Historical Fiction
With Frederick The Great: A Story of the Seven Years' War
Read by Gary Olman
G. A. Henty
Among the great wars of history there are few, if any, instances of so long and successfully sustained a struggle, against enormous odds, as…
A Prairie-Schooner Princess
Read by Sharon Kilmer
Mary Katherine Maule
The story of a Quaker family's journey from Ohio to Nebraska beginning in 1856. They encounter a mystery which leaves them an orphan girl wh…
One of the 28th - a Tale of Waterloo
Read by Mike Harris
G. A. Henty
A tale of Victorian-style romance, maritime battles and even the penultimate Napoleonic battle - Waterloo. (Introduction by Mike Harris)
The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
Read by Phil Griffiths
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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 Tiger of Mysore
Read by Mike Harris
G. A. Henty
During the Indian war with Tippoo Saib, 15 year old Dick Holland and his mother set out from England to find and rescue his father, shipwrec…
Los cuatro jinetes del apocalipsis
Read by Mongope
Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
La obra se centra en los acontecimientos acaecidos durante la primera guerra mundial en la que se ven enfrentadas dos familias procedentes d…
Scaramouche
Read by Gord Mackenzie
Rafael Sabatini
Scaramouche is a romantic adventure and tells the story of a young aristocrat during the French Revolution. His successive endeavors as a la…
Pearl Maiden
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H. Rider Haggard
This is the story of Miriam, an orphan Christian woman living in Rome in the first century. She falls in love with a Roman officer, but know…
The Prairie - A Tale
Read by William Peck
James Fenimore Cooper
The story opens with Ishmael, his family, Ellen and Abiram slowly making their way across the virgin prairies of the Midwest looking for a h…
The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling
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Henry Fielding
Tom Jones is considered one of the first prose works describable as a novel. The novel is divided into 18 smaller books. Tom Jones is a foun…
Dead Souls
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Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
Dead Souls (Russian: Мёртвые души) by Nikolai Gogol, Russian writer, was first published in 1842, and is one of the most prominent works of …
Ride Proud, Rebel!
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
Andre Norton
Drew Rennie, served as a cavalry scout in Confederate general John Hunt Morgan's command. He had left home in 1862 after a final break with …
At Agincourt - White Hoods of Paris
Read by Mike Harris
G. A. Henty
The story begins in a grim feudal castle in Normandie. The times were troublous, and soon the king compelled Lady Margaret de Villeroy, with…
Los Tres Mosqueteros
Read by Tux
Alexandre Dumas
¿Es necesario describir los tres mosqueteros? Advierta el lector que serán más bien cuatro..., pero no adelantemos acon…
King Henry IV, Part 1
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William Shakespeare
King Henry IV, Part 1 is the second of Shakespeare’s eight Wars of the Roses history plays, with events following those of King Richard II. …
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (Version 2)
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
It was published in 1893–1894 by Century Magazine in seven installments, and is a detective story with some racial themes. The plot of this …
Cecilia: Memoirs of an Heiress
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Frances Burney
The plot of Cecilia revolves around the heroine, Cecilia Beverley, whose inheritance from her uncle comes with the stipulation that she find…
The Laughing Cavalier; Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel
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Baroness Emma Orczy
The enigmatic smile of The Laughing Cavalier of Franz Hals' famous painting invites you to wonder just what mischievousness hides behind tha…
The Swoop!
Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)
P. G. Wodehouse
The Swoop! tells of the simultaneous invasion of England by several armies — "England was not merely beneath the heel of the invader. I…
Rob Roy
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Sir Walter Scott
Rob Roy is a historical novel by Walter Scott. It is narrated by Frank Osbaldistone, the son of an English merchant who travels first to the…