Historical Fiction
Indian Summer
Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
William Dean Howells
In his novel Indian Summer, William Dean Howells presents a mellow but realistic story that has the complete feel of that delightful time of…
Framley Parsonage (version 2)
Read by Nick Whitley
Anthony Trollope
Framley Parsonage is the fourth novel in Anthony Trollope's series known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire. It was first published in serial …
The Masquerader (Version 2)
Read by Simon Evers
Katherine Cecil Thurston
In the London fog, two men bump into each other one night. They are immediately unnerved by their exact resemblance to each other. Jack Chil…
Aristopia: A Romance-History of the New World
Read by Ruth Golding
Castello Newton Holford
Aristopia (published 1895) is truly an alternative history. It is an imagination of how the continent of North America might have developed…
Anne of Geierstein, Volume 1
Read by Deon Gines
Sir Walter Scott
Anne of Geierstein, or The Maiden of the Mist (1829) is a novel by Sir Walter Scott. It is set in Central Europe, mainly in Switzerland, sho…
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Read by Carol Pelster
Willa Cather
Willa Cather's "Death Comes for the Archbishop" is a historical novel set in New Mexico in the mid-19th century. The book follows …
Micah Clarke
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
This book tells the story of Micah Clarke's adventures. As a boy he follows his rather romantic notions of what it means to be a soldier and…
The Canadians of Old
Read by Bruce Pirie
Philippe Aubert De Gaspé
In his mid-70s, Philippe Aubert de Gaspé took on the project of recording the culture and heritage of French Canada, especially that …
The Texan Scouts
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Joseph A. Altsheler
This is a sequel to Texan Star and continues the adventures of young Ned Fulton as he finds himself a part of the struggle for Texans to def…
Padre Ignacio, Or The Song Of Temptation
Read by David Wales
Owen Wister
Padre Ignacio has been the pastor of California mission Santa Ysabel del Mar for twenty years. In 1855 a stranger rides into the mission bri…
The Doom of London
Read by Lee Smalley
Fred M. White
Here are six stories, each one describing a disaster afflicting London, that were popularly serialized during 1903-1904 in Pearson’s Magazin…
Gabriel and the Hour Book
Read by Laura Victoria
Evaleen Stein
Brother Stephen has the heart of an artist and wishes to leave the abbey to travel and see the world. However, King Louis has decreed that a…
The House with the Green Shutters
Read by lennich
George Douglas Brown
The House with the Green Shutters is a novel by the Scottish writer George Douglas Brown, first published in 1901 by John MacQueen. Set in m…
A Legend of Montrose
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Sir Walter Scott
A Legend of Montrose is one of Sir Walter Scott's Tales of my Landlord. It is set in the tumultuous 17th century during the Earl of Montrose…
Monsieur Lecoq Part 2: The Honor of the Name
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Émile Gaboriau
Monsieur Lecoq is a captivating mystery, historical and love story: Around 11 o'clock, on the evening of Shrove Sunday 18.., close to the ol…
Windsor Castle, Book 3
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William Harrison Ainsworth
Book 3 - The History of the Castle. The focus of the novels is on the events surrounding Henry VIII's replacing Catherine of Aragon with Ann…
The Golden Bough
Read by Tony Oliva
George Gibbs
The eyes of the Légionnaire, now grown accustomed to the glow of the light, made sure that the figure had not moved, nor was aware of…
Flemington
Read by Nan Dodge
Violet Jacob
This adventure historical fiction novel is set in Angus, Scotland during the Jacobite rebellion of 1745. It has all the elements of a good w…
The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Henry Fielding
This novel is sometimes thought of as [Fielding's] first because he almost certainly began composing it before he wrote Shamela and Joseph A…
Colonel Chabert
Read by Nicole Lee
Honoré de Balzac
Colonel Chabert is a soldier, who goes missing during the Napoleonic wars, and then returns from the dead, most inconveniently for his wife,…