Historical Fiction
Uli der Knecht
Read by Hans Hafen
Jeremias Gotthelf
Der Roman Uli der Knecht von Jeremias Gotthelf (1797-1854) erschien 1841. Es handelt sich formal um einen pikaresk angelegten Roman. Die Epi…
Father Goriot
Read by James E. Carson
Honoré de Balzac
One of Balzac's most popular works, set around 1815 during the re-ascendancy of the Bourbon kings following the defeat of Napoleon. Said to …
Casa Velha
Read by Felipe Vale da Silva
Joaquim Maria Machado De Assis
Com o fim de escrever um livro sobre a história do Primeiro Reinado, um cônego procura conhecer uma casa onde morou um ex-minis…
A Horse's Tale (Version 2)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
A Horse's Tale is a novel by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), written partially in the voice of Soldier Boy, who is Buffalo Bill's favorite hors…
The Daughter of the Commandant
Read by Kevin W. Davidson
Alexander Pushkin
"The Daughter of the Commandant" (better known as "The Captain's Daughter") is a historical novel by the Russian writer …
Jewish Children (Yudishe Kinder)
Read by Adrian Praetzellis
שלום עליכם Sholem Aleichem
Although written from a child's perspective, this is not a kids book but a series of funny, poignant, and sometimes disturbing stories about…
Red Pottage
Read by Simon Evers
Mary Cholmondeley
The book follows a period in the lives of two friends, Rachel West and Hester Gresley. Rachel is a wealthy heiress who falls in love with th…
Trail's End
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
George W. Ogden
When an agriculture professor wanders into a wicked Kansas cowtown in order to experiment raising wheat, both the professor and the town get…
The Story of Rolf and the Viking's Bow
Read by Erin Schellhase
Allen French
Rolf, a youth in early Christian Iceland, loses first his father, then his property, and finally his freedom to the schemes of a greedy neig…
Christmas at Thompson Hall
Read by Arnold
Anthony Trollope
"A Mid-Victorian Christmas Tale"; tells of a night time encounter between relatives who had never before met, resulting in minor i…
Los Miserables: Tomo IV
Read by Mongope
Victor Hugo
Mario, con ayuda de Eponine, consigue encontrar a Cosette viviendo con Juan Valjean en la calle Plumet. Se inicia un apasionado idilio entre…
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Read by Tony Oliva
Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, by Vicente Blasco Ibañez and translated into English by Charlotte Brewster Jordan, depicts two b…
By Right of Conquest; Or, With Cortez in Mexico
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
G. A. Henty
In perhaps the most audacious military enterprise in the history of human conquest, Cortez, with only a few hundred men, conquered a civili…
Max Havelaar
Read by Anna Simon
Multatuli
“Max Havelaar, of de koffij-veilingen der Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij” is in 1860 geschreven door Multatuli (pseudoniem van Eduard Dou…
The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi)
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Alessandro Manzoni
The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi) presents a kaleidoscope of individual stories, which are all tied together by the story of Lucia and Renzo,…
Fabiola or The Church of the Catacombs
Read by Maria Therese
Cardinal Nicholas Patrick Wiseman
This historical novel is set in Rome in the early 4th century AD, during the time of the cruel persecution of Christians under the Emperor D…
Through the Fray
Read by GabrielleC
G. A. Henty
Ned Sankey is a quick-tempered, strong-willed boy during the Luddite riots in Yorkshire. The happy times at the beginning of the story are s…
Thorstein of the Mere: A Saga of the Northmen in Lakeland
Read by Phil Benson
William Gershom Collingwood
A fine adventure set in 10th-century England at a time when everyday life in north was made hazardous by wars and shifting alliances among S…
Mendizábal
Read by Tux
Benito Pérez Galdós
Segunda Novela de la tercera serie de los Episodios Nacionales, describe la España desgarrada por la Primera Guerra Carlista y la Reg…
Bonnie Prince Charlie: a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden
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G. A. Henty
This is a tale of the son of a Scottish officer, who gets arrested for helping a Jacobite agent. Set during the Jacobite rebellion in Scotl…