Historical Fiction

War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
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,…

Don Quixote

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Read by Expatriate 4.7
Don Quixote is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Published in two volumes, in 1605 and 1615, Don Quixote is considered the mo…

A Little Country Girl

by Susan Coolidge Read by Lynne T 4.6
Candace makes the first long trip of her young life alone. Everything is new, from the ocean views, to the fashionable people she encounters…

Adventures of Bindle

by Herbert George Jenkins Read by Don W. Jenkins 4.8
Adventures of Bindle introduces readers to the unforgettable Mr. Joseph Bindle, a quintessential Cockney character whose humorous escapades …

The Hand in the Dark

by Arthur J. Rees Read by Jacquerie 4.6
An ancient English country house with a storied and bloody history is the setting for this intriguing mystery. It is the autumn of 1918. The…

By Pike and Dyke

by G. A. Henty Read by David Leeson 4.6
It is the 1570's, and the people of the Netherlands live in terror under the cruel dominion of Spain. Though many long to be free of Spanish…

Selected Classics of Washington Irving

by Washington Irving Read by Greg Giordano 4.6
Washington Irving is one of early America's most treasured writers. He is best known for his wit and satirical voice. Irving had the extraor…

The Yukon Trail

by William Macleod Raine Read by Delmar H Dolbier 4.5
The Yukon Trail invites listeners into the rugged wilderness of the North, where adventure and survival intertwine. Set against the backdrop…

Twelve Years in the Saddle

by W. John L. Sullivan Read by Will the Ninja 4.6
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 Moorland Cottage

by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
"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…

The Red Badge of Courage

by Stephen Crane Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
This is a short novel published in 1895 and based vaguely on the battle of Chancellorsville of the American Civil War. Unlike other works on…

War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
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…

Unknown to History

by Charlotte Mary Yonge Read by Tanica 4.8
During the captivity of Mary, Queen of Scots, plots, conspiracies, and intrigue engulfed the country. Catholics were apprehensive of Protest…

The Young Carthaginian

by G. A. Henty Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Typically, Henty's heroes are boys of pluck in troubled times, and this is no different. Detailed research is embellished with a vivid imagi…

Under Drake's Flag

by G. A. Henty Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
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…

The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by Phil Griffiths 4.6
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…

The Mystery of the Ravenspurs

by Fred M. White Read by Roger Melin 4.2
The Ravenspurs have for generations resided quietly in prosperity and comfort at their seaside castle. But the clan is suddenly besieged wit…

The Watchers

by A. E. W. Mason Read by Jacquerie 4.4
A dark tale of adventure, piracy, murder, and revenge set on a rugged Cornish island in the mid-1700s. Told with the literary excellence to …

War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
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,…

On the Irrawaddy

by G. A. Henty Read by Mike Harris 4.7
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…

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