Historical Fiction
The White Conquerors: A Tale of Toltec and Aztec
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Kirk Munroe
This historical romance is a telling of the fall of the Aztec Empire. The epic begins on the eve of the dedication ceremony of the monumenta…
The History of David Grieve
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Mary Augusta Ward
The book follows the life and times of David Grieve, from his childhood on a remote farm in the Peak District to Manchester, Paris and back …
Barnaby Rudge, A Tale of the Riots of Eighty (version 4)
Read by Mark Leder
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens' fifth published novel is set in the village of Cligwell. Romances are thwarted. A ghost is spotted. A raven speaks. A m…
The Broad Highway (Version 2)
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John Jeffery Farnol
Peter Vibart is expected to inherit the fortune and title of his uncle but will only inherit if he marries Lady Sophia, the toast of the tow…
The Lion's Brood
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Duffield Osborne
"Centuries come and go; but the plot of the drama is unchanged, and the same characters play the same parts. Only the actors cast for t…
For The Freedom Of The Seas
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Ralph Henry Barbour
It is the dawning of World War One and Nelson Troy is young and enthusiastic. Although America is not yet involved in the war effort he drea…
The Lady of Blossholme
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H. Rider Haggard
The Lady of Blossholme is an exciting tale, set in 16th Century England, and featuring such historical figures as Cromwell and King Henry VI…
The House on the Scar
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Bertha Thomas
A superior Victorian Romance. Full from bow to stern with secret romance, jealousies and confrontations of culture and cultures. This autho…
Petticoat Government, Volume 2
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Frances Milton Trollope
The further adventures of young Judith Maitland in the clerical close of Westhampton. - Summary by Mark Leder
The Mysterious Aviator (aka So Disdained)
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Nevil Shute
Nevil Shute was the nom-de-plume of the Anglo-Australian aeronautical engineer and writer, best known for works like “On the Beach” and “A T…
Yellow Butterflies
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Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
The title of this historical fiction could as well have been "A Soldier’s Mother" or “An Unknown Soldier”. There are indeed butter…
The Shagganappi
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E. Pauline Johnson
Tales of adventure in the context of white and first nations peoples interacting in North America, told by Tekahionwake, Haudenosaunee of Si…
The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck
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Mary Shelley
After the brutal and turbulent Wars of the Roses, Henry VII reigned over England and the sons of his rival Edward IV, once held captive in t…
Marriage à la Mode
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Mary Augusta Ward
While travelling in the USA, Roger Barnes, a handsome Englishman, meets and falls in love with Daphne Floyd, a rich and determined American.…
Zadig or The Book of Fate (Version 2)
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Voltaire
"there is no Evil under the Sun, but some Good proceeds from it:" -- this quote from this novel sums it up. One of Voltaire's most…
The Gleam in the North
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D. K. Broster
Six years have passed since the failed Jacobite rising of 1745. Ewen Cameron's quiet life on his Scottish Highland estate is threatened when…
One Man's Initiation--1917
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John Dos Passos
In this semi-autobiographical work, his first novel, John Dos Passos describes the experiences of young Martin Howe as an ambulance driver, …
The Fire Spirits
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Paul Busson
An adventure with supernatural overtones, set in the region of The Tyrol During the time of Napoleon. - Summary by Andy Sames
White Cockades: An Incident of the "Forty-Five"
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Edward Prime-Stevenson and Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson
In the aftermath of the 1745 Jacobite uprising, the young Andrew Boyd meets a fugitive from the redcoats, a man whom Andrew soon grows to ad…
The Actress in High Life: An Episode in Winter Quarters
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Susan Petigru King-Bowen
1812 is the year and Portugal the location for this adventure. The characters for the most part are British officers. Lord Strathern sends f…