Historical Fiction
The Cliff-Dwellers
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Henry Blake Fuller
Between the former site of old Fort Dearborn and the present site of our newest Board of Trade there lies a restricted yet tumultuous territ…
Tales of a Vanishing River
Read by Tom Hirsch (1947-2022)
Earl Reed
The background of this collection of sketches and stories is the country through which flowed one of the most interesting of our western riv…
The Garies and their Friends
Read by Jim Locke
Frank Webb
The book which now appears before the public may be of interest in relation to a question which the late agitation of the subject of slavery…
The Wounded Name
Read by Elin
D. K. Broster
Laurent de Courtomer, the son of a French aristocratic emigré and an Englishwoman, returns to France upon the Bourbon restoration fol…
Condemned as a Nihilist
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G. A. Henty
Godfrey Bullen, the son of an English trader, is sent by his father to Russia to work in their firm in St. Petersburg. He unknowingly gets c…
Short Stories in Prose and Verse
Read by Chris Greaves
Henry Lawson
Short Stories in Prose and Verse” is Henry Lawson’s first published book (1894); his first published poem appeared in 1887. The volume is a …
The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck
Read by Lauren Huff
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…
John MacNab
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John Buchan
Sir Edward Leithen and his friends Lord Lamancha, Palliser-Yeates, and Archie Roylance are bored of life. After Leithen's doctor recommends …
The History of David Grieve
Read by Simon Evers
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 …
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 Boy Knight
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G. A. Henty
Follow young Cuthbert on his adventures which lead him on a crusade to the Holy Land and back. - Summary by Sonia
The White Conquerors
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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 Spanish Brothers
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Deborah Alcock
Juan and Carlos Meñaya have longed to find their father ever since they were little. Their dream starts to get lost, though, as they …
Barnaby Rudge
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 Mysterious Aviator
Read by Atul Sharma
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…
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
Read by Howard Skyman
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…
Petticoat Government
Read by Mark Leder
Frances Milton Trollope
The further adventures of young Judith Maitland in the clerical close of Westhampton. - Summary by Mark Leder
Yellow Butterflies
Read by Lee Smalley
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 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…