Historical Fiction

The Moorland Cottage

by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
"Maggie Brown is torn between her mother who constantly tells her to live for her selfish brother (to whom she gives all her love) to h…

War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir”) is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy, firs…

The Crystal Stopper

by Maurice Leblanc Read by Cate Barratt 4.7
During a burglary at the home of Deputy Daubrecq a crime is committed, and two accomplices of Arsène Lupin are arrested by the police…

Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit

by Charles Dickens Read by Peter John Keeble 4.4
Martin Chuzzlewit was Dickens 6th novel, serially published in 1843 - 44. Irrespective of the fact that Dickens considered - "Chuzzlewi…

The Herapath Property

by J. S. Fletcher Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022) 4.3
Jacob Herapath, a wealthy property developer and member of Parliament, is found dead in his office, a revolver at his side and a bullet woun…

One of the 28th

by G. A. Henty Read by Mike Harris 4.7
One of the 28th transports listeners to the tumultuous era of the Napoleonic Wars, where valor and romance intertwine amidst the chaos of ba…

The Emperor's Candlesticks

by Baroness Emma Orczy Read by Kevin Green 4.6
When a group of Russian anarchists kidnap a Russian prince in Vienna there are repercussions. On learning that the Cardinal d'Orsay has agre…

Dragon Ore

by Brian Rathbone Read by Brian Rathbone 4.7
A World of Godsland novel. Clinging to life, Catrin Volker struggles to regain her strength as her foes go in search of even greater power. …

The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by Phil Griffiths 4.6
The hero, Etienne Gerard, is a Hussar in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Gerard's most notable attribute is his vanity - he is u…

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

by Charles Dickens Read by Peter John Keeble 4.8
Nicholas Nickleby was Dickens's third novel following on from Pickwick Papers and Oliver twist. It has a cast of wonderful characters that i…

The Mystery of the Ravenspurs

by Fred M. White Read by Roger Melin 4.2
The Ravenspurs have for generations resided quietly in prosperity and comfort at their seaside castle. But the clan is suddenly besieged wit…

The Count of Monte Cristo

by Alexandre Dumas Read by David Clarke 4.9
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo is an adventure novel and one of the author's most popular works. He completed the work in 1844. The story takes pl…

In the Reign of Terror

by G. A. Henty Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Like all Henty books, this one centers around a young English lad whose courtesy and courage win the day. Harry Sandwith travels to France t…

Cynthia Wakeham's Money

by Anna Katharine Green Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022) 4.2
A young lawyer is called to the house of a dying woman to draw up her will. While searching for her legal heirs, meets a beautiful woman wit…

The Last Of The Mohicans

by James Fenimore Cooper Read by Gary W. Sherwin 4.1
The Last of the Mohicans is an epic novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1826. It was one of the most popular English-…

The Guns of Shiloh

by Joseph A. Altsheler Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
The Northern Army has just be handed a great defeat at Bull Run and is headed back to Washington, DC. How will the North answer this defeat?…

The Atrocities of the Pirates

by Aaron Smith Read by James K. White 4.3
In 1822, Aaron Smith, a young English seaman, was taken captive by Cuban pirates when his ship was boarded en route from Jamaica to England.…

The U.P. Trail

by Zane Grey Read by Bob R 4.4
Grey's story of the struggles to build the Union Pacific Railroad in the late 1860's. Typical western characters, but placed in a factual se…

The Green Jacket

by Jennette Lee Read by J. M. Smallheer 4.6
An early example of the female private detective, Jennette Lee’s Millicent Newberry made her first appearance in The Green Jacket in 1917 an…

Works and Days

by Hesiod, Hesiodtranslated Byhugh Gerard Evelyn-White, Hesiodtranslated By Hugh Gerard Evelyn-White and Hesiodtranslated By Hugh Evelyn-White Read by Arthur Krolman 4.6
Works and Days provides advice on agrarian matters and personal conduct. The Theogony explains the ancestry of the gods. The Shield of Herac…

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