Historical Fiction
Oldtown Folks
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
1870's rural Massachusetts communities became famous as “Oldtown” in Harriet Beecher Stowe's 7th novel and national bestseller. Based partia…
The Red Badge of Courage
Read by Mark F. Smith
Stephen Crane
A youth, caught up in patriotic fervor and dreams of glory, enlists in the Union Army. In his first battle, though, he runs away. Deeply ash…
The Manchester Man
Read by Phil Benson
Isabella Varley Banks
Jabez Clegg, the Manchester man, floats into this historical novel in 1799, carried downstream by the River Irk in flood. Jabez's rise to co…
Ghosts
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Henrik Ibsen
A Family-drama in three acts. Like many of Ibsen's better-known plays, Ghosts is a scathing commentary on 19th century morality. (Summary by…
The Favor of Kings
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Mary Hastings Bradley
"Never have bright romance and black scandal been more attached to the name of lovely woman," writes a quaint and susceptible chro…
War and Peace
Read by Mark Nelson
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy’s epic historical novel chronicling the Napoleonic war in Russia. Considered one of the greatest works of literature of all time…
De Leeuw van Vlaenderen
Read by Anna Simon
Hendrik Conscience
Een historische roman die zich afspeelt in Vlaanderen rond de Guldensporenslag in 1302. Vlaanderen is in de handen van de Fransen gevallen, …
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
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Lew Wallace
Lew Wallace's Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ "Book 1" gives a sideline view of events taking pace around the days of Christ. Book 1…
The Last Rebel
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Joseph A. Altsheler
Arthur West has been taken as a prisoner of war by Colonel Hetherhill of the Confederate States of America, and imprisoned at Fort Defiance,…
Helen with the High Hand
Read by Simon Evers
Arnold Bennett
James Ollerenshaw is a middle-aged, wealthy bachelor who lives in Bursley, one of the Five Towns. A chance encounter with Helen, his great s…
The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service
Read by Tom Clifton
James R. Driscoll
The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service is a boys adventure story set in WWI - Three College Chums join the military and face the perils of s…
Joan of Naples
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
The celebrated crimes committed during the life of Joan (Joanna I) of Naples span from personal misdeeds (adulteries and mariticide) to regi…
Drake
Read by Cynthia Moyer
Alfred Noyes
Alfred Noyes, in the blank-verse epic "Drake", fictionalizes the historical Francis Drake, who, during the reign of Elizabeth I of…
La Hija del Adelantado
Read by mpinedag
José Milla y Vidaurre and José Milla Y Vidaurre
Novela histórica cuya trama se desarrolla en la época de la Colonia, en el siglo XVI, en la antigua capital del reino de Guate…
Where Love Is
Read by Simon Evers
William John Locke
Norma Hardacre is a member of smart London society. She finds herself irresistibly drawn to a penniless artist named Jimmie Padgate. However…
Ramona
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Helen Hunt Jackson
Ramona, a novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson (1884), is the story of a part-Scottish and part-Native American orphan girl growing up and ge…
In Exile and Other Stories
Read by David Wales
Mary Hallock Foote
Six short stories by Mary Hallock Foote (1847–1938), an American author and illustrator. She is best known for her illustrated short stories…
War and Peace
Read by Mark Nelson
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy’s epic historical novel chronicling the Napoleonic war in Russia. Considered one of the greatest works of literature of all time…
The Cloister and the Hearth
Read by Tom Denholm
Charles Reade
'The Cloister and the Hearth', by Charles Reade, was published in 1861. It's a long and winding picaresque novel set in 15th century Europe,…