Historical Fiction
Complete Original Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant
Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant was, and is to this day, one of the world's most celebrated short story writers. He famously tackled topics like the Franc…
Linda Tressel
Read by Simon Evers
Anthony Trollope
Linda Tressel lives a lonely life with her domineering aunt, Madame Staubach, in a large house in Nuremberg. Madame Staubach takes in the od…
The Black Dwarf
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Sir Walter Scott
The Black Dwarf is the first of the “Tales of My Landlord” series, which also includes The Bride of Lammermoor and The Heart of Midlothian. …
The Return of Clubfoot
Read by Mark Nelson
Valentine Williams
Whilst spending a holiday in a small Central American Republic, Desmond Okewood, of the Secret Service, learns from a dying beachcomber of a…
The Black-Bearded Barbarian
Read by Edmund Bloxam
Mary Esther Miller Macgregor
A fictionalized biography of George Mackay (1844-1901), an influential Presbyterian missionary in northern Taiwan. (Summary by Edmund Bloxam…
Rough and Ready OR Life Among the New York Newsboys
Read by Tori Faulder
Horatio Alger, Jr.
Join Rough and Ready for his adventure on the streets of New York City. Working as a newsboy, Rough and Ready tries to support himself and h…
Harry Heathcote of Gangoil
Read by Simon Evers
Anthony Trollope
Harry Heathcote is an English ‘squatter’ who runs a huge sheep station at Gangoil in Queensland, Australia. His wife Mary and her older sist…
The Coming Wrath
Read by John K. Reed
John K. Reed
A world lost in time and history. The earth as it was before the world wide flood destroyed the face of the planet almost five thousand year…
Monte-Cristo's Daughter
Read by Jim Locke
Edmund Flagg
"Monte-Cristo's Daughter," a wonderfully brilliant, original, exciting and absorbing novel, is the Sequel to "The Count of Mo…
For the Temple: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem
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G. A. Henty
In all history, there is no drama of more terrible interest than that which terminated with the total destruction of Jerusalem. Had the whol…
The Antiquary
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Andrew Lang
Illegitimacy, false identity, and bankruptcy are the major elements of Sir Walter Scott's 1816 novel, The Antiquary. Set in the period of th…
The Side of the Angels
Read by Simon Evers
Basil King
The book is set in New England in the early 20th century in an old established community where times are rapidly changing but nonetheless th…
With Fire and Sword
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Henryk Sienkiewicz
In 1647, Poland is a land facing complete destruction with fire and sword. It may come from without, as the Tartar hordes swarm over the ste…
The Dragon of Wantley
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Owen Wister
The "true" story of the Wantley Dragon. Set at Christmas time, it is a tale of a Baron, his daughter, a brave knight, True Love, a…
Historical Tales, Vol VI: French
Read by Kalynda
Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews
Volume VI of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This fifth volume covers t…
Monsieur Lecoq Part 1: The Inquiry
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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…
Doctor Syn
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Russell Thorndike
Doctor Syn: A Tale of the Romney Marsh is the first in the series of Doctor Syn novels by Russell Thorndike and inspired a Disney movie call…
Under Wellington’s Command
Read by Charles P. Sapp
G. A. Henty
Under Wellington's Command is the sequel to With Moore at Corunna. The book picks up where the last book left off when Portugal is freed fr…
Joel, a Boy of Galilee
Read by Esther ben Simonides
Annie Fellows Johnston
Joel, a crippled boy, cannot play with the children and has nothing to care about. Rabbi Phineas helps him to find something he can do and t…
Jerusalem Delivered
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
Torquato Tasso
The First Crusade provides the backdrop for a rich tapestry of political machinations, military conflicts, martial rivalries, and love stori…