Historical Fiction

David Elginbrod

by George MacDonald Read by Kenneth R. Morefield 4.4
David Elginbrod is a captivating exploration of Scottish country life, woven through the experiences of its titular character, a humble yet …

The Conjure Woman

by Charles Waddell Chesnutt Read by James K. White 4.5
Published in 1899 by Houghton Mifflin, Chesnutt's first book, The Conjure Woman, was a collection of seven short stories, all set in "P…

Dash for Khartoum

by G. A. Henty Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
When a nursemaid mixes up her baby boy and the baby of the family she works for, the family decides to keep both. Years later, the nursemaid…

Christmas at Thompson Hall

by Anthony Trollope Read by Arnold 4.4
In "Christmas at Thompson Hall," Anthony Trollope invites listeners into a charmingly chaotic holiday gathering where family dynam…

The Texan Star

by Joseph A. Altsheler Read by Edmonds 4.2
This is the first story in the Texan series by Joseph Altsheler. The Texan Star outlines the great Texan struggle for freedom, following the…

The Black Moth

by Georgette Heyer Read by Sibella Denton 4.5
The year is 1752. Devil, the Duke of Andover, and highwayman Jack, the Earl of Wyncham are at odds over a country squire's beautiful daughte…

The Three Musketeers

by Alexandre Dumas Read by John Van Stan 4.7
The d'Artagnan Romances are six volumes that intertwine exciting events (real and fictionalized) from 17th-century Europe and the life of th…

Come Rack! Come Rope!

by Robert Hugh Benson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Come Rack! Come Rope! is a historical novel by the English priest and writer Robert Hugh Benson, a convert to Catholicism from Anglicanism. …

The Girl from Farris's

by Edgar Rice Burroughs Read by Joseph DeNoia 4.4
Ever want to pull yourself up by your bootstraps, only to have the whole world fight to keep you down? Ever been upstanding and righteous, o…

Into the Woods

by David Wood Read by David Wood 4.4
Set against the backdrop of colonial America, Into the Woods is the story of pioneer and patriot Jonathan Wood. Straining against the bonds …

Under Wellington’s Command

by G. A. Henty Read by Charles P. Sapp 4.8
Under Wellington's Command is the sequel to With Moore at Corunna. The book picks up where the last book left off when Portugal is freed fr…

A Horse's Tale

by Mark Twain Read by John Greenman 4.7
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…

St. George and St. Michael

by George MacDonald Read by Jordan 4.6
’St. George and St. Michael’ is a little-known historical romance telling the story of a young couple who find themselves on opposing sides …

Beric the Briton

by G. A. Henty Read by Gary Olman 4.4
My series of stories dealing with the wars of England would be altogether incomplete did it not include the period when the Romans were the …

Iola Leroy

by Frances E. W. Harper Read by James K. White 4.7
This is the story of Iola Leroy, a free-born, mixed-race woman who passed as white. Her true racial identity eventually discovered, she was …

The Side of the Angels

by Basil King Read by Simon Evers 4.2
The book is set in New England in the early 20th century in an old established community where times are rapidly changing but nonetheless th…

The Master of Ballantrae

by Robert Louis Stevenson Read by Thomas A. Copeland 4.3
Heir to a noble Scottish house in the mid 18th century, the Master is a charming, clever, and resourceful villain whose daring but ill-advis…

Clotel

by William Wells Brown Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Clotel; or, The President's Daughter is a novel by William Wells Brown (1814-84), a fugitive from slavery and abolitionist and was published…

Marguerite de Valois

by Alexandre Dumas Read by John Van Stan 4.4
A historical fiction novel set in Paris (1572) during Charles IX's reign and the French Wars of Religion. Marguerite de Valois, daughter of …

The Possessed

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Read by Expatriate 4.5
Although titled The Possessed in the initial English translation, Dostoyevsky scholars and later translations favour the titles The Devils o…

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