…
St. George and St. Michael, Volume 3
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George MacDonald
’St. George and St. Michael’ is a little-known historical romance telling the story of a young couple who find themselves on opposing sides …
Die Ahnen - Marcus König
Read by Bernd Ungerer
Gustav Freytag
Mit dem 4. Band der Ahnen-Reihe sind wir in der Zeit Martin Luthers angekommen. Die Erzählung Marcus König setzt 1519 in Thorn ein…
Human Toll
Read by Kirsty Leishman
Barbara Baynton
Ursula (Ursie) Ewart, orphaned as a young child, is sent away from her home in the Australian bush. While Ursie was previously doted on by s…
The First Sir Percy: An Adventure of the Laughing Cavalier
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Baroness Emma Orczy
Sequel to The Laughing Cavalier, The First Sir Percy picks up the cavalier’s story three months later. The second novel in Baroness Orczy’s …
The Shooting Party
Read by Bryn Roberts
Anton Chekhov
"The Shooting Party" is a mystery, set in the Russian countryside. The story revolves around the murder of a beautiful young woman…
The Dream: a novel
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H. G. Wells
The story is set in a Utopian future. On an excursion, Sarnac, relates his vivid dream to his friends and recounts how he lived the entire l…
Captain John Crane, 1800 - 1815
Read by Tom Hirsch (1947-2022)
Thomas Wallace Knox
John and David grew up best of friends, outgoing and full of adventure. Living but miles from the sea west of Boston, right on the cusp of m…
The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 5: The Countess of Charny
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
This 5th volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances begins after the fall of the Bastille and the March on Versailles, which forced Louis XVI a…
La Fée des Grèves
Read by Christiane Jehanne
Paul Féval, père and Paul Féval, Père
Roman historique, pendant la Guerre de Cent Ans. Le Duc François de Bretagne est dénoncé pour fratricide.Un ouvrage ple…
Ticonderoga; A Story of Early Frontier Life in the Mohawk Valley
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George Payne Rainsford James
In the backwoods, lives a man and his two teenage children. He has sought the quiet life on the frontier, although he is a friend to all and…
Redgauntlet
Read by Deon Gines
Sir Walter Scott
Redgauntlet is an historical novel about a fictitious third Jacobite rebellion. It takes place mostly in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, in 1765. I…
We Were There at the Normandy Invasion
Read by Wayne Cooke
Clayton Knight
D-Day: 6 June 1944. The date of the invasion of the Normandy Coast of France by the Allies. This novel gives a different look at that invasi…
Die Ahnen - Die Geschwister
Read by Bernd Ungerer
Gustav Freytag
Die fünfte Erzählung 'Die Geschwister' ist in sich zweigeteilt und behandelt die Geschichte zweier Militärpersonen aus der Fa…
The Young Visiters
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Daisy Ashford
The Young Visiters is a comic romance novella that parodies upper class society of late Victorian England. Social climber Alfred Salteena in…
Dulcibel
Read by Elaine Webb
Henry Peterson
Dulcibel is a young, pretty and kind-hearted fictional character charged with Witchcraft during the infamous Salem Witch trials. During this…