Historical Fiction

The Little Duke

by Charlotte Mary Yonge Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
The Little Duke tells the captivating story of Richard, the young Duke of Normandy, who ascends to his title at the tender age of eight foll…

The Brethren

by H. Rider Haggard Read by Abigail Rasmussen 4.8
Set in the days of the Crusaders, this books tells of a young maiden named Rosamund, and her twin cousins. Godwin is the grey eyed thoughtfu…

Demian

by Hermann Hesse Read by Michele Fry 4.6
Somewhat autobiographical, this "coming of age" novel unfolds an introspective boy's formative years in pre-World War 1 Germany, f…

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 …

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens Read by Peter John Keeble 4.8
Great Expectations is written in the first person and is virtually a fictional autobiography of “Pip” from his childhood, through often pain…

The Gold Hunters

by John David Borthwick Read by Sue Anderson 4.3
This is a robust, rough and tumble, first-hand account of the early California gold rush years 1851-1854 by a Scottish adventurer and artist…

The Mucker

by Edgar Rice Burroughs Read by Joseph DeNoia 4.2
Grown and raised on the streets of Chicago; a ruthless, brawling beast of a man who detests all that “class” and “highbrow society” has to o…

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…

Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus

by Mary Shelley Read by Thomas A. Copeland 4.7
A mentally unstable genius, Victor Frankenstein, inspired by the dreams of ancient alchemists and empowered by modern science, creates a hum…

The Rock of Chickamauga

by Joseph A. Altsheler Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
The Rock of Chickamauga immerses listeners in a pivotal moment of the American Civil War, focusing on the intense battles and personal strug…

The Turn Of The Tide

by Eleanor H. Porter Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
"What a joy! How exciting!" Margret Kendall returned home, to her loving and equally beloved mother's arms after 4 years in the sl…

The Dragon Of Wantley

by Owen Wister Read by David Wales 4.5
A novel, The Dragon of Wantley, was written by Owen Wister (best known as the author of The Virginian) in 1892. Published by Lipincott Press…

War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
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 Affair at the Semiramis Hotel

by A. E. W. Mason Read by David Wales 4.2
Inspector Hanaud is a member of the French Sûreté. He is said to have been the model for Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, as w…

Don Quixote

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Read by Expatriate 4.6
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…

More Tish

by Mary Roberts Rinehart Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
More Tish continues the delightful adventures of Letitia "Tish" Carberry, an elderly woman with a penchant for mischief and a knac…

The Doings of Raffles Haw

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by Patrick Wells 4.4
The people of the small town of Tamfield are not used to exciting things happening. When millionaire Raffles Haw moves to town, rumors sprea…

The Sun Also Rises

by Ernest Hemingway Read by KevinS 4.1
The Sun Also Rises (1926) was Hemingway's first novel to be published, though there is his novella The Torrents of Spring which was publishe…

Titus

by Florence Morse Kingsley Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Titus: A Comrade of the cross is a book full of suspense and drama, but more importantly truth. It is about Titus, a young man living in the…

The Sign of the Broken Sword

by G. K. Chesterton Read by Phil Chenevert 4.5
In the freezing English countryside, Father Brown leads Flambeau to the many monuments and shrines of the great General St. Claire. "S…

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