Historical Fiction
- Classic Western Adventures
- Epic Tales of War and Honor
- Historical True Crime Chronicles
- Journeys Through Time and Place
- Romantic Journeys Through History
- Voices of the Past
- Gothic Tales of History
- Fictional Lives Through History
Middlemarch
Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life is a novel by George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Anne Evans, later Marian Evans. It is her seventh n…
The Prairie
The story opens with Ishmael, his family, Ellen and Abiram slowly making their way across the virgin prairies of the Midwest looking for a h…
Tish
Tish introduces listeners to the delightful escapades of three spirited middle-aged women, led by the indomitable Letitia Carberry. Set agai…
The Leavenworth Case
The Leavenworth Case is a gripping detective novel set in New York, and is one of the first detective fiction novels to be written by a fema…
Heart of the Ronin
Thirteenth-century Japan is a dangerous place, even in a time of peace. Capricious gods, shape-changing animals, and bloodthirsty demons ar…
Bleak House
Bleak house is one of Dickens finest achievements. It was written for serialisation in 1853 when Dickens was at the peak of his career. Mont…
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass published his highly acclaimed third autobiography, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, in 1881 and revised it in 1892.…
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfol…
Cranford
Cranford is set in a small market town populated largely by a number of respectable ladies. It tells of their secrets and foibles, their gos…
A Gentleman of Leisure
A wealthy, love-sick bachelor, crooks, and card-sharps ensconced in an English castle make for a classic Wodehousian comedy of star-crossed …
Shadows in the Moonlight
For a genuine Conan tale, full of barbarian craftiness, magic, fierce fighting and his berserker strength, this meets every criteria and is …
Mr. Harrison's Confessions
It is asserted that the inspiration for Elizabeth Gaskell's marvellous stories of Cranford was her childhood home of Knutsford, a small tow…
War and Peace
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…
Household Puzzles
Household Puzzles peeks into the life of the Randolph family, four daughters and one son. They are financially strapped but must follow soci…
At Agincourt
The story begins in a grim feudal castle in Normandie. The times were troublous, and soon the king compelled Lady Margaret de Villeroy, with…
Hide and Seek
The artist Valentine Blyth has a very generous heart. He lovingly cares for his invalid wife, rescues a deaf orphan girl from maltreatment i…
Castle Richmond
Set against the background of the Irish famine in the 1840’s, the novel tells of the tangled relationships between Clara Desmond, Herbert Fi…
Isobel
Action, intrigue, and a touch of romance in the farthest reaches of northern Canada. Sergeant Billy MacVeigh of the Canadian Northwest Mount…
The Crimson Circle
The Crimson Circle gang spreads fear by extortion and murder. Its members range from rich, powerful bankers to petty criminals, and none of …
The Mystery Girl
Was it murder or suicide? All entrances to the study where the body was found were locked from the inside. The future college president an…