Historical Fiction

The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)


Henry Fielding


This novel is sometimes thought of as [Fielding's] first because he almost certainly began composing it before he wrote Shamela and Joseph A…

Gabriel and the Hour Book

Read by Laura Victoria


Evaleen Stein


Brother Stephen has the heart of an artist and wishes to leave the abbey to travel and see the world. However, King Louis has decreed that a…

Anne of Geierstein, Volume 1

Read by Deon Gines


Sir Walter Scott


Anne of Geierstein, or The Maiden of the Mist (1829) is a novel by Sir Walter Scott. It is set in Central Europe, mainly in Switzerland, sho…

Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 5: Part 2: La Constantin

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


Dumas chronicles the court intrigues that led to the execution of Marie La Roux Constantin. La dame Constantin was known by French nobility …

Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 6: Part 3: Martin Guerre

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


Martin Guerre was a French peasant that, during a long absence, was famously impersonated in the 16th century. Although the real Martin Guer…

Stories of the Scottish Border

Read by Jhiu


William Platt


Nothing seems to be known about Mr and Mrs William Platt, the writers of Stories of the Scottish Border. What they produced is an eccentric …

Tradiciones peruanas

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Ricardo Palma


Relatos breves sobre distintos momentos y protagonistas de la Historia de Perú. Obra magna de Ricardo Palma, si bien no puede conside…

Roses of Winter

Read by Murdo Morrison


Murdo Morrison


They had been through one World War and a Great Depression. Now they faced another global conflict. Share the adventures of the Burns and Mc…

A Legend of Montrose

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Sir Walter Scott


A Legend of Montrose is one of Sir Walter Scott's Tales of my Landlord. It is set in the tumultuous 17th century during the Earl of Montrose…

The Green Mirror

Read by Simon Evers


Hugh Walpole


Three generations of the Trenchard family, ruled over by the indomitable Mrs Trenchard, live together in comfortable domesticity until Kathe…

The Pharaoh and the Priest

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Bolesław Prus


The Pharaoh and the Priest (Polish: Faraon) is the fourth and last major novel by the Polish writer Bolesław Prus. It was the sole historica…

Australia Felix

Read by tabithat


Henry Handel Richardson


The story of Richard Mahony, a doctor trained in Edinburgh who comes to Ballarat in the gold rush of the 1850s. At first he runs a shop but …

Framley Parsonage (version 2)

Read by Nick Whitley


Anthony Trollope


Framley Parsonage is the fourth novel in Anthony Trollope's series known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire. It was first published in serial …

Marietta: A Maid of Venice

Read by Michele Fry


Francis Marion Crawford


This swash-buckling, romantic story of Zorzi Ballarin and Angelo Beroviero, master glass-blowers of Murano, Italy in the 1500's, is not enti…

Faraon (tom 1)

Read by Piotr Nater


Bolesław Prus


Młody następca tronu, Ramzes, oczekuje dnia, kiedy ojciec powierzy mu nowe stanowisko dowódcy części armii. Jednak z upływem czasu, w…

La fortune des Rougon

Read by Bidou


Émile Zola


La Fortune des Rougon est le premier volume de la série Les Rougon-Macquart. Il se déroule dans une petite ville appelé…

Delia Blanchflower

Read by Simon Evers


Mary Augusta Ward


Delia Blanchflower’s father has died, leaving her a considerable inheritance. However, she has become caught up in the militant wing of the …

The Roots of the Mountains

Read by Phil Benson


William Morris


The Roots of the Mountains was the second in a projected series of three historical novels set in a pre-medieval Germanic world (the third w…

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