Historical Fiction

The White Company

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by Clive Catterall 4.8
Set during the Hundred Years' War with France, The White Company tells the story of a young Saxon man who is learning what it is to be a kni…

The Black Arrow

by Robert Louis Stevenson Read by Mark F. Smith 4.7
In the unsettled years of England's War of the Roses, where a man stood on the issue of kingship could make his fortune... or end his life. …

The People of the Black Circle

by Robert E. Howard Read by Mark Nelson 4.6
"The People of the Black Circle" is one of the original novellas about Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. H…

Piccadilly Jim

by P. G. Wodehouse Read by Mark Nelson 4.8
Jimmy "Piccadilly Jim" Crocker returns to New York to repair his reputation and pursue his love-interest, Ann Chester. All he has …

Mary Barton

by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Read by Tony Foster 4.8
"Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life" was Mrs Gaskell's first full-length novel. It was published anonymously in that tumultuou…

Little Men

by Louisa May Alcott Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Jo March's dreams of opening a home for boys comes true as she finds herself the mistress of Plumfield, a boarding school for children -- wh…

The Eyes Of The World

by Harold Bell Wright Read by Tom Weiss 4.7
The Eyes of the World was the Best Selling Book for 1914 according to Publisher's Weekly. The novel explores what Harold Bell Wright views a…

The Dragon and the Raven

by G. A. Henty Read by Mike Harris 4.7
During the reign of King Alfred, Danish forces have invaded the English countryside. Although the English try to repulse these attacks, they…

El Dorado

by Baroness Emma Orczy Read by Karen Savage 4.8
In El Dorado, Baroness Emma Orczy continues the thrilling escapades of the enigmatic hero known as the Scarlet Pimpernel. Set against the ba…

In the Mayor's Parlour

by J. S. Fletcher Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) 4.5
“Rotten borough” is a term that goes back to the 18th century, and it used to mean a parliamentary constituency in which a few property owne…

Diary of a U-boat Commander

by Stephen King-Hall Read by Mark F. Smith 4.6
Captain Karl von Schenk of the Kaiser's Navy is a stereotypical German nobleman - supremely self-confident, touchy about the divisions of cl…

The Mysterious Rider

by Zane Grey Read by Mary Bard 4.7
This book has all the elements of a classic Western, including rustling and gunfights, but at its heart is the battle between good and evil,…

Ashton-Kirk, Investigator

by John Thomas Mcintyre Read by Pete Milan 4.5
Ashton-Kirk, who has solved so many mysteries, is himself something of a problem even to those who know him best. Although young, wealthy, a…

The Semi-Attached Couple

by Emily Eden Read by Elizabeth Klett 4.6
Young and beautiful Helen Eskdale and fabulously wealthy Lord Teviot seem to be the perfect match. But when they marry, they find that misun…

The Dust Flower

by Basil King Read by Simon Evers 4.6
Rashleigh Allerton, a wealthy New Yorker, quarrels with his well-to-do fiancée Barbara and impetuously says that he will marry instea…

Burning Daylight

by Jack London Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022) 4.7
Burning Daylight, Jack London's fictional novel published in 1910, was one of the best selling books of that year and it was his best sellin…

The Outlaw of Torn

by Edgar Rice Burroughs Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
The story is set in 13th century England and concerns the fictitious outlaw Norman of Torn, who purportedly harried the country during the p…

Anne of the Island

by Lucy Maud Montgomery Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
In Anne of the Island, the third installment of Lucy Maud Montgomery's beloved series, Anne Shirley embarks on a new chapter of her life as …

Aunt Hannah and Martha and John

by Pansy Read by MaryAnn 4.8
Aunt Hannah's fondest wish had been that her nephew John would marry a local girl and take over the family farm. Trouble was, John was neve…

Miss Frances Baird, Detective

by Reginald Wright Kauffman Read by J. M. Smallheer 4.4
Frances Baird is a detective with the Watkins Agency of New York City. She and a colleague are sent undercover to "The Maples" to…

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