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
Under Drake's Flag
An exciting tale set on the high seas, in a period ruled by exploration, with the ever-present dangers of nature and the weather, together w…
Winning His Spurs
Set in the late twelfth century during the Third Crusade, the Norman Conquest having occurred not much more than a hundred years ago, Winnin…
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,…
The Rain-Girl
Richard Beresford has recently returned from the WW-I trenches. He feels he can't go back to his old life in the Foreign Office. Instead, he…
Marie
This is a superb sweeping romantic adventure story of how Alan Quatermain, hero of fourteen of Rider H Haggard's books, met, fell in love wi…
The Doctor's Wife
This is one of the Victorian “Sensationist” Mary Elizabeth Braddon's many novels (best known among them: “Lady Audley’s Secret”). It is extr…
The Secret Battle
Like many soldiers at the beginning of their military careers, Harry Penrose has romantic ideas of climbing the ranks and attaining hero sta…
The Scarlet Letter
This book tells the story of Hester Prynne, a young woman who conceives a child while her husband is missing at sea. The Puritan Elders of …
The House of the Dead
The House of the Dead is a novel published in 1861 by Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky, which portrays the life of convicts in a Siberian p…
On the Irrawaddy
With the exception of the terrible retreat from Afghanistan, none of England's many little wars have been so fatal--in proportion to the num…
The Lion of Saint Mark
"Of all the chapters of history, there are few more interesting or wonderful than that which tells the story of the rise and progress …
The Long, Long Trail
A willful flirtatious girl; a morose family; a dark, mysterious, and (to some) alluring man; lots of horses, guns, honor, love, courage, and…
The Moorland Cottage
"Maggie Brown is torn between her mother who constantly tells her to live for her selfish brother (to whom she gives all her love) to h…
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…
Twelve Years in the Saddle
Sergeant Sullivan tells the story of his life as a Texas Ranger for 12 incredible years in the late 1800s. (Summary by Will Nuessle)
The Herapath Property
Jacob Herapath, a wealthy property developer and member of Parliament, is found dead in his office, a revolver at his side and a bullet woun…
One of the 28th
One of the 28th transports listeners to the tumultuous era of the Napoleonic Wars, where valor and romance intertwine amidst the chaos of ba…
The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
The hero, Etienne Gerard, is a Hussar in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Gerard's most notable attribute is his vanity - he is u…
Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
Martin Chuzzlewit was Dickens 6th novel, serially published in 1843 - 44. Irrespective of the fact that Dickens considered - "Chuzzlewi…
The Emperor's Candlesticks
When a group of Russian anarchists kidnap a Russian prince in Vienna there are repercussions. On learning that the Cardinal d'Orsay has agre…